AUB organic competition 2012
07 February 2012 On February 7, 2012, 62 teams (2 participants per team) competed using Clickers that are programmed to take only one response. The competition was conducted in a similar mode to the show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” but with all the contestants competing simultaneously. The contestants came from seven universities across Lebanon (American University of Beirut, Lebanese American University, Lebanese University, University De Saint Joseph, Beirut Arab University, Balamand University, Lebanese International University), and four universities from across the MENA region (Bilkent University (Turkey), Sultan Qaboos University (Saltanat Oman), American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), and Razi University (Iran)). It was a tightly contested race among 62 teams (2 participants per team) from 11 universities from Lebanon and the MENA region until the decisive last question in the 2012 Organic Competition cast the winners!The three winning teams of the 2012 Organic Competition were:
FIRST PRIZE (240 points): Huseyin Erguven and Abdurrahman Turksoy from Bilkent University, Turkey;
SECOND PRIZE (220 points): Ayman Turk and Bashir Alamedine from Beirut Arab University;
THIRD PRIZE (210 points): Savo Bou Zein Eddine and Hussam Aridi from the American University of Beirut.
The awards were handed in to the winners by the Lebanese Minister of Education and Higher Education, H. E. Prof. Hassan Diab and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at AUB, Prof. Patrick McGreevy.