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WorldQuest 2008
Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton and the City of Chesapeake
You TESTED YOUR GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE!
Wednesday, November 19th, 6-9.30 pm
Chesapeake Conference Center, 900 Greenbrier Circle
WorldQuest 2008 Winners: Congratulations!
College: Old Dominion University
Faculty: Christopher Newport University
Open Category: Geo Geniuses
Corporate: The Virginian-Pilot
High School: Poquoson High School
Poquoson High School is sponsored by Earl Industries, LLC to continue on to the National Academic WorldQuest Competition in
Washington, D.C. on April 4th
Thank you to all who participated and especially to those who donated their time and expertise to make this the most successful
WorldQuest yet!
Start studying for next year’s challenging competition!
Answers to Teaser Questions
Teaser Question 7
Who is the current Prime Minister of Canada:
a. Jean Chretien
b. Pierre Trudeau
c. Paul Martin
d. Stephen Harper (correct)
Teaser Question 6
The first United Nations Secretary General was:
a. Trygve Lie of Norway (correct)
b. U Thant of Burma
c. Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru
d. George C. Marshall of the United States
Teaser Question 5
Invented in China around 2000 B.C., Marco Polo took this recipe with him back to Europe:
a. Century Egg
b. Chow Mein
c. Tea
d. Ice Cream (correct)
Teaser Question 4
The official languages of Belgium are:
a. Dutch, Flemish, French
b. Flemish, French and German (correct)
c. French and German
d. Walloon, Flemish, French and German
Teaser Question 3
What Mexican State is sometimes called the "Silicon Valley of Mexico" due to its high-tech research and development centers?
a. Guadalajara (correct)
b. Jalisco (correct)
c. Oaxaca
d. Guanajuato
Teaser Question 2
Posthumous prize nominations are not allowed, yet who is the one person who won the Peace Prize after he died?
a. President Woodrow Wilson
b. UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld (correct)
c. Norman Borlaug
d. Albert Schweitzer
Teaser Question 1
Who is the first woman elected president of an African country?
a. Vera Chirwa
b. Winnie Mandela
c. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (correct)
d. Wangari Maathai
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