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Prince Harry makes the winning goal for his team, and for his charity.

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Men's Health: The Connecticut Man Up Program

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Connecticut Wine Bars: Grape Expectations

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Feb 2, 2013
9:00 am until 12:00 pm

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2013 Academic WorldQuest, UCONN/Stamford, 2/2/13

More than 60 students from area high schools will compete on February 2nd at Academic WorldQuest at UCONN/Stamford.  This regional competition of high school teams, each made up of four students representing grades nine through twelve, is organized by the World Affairs Forum of Fairfield and Westchester Counties. Teams will compete in 10 rounds of questions on topics ranging from currents events to China to the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Middle East. The winning team will then compete with students from around the country at the National Academic WorldQuest in Washington, DC on April 27, 2013.

 

Tony Savino, News Director, AM 1490 WGCH Greenwich, will be the Game Master for the competition, which kicks off at 9:00 A.M. and concludes at noon.  The community is invited to attend and play along!  There is no charge to attend.

 

The tenth annual Academic WorldQuest is made possible through the generous support of Lead Sponsor, MasterCard Worldwide, as well as the Arora Foundation, the Hageman Foundation and the Xerox Foundation.

 

Cost Free to the public
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UCONN / Stamford, GenRe Auditorium
corner of Broad/Washington Streets
Stamford, CT
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SponsorThe World Affairs Forum
Phone203-356-0340
Contact nameMichele Kamenetzky
Contact emailinfo@worldaffairsforum.org
Websitehttp://www.worldaffairsforum.org

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