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Academic WorldQuest 

Academic WorldQuest is a fun, fast-paced team game testing students’ knowledge of international affairs. In the game, four-person teams compete by answering questions divided into ten theme categories. The program tests players’ knowledge of subjects such as current international politics, geography, global economics, history, forms of government, capitals of the world, citizenship and the U.S. Constitution, ancient civilizations, U.S. history, the U.S. in world affairs, world leaders, world cultures, and more.

Some 50 World Affairs Councils, including the Naples Council on World Affairs (NCWA), hold AWQ competitions for students in their communities. The winner is the team with the most correct answers. One winning high school team is invited to represent their high school, city, and local World Affairs Council at the Carlos and Malú Alvarez Academic WorldQuest National Competition in Washington DC, held each spring. 

For more than a decade, NCWA has sponsored AWQ competitions in two programs in Collier County -- one for public and independent high schools and the second for middle schools. The Middle School AWQ was on March 1, and the High School AWQ will be March 29, this year, both at the Community School of Naples. 

Try your hand at answering the study questions, and see how you score! Click here for the 2025 study guide.

2024 High School AWQ Results:

Naples' newest school, Aubrey Rogers High School, won the NCWA High School Academic WorldQuest competition March 24, 2024, and traveled to Washington DC for the national competition in April. For the first time a group of four freshmen earned the champion's title. The local competition is sponsored by the Naples Council on World Affairs, and the national competition by the World Affairs Councils of America.

NCWA’s middle school AWQ took place at the Community School on March 2. The results were: Community School of Naples, first place; Pine Ridge Middle School, second place; Community School of Naples, third place.

For a copy of the press release announcing the winning teams, click here.

High School Academic WorldQuest Winners for 2024

First place in the High School Academic WorldQuest was won by a freshman team from Aubrey Rogers High School. From left are Mimi Gregory, NCWA Vice President for Programs; Meghan Joyce, team coach, also named NCWA Educator of the Year; students Aaron Bowman, Bennett Bowman, Luke Brown and Alex Ewy; and Jim Seymour, NCWA's manager of the competition. The Bozmans and Brown were on the team that won the AWQ Middle School championship in 2023. 

Second place winning team was from Gulf Coast High School. With Mimi Gregory, Vice President for Programs, left, is Emiliana Aguilera, Isabella Lala, Selma Parvenu, Everett Tedrow and Jim Seymour, manager of the competition. Not pictured is Sue Soulard, high school coach.

Taking third place in the High School AWQ competition was another team from Gulf Coast High School. From left is Mimi Gregory, NCWA Vice President for Programs, Quinn Fairbrother, Khang Lee, Katie Saadeh, Aiden Stein, and Jim Seymour, NCWA manager of the high school competition. Not shown is Sue Soulard, high school coach.

Middle school students prepare for the competition at the Community School of Naples.