BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:246@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20171026T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20171026T213000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085833Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/world-wiz-2017/ SUMMARY:World Wiz Pub Quiz DESCRIPTION:World Wiz Pub Quiz is a fundraiser for the Alaska World Affairs Council and the Academic Student WorldQuest Competition featuring fun glo bally-themed trivia\, raffle and team prizes\, a raffle auction\, and grea t times with friends!\n\nJoin us for a fun-filled evening and test your in ternational trivia knowledge.\n\nAdvance registration has closed. A limite d number of tickets will be available at the door starting at 6:30pm.\n\n\ n\n\nWorld Wiz Quiz Master - Paul Dunscomb\, PhD\nPaul Dunscomb is Profess or of East Asian History and chair of the History Department at the Univer sity of Alaska Anchorage. His nerd super power is\, he can articulate stuf f. He can take a room full of half baked\, half expressed thoughts and tur n them into ideas with force and power.\n\nHe was the inaugural Director o f the UAA Confucius Institute. His book\, A Great Disobedience Against the People\, Japan’s Siberian Intervention\, 1918-1922\, the first ever com plete narrative in English\, appeared in February 2011. He is also author of Japan Since 1945 in 2014 for the Association for Asian Studies Key Issu es in Asian Studies Series.\n\nHis current research focuses on the history of the Heisei period (1989-2018) including the Crisis in Japanese Profess ional Baseball of 2004 and the nature of change in Heisei Japan. He analyz ed debates about Japanese identity during the Lost Decade\, 1992-2004\, in “Images of What Never Was to Suggest What Might Be\; Japanese Popular C ulture and Japaneseness\,” for the edited volume The Dynamics of Cultura l Counterpoint in Asian Studies. His work has appeared in The Journal of J apanese Studies\, East-West Connections\, and Education About Asia.\n\n\n\ nThank you to our amazing sponsors who make World Wiz possible:\nLead Spon sors\n\nRound Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDOORS &\; DETAILS\n\n Food and bev erages at this event will be available for individual order and purchase f rom 49th State Brewing Co.\n This is a team event\, register yourself and three friends for your own team of 4 or get a ticket and join a team at t he event!\n Doors will open at 6:30pm and the trivia will begin at 7:00pm .\n Advance registration has closed. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door starting at 6:30pm.\n\n \;\n\nComplimentary park ing is available in nearby EasyPark Alaska lots for individuals who prereg ister online to attend this program by the posted registration deadline ab ove. Successful registrants will receive an email prior to the program wit h parking details. Thank you to EasyPark Alaska for partnering with us to make Downtown parking a breeze! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/10/wordwiz.jpg CATEGORIES:Special Events LOCATION:49th State Brewing Company\, 717 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 9950 1\, United States GEO:61.21968289999999;-149.8958227 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=717 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=49th State Brewing Company:geo:61.21968289999999,-149.8958227 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0900 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:AKDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR