2026 Global Trivia Challenge Fundraiser

The World Affairs Council is pleased and proud to present the return of our Annual Global Trivia Challenge fundraiser to support the work of the Council.

Teams of four will match wits on international affairs and current events, competing for prizes, enjoying refreshments, and having some fun.

The Challenge will feature five rounds of ten questions each:

• Current Events
• People in the News
• FIFA World Cup
• NATO
• Flags

$50 per person/$200 for per team

Prizes for the winning teams.

Hors d'oeuvres included. Raffles. Cash bar.

All profits support the ongoing program and international exchange activities of the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts.

Cost of tickets minus $20 per person is tax-deductible.

The event will take place at Villa Rose in Ludlow

Our moderator: Emily Brewster is a Senior Editor and lexicographer at Merriam-Webster. As a general definer who has worked on the company's Collegiate®, Unabridged, Advanced Learner’s, and Merriam-Webster.com dictionaries, she covers all kinds of vocabulary, from prepositions to politics to slang. In addition to defining, she writes regularly about grammar, usage, and language change at Merriam-Webster.com, and speaks to audiences about lexicography and language in person and as a regular guest on NEPM and WRSI, radio stations in western Massachusetts. A graduate of UMass Amherst with a degree in Linguistics and Philosophy, she is also a mother of two and co-owner of The Rendezvous, a pub and entertainment venue in Turners Falls, Mass.

Special thanks to NAI Plotkin/1350 Main Street, LLC

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