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WorldQuest 2016!

True or False: There are more people in Asia than in the rest of the world combined.Picture1

Tuesday May 31st we held our WorldQuest event at the Polish National Home of Hartford. Everyone enjoyed food and drinks along with some friendly global competition!

IMG_1190 edit2John Dankosky of the New England News Collaborative and WNPR was our amazing host for the evening.

20160531_183737Here are the teams working with their teammates to figure out the answers.

IMG_1210 edit.jpgOur interns for the summer, Noor and Dhara, worked at the correcting table to add up all points for the teams.

After a tie breaker for the third place, the winners were announced!

In third place came . . .

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The West Enders!

 

In second place . . .

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The Pratt Pranksters!

 

And the first place went to . . .

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The UKS team!

 

Worried you don’t have enough global knowledge to participate?

Don’t worry! All you need is sportsmanship and a positive attitude to enjoy WorldQuest with us!

Look, even our last place team gets something:

 

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Great job to The ABC Lingos!

 

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Thanks from all of us at The World Affairs Council of Connecticut!

 

Answer to the question above: True, there are more people in Asia than in the rest of the world combined.

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