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Academic WorldQuest
Academic WorldQuest
. Please Note --> This is a Past Event!! .
Date:
3/24/2012
Time:
8:30 AM TO 11:00 AM
Elizabethtown College Leffler Chapel
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
Phone:
7178848618
Event Description:
Important Dates March 1, 2012 - WACH WorldQuest registration is due March 24, 2012 - WACH WorldQuest Competition April 21, 2012 - National WorldQuest Competition _________________________________________________ Academic WorldQuest is a Flagship Program of the World Affairs Council network. The game was invented by the Charlotte Council and is now widely played at the adult and high school levels around the country. It is a team game testing competitors' knowledge of international affairs, geography, history and culture. The World Affairs Council of Harrisburg hosted its first local competition in March 2011. ABOUT THE COMPETITION The competition is played among 4-person teams that answer rounds of questions projected by PowerPoint onto a screen. The questions test their knowledge of current affairs, world leaders, geography, recent history, flags, international organizations, countries, regions, the world economy, culture, religion and more. A full competition is 100 questions, 10 rounds of 10 questions. The team with the highest number of right answers is the winning team. A team consists of four students. They can be freshman, sophomores, juniors or seniors. If you would like more information about forming a team or participating, please email us. There is a minor registration fee involved with Academic WorldQuest. The fees are designed so that the more teams a school registers, the lesser the cost. The fees are as follow: Registration Costs Schools with one team -- $30 Schools with two teams -- $25 per team Schools with three teams -- $20 per team Schools with four or more teams -- $15 per team
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Elizabethtown College Leffler Chapel Harrisburg, PA 17101
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