​The 2022 Academic WorldQuest Competition
A Project of World Affairs Council of the Desert
See the Flyer Here

​​DATE AND LOCATION
On Thursday, March 3, 2022, the competition was held virtually due to Covid-19.

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Academic WorldQuest 2021-2022 Categories
The categories for this year’s AWQ National Competition have been updated by the World Affairs Councils of America, with input from member World Affairs Councils across the country, to reflect several of the most critical global and U.S. foreign policy issues.

Topics for the local competition in the Coachella Valley include:

• Where Climate and Migration Meet
• Insecurity in China's Neighborhood
• 21st Century Money: Dollars to Digital Currencies
• Working for Peace Through Legacies of War: The Case of Vietnam
• Technology and Democracy: Threat or Promise?
• Human-Centered Agenda to the Future of Work
• Great Decisions
• Current Events

Pledging a Team
Submit the entry form on or before Friday, January 7, 2022 by completing this Google Form. There is no fee to pledge a team. Each high school may enter one team. If you have any questions, please reach out to Michael Karp at michael.karp@csusb.edu.

Qualifying for AWQ Competition: Rules and Regulations 
A team consists of four (4) Primary Teammates who are currently high school students (freshman – senior year). No more than four players per team will be able to compete in the National Competition.

Teams may designate Alternate Teammates to replace one or more of the four Primary Teammates in the case of sickness or other circumstances which would prevent a Primary Teammate from competing in the National Competition. Please note that local Councils may be unable to send Alternate Teammates to the National Competition. Teams of fewer than four students are allowed to compete, but this is strongly discouraged. Teams at the National Competition must have 4 students.

If the winning team from a local competition is unable to compete in the National Competition and has no Alternate Teammates, the second place team may compete in its place. The winning team of our local competition will be invited to compete at the flagship education program of the World Affairs Councils of America in April in Washington, DC!

How to Play
The Academic WorldQuest competition is a contest between 4-person teams, each representing a high school. Teams compete by answering multiple-choice rounds of questions. A full competition is 80 questions, with 8 rounds of 10 questions per round.  Each team must submit a single answer to each question. The team with the highest number of correct answers after 8 rounds wins.

Contest Questions
Questions will have four multiple choice answers. Questions will be projected on a screen and will be read aloud by a moderator. One student on each team will submit the team’s answer using the MyQuiz platform. Each team will be provided a laptop the day of the competition. Please note that each team must designate one student to be the official answer selector for the team. Teams will have 45 seconds to discuss each question and select their answer. All questions will be drawn from the sources listed in the Study Guide.

Special Features & Awards
Scholarships will be awarded to each student on the top three teams: 1st Place $300, 2nd Place $200, and 3rd place $100. Special awards will be given to teams for Most School Spirit and Most improved.

AWQ Local Study Guide
The Academic WorldQuest Study Guide has been prepared by the World Affairs Councils of America. Questions for all the above categories are drawn from the resources included in the AWQ Study Guide.

Resources Online
Visit the Porter Resource Center Webpage. To view questions from previous competitions, use the Academic WorldQuest tab at the top of the page.

2022 Competition Forms
Unless otherwise noted, please note that all forms are due January 14, 2022 at the latest. Please submit them at your earliest convenience.
• 2022 Online Entry Form (Due January 7)
• 2022 WorldQuest Flyer
• 2022 Local Study Guide
• 2022 Student Fact Sheet
• 2022 WorldQuest Release of Liability Form

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​WorldQuest Insight

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Introducing three members of the Palm Desert High School Winning Team of 2018. And did you know that they came in Second Place in the National WorldQuest Competition in Washington, DC, in April, 2018!!

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