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ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST

Academic Challenge WorldQuest 2008

WorldQuest is a challenging international group trivia contest. ACWA invited students from area colleges to play against teams from Kent State University, The University of Akron and Ashland University. The event was held April 11, 2008, at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn in Ohio.

Jane Walker Snider, ACWA Executive Director, extends special thanks to the event advisors and judges:

Akron University Political Science B Team

Team placing #1: The University of Akron Political Science B-Team - Josh Petersen, Thomas G. Panagopoulos III, Rayeed Rayeh, Greg Milo, Michelle R. Newman, and Alan Minor. The team answered 52 of 69 questions accruately (75%).

The University of Akron

College of Business

  • Kamna Mehta worked with Ms. Snider to co-author the trivial pursuit Questions and Answers, based on current global events and provided the Power Point presentation. She also served as timer and projectionist at the event.
  • Dr. Douglas Hausknecht provided technical assistance
  • James Enmore, Associate Dean, provided staff support and a team from the College of Business
Ashland University team

Team placing #2: Ashland University - Front row: Sarah Muse, Rachel Vick and Narine Dallakyan; Back Row: Oscar Thoniasson, Bobby DeSeyn, Amine Gharbi, Erik Hakansson, A.F.M Mainul Ahsan. The team answered 49 of 69 questions accruately (71%).

Political Science Department

  • Karl Kaltenthaler, Department Chair, organized two teams

WZIP Radio

  • Bryan Schapiro, WZIP Radio Staff Member, served as event emcee for the second year
  • Tom Beck, WZIP Business Manager

Ashland University

  • Diane Kerner, International Student Services, organized her school’s participation

Kent State University

  • Don Williams, Interim Dean, Honors College, and Amy Bode, Office of International Affairs, each organized a team
Ashland University team

Bryan Schapiro, WZIP Radio emcee for the event; Jane Walker Snider, ACWA Executive Director; and Kamna Mehta, College of Business, The University of Akron, managed the Q&A presentation.

Judges for WorldQuest 2008 were Jim Hanson, The University of Akron; Don Williams, Kent State
University; and Chin-Chin Frantz and Bob Pesek, Ashland University.

Trivial pursuit question categories were Current Events, People in the News, General Knowledge, Places Around the Globe, Georgraphy and History and Flags of Countries. Questions focused on global events within the previous six months, taken from major media coverage.

Winners received trophies. All participants received WorldQuest 2008 t-shirts.

First Place Team

Ashland University team

Judges for the event were Jim Hanson, The University of Akron; Don Williams, Kent State University; and Chin-Chin Frantz and Bob Pesek, Ashland University.

The University of Akron, Political Science B-Team
Josh Peterson, Thomas G. Panagopoulos III, Rayeed Rayeh, Greg Milo, Michelle R. Newman, and Alan Minor. The team answered 52 of 69, for 62%.

Second Place Team

Ashland University Team
Sarah Muse, Rachel Vick, Narine Dallakyan, Oscar Thoniasson, Bobby DeSeyn, Amine Gharbi, Erick
Hakansson, A.F.M. Mainul Ahsam. The team answered 49 of the 69 questions correctly, for 58%.

PHOTO GALLERY

View photos from the 2006 WorldQuest event and the following awards presentations.

STUDENT COMMENTS

Read comments from students who participated in the 2006 WorldQuest competition.