WorldQuest
What is WorldQuest Delaware?
WorldQuest is a fun, team competition testing knowledge of international current events, politics, geography, global issues, peoples of the world and people in the news. Each year specific topics are selected by the national, World Affairs Councils of America. Regional World Affairs Councils hold local competitions to select a high school to represent that Council at the national competition, Academic WorldQuest.
There are ten rounds of ten multiple choice questions and team members confer to arrive at a single answer. To prepare, read nationally prominent newspapers (e.g., The New York Times) and magazines, watch world news on TV, review world almanacs and go to fpa.org to review Great Decisions.
The 2009 questions and results are now available below. To learn even more about WorldQuest, you can also check out the content that last year's WorldQuest 2008 covered.
The 10 Topics for WorldQuest 2009 were:
1. Population Issues in Developing Countries
2. Water
3. Alternative Fuels
4. Biotechnology and Genetics
5. Connectivity
6. Globalization
7. Transnational Crime
8. Great Decisions 2008
a. Iraq
b. The EU at 50
c. Blacklisting the Enemy
d. Russia
e. US Defense Policy
f. Latin America
g. US-China Economic Relations
h. Foreign Aid and Phi
9. Current Events
10. Germany
2009 Questions and Results
WorldQuest Delaware 2009 winner: Charter School of
Wilmington Team 4 members Andrew Berni, Neeraj Vijay, Phil Chen and Henry Gorman with WorldQuest moderator, Fletcher King.
2009 Materials:
2009 Questions
2009 Questions with Answers
For more information, please contact:
Mr. Fletcher A. King
World Affairs Council of Wilmington
P. O. Box 551
Wilmington, DE 19899
302-657-2012
KingF@wacw.org
