Academic World Quest

Academic WorldQuest - 2012

February 11th, 2012
10AM - 2PM
Bellarmine University

Please contact us if you have any questions, or go ahead and register your Team using the Academic WorldQuest online refistration form.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Why Academic WorldQuest is Important?

With funding for school programs other than "basics" falling away, the opportunities for high school students to learn geography, world history, and world affairs have dwindled to almost nothing in American high schools while globalization and interdependence continues to knit the world more closely together each passing day and year.

The World Affairs Council system does a lot to counter this isolationist pedagogical trend already through the making of curriculum units for high schools, the organizing of teachers' workshops, and the sending abroad of teachers and students. We want to build on our already existing and successful programs that seek to reverse this unfortunate and counterproductive educational trend.

 

How to Play

Schools may register up to 2 teams. Each team must consist of 4 students. Students may be in 9th through 12th grades. Teams may also register one alternative in case of illness or inability to compete.

Teams compete by answering 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 per round. The winning team is the team with the highest number of right answers. The winning team will qualify for the National Academic WorldQuest competition in Washington D.C. (date TBA).

 

2012 Academic WorldQuest Categories

*Please note that this will not be the order in which the competition will be played.

  1. U.S. Education: Competing Globally
  2. U.S. Energy Policy
  3. U.S. Economic Competitiveness
  4. Middle East
  5. Afghanistan/Pakistan
  6. China
  7. NATO
  8. UN Millennium Goals: Child Health
  9. Azerbaijan
  10. Current Events
 

How to Register

Register Your Team OnlineRegister your team online -- please note that registration is not confirmed until we receive your $50 fully refundable registration fee. Checks should be made payable to "World Affairs Council." This fee will be refunded upon receipt of cancellation (date TBA) or upon completion of the competition.

Please return the registration to: World Affairs Council of KY/SI, 200 W. Broadway, Ste. 607, Louisville, KY 40202, Attn: Christy Rhodes. For more information email Christy.Rhodes@worldkentucky.org.

 

National Competition

The winning team from the Kentucky & Southern Indiana competition will qualify for the National Academic WorldQuest competition in Washington, D.C. More information about the National Competition is coming soon.

 

Questions?

Please contact Christy Rhodes: Christy.Rhodes@worldkentucky.org, or call WAC KY/IN: (502) 561-5422.