First Quiz Night Tournament:
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organized a quiz night on December 20, 2006 in West Halls’ Common Room.
Over 22 competitors formed six teams, named “TNT, Fonz, Winners, 15, Abu Ghazaliz and Teamless.” The teams first answered 53 general knowledge questions in different academic fields. An overhead projector with a PowerPoint slide show was used to present the questions to the competing teams. The questions ranged from easy to hard, some with multiple choice and others without multiple choice. They included Arabic literature, American movies, books, politics, singers, economics, medicine and various other topics that challenged each team according to the students’ majors.
Questions related to AUB included President Waterbury’s office location (College Hall, 5th floor), when College Hall was destroyed (1991) and rebuilt (1999), what Fisk Hall was in the past (the men’s dorms) and what the only tree of its kind in the Middle East found in AUB is (Banyan).
Several breaks were given for competitors to have refreshments while waiting for the next set of questions and for the correction of answers. Team “TNT” won by getting 40 correct answers out of 53 and then the team members Tarek Tutunji, Nabil Abdo, Michel Neuwirth and Ramzi Tawil competed against each other. Nabil Abdo won by scoring four correct answers out of 10 and received a $50 certificate from Virgin Mega Store.
Tickets to enter the competition were sold for LL 3000 on a stand in front of West Hall.
Second Quiz Night Tournament:
From Tuesday, April 27, 2007 till Tuesday, May 15, 2007 five nights of general knowledge and UNESCO questions took place between 20 teams to win 1000$ cash. This event was funded by the Lebanese National Commission for the UNESCO (LNCU) upon the club’s event proposal in March 2007 and aimed to spread awareness on the goals and mission of the UNESCO. Each night was dedicated for a faculty where five teams competed to qualify to the final night. Two teams of the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS), one team from the Olayan School of Business (OSB) and another team from the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (FEA) qualified for the final night. Competition was at its peek that night as faculties challenged each other to win the 1000$ cash and to acquire a good reputation for their faculty in the university. The FAS “EEEbs” team won that night scoring 28/50 away by only three points from the FEA “Cuba” team which scored 25/50. The third place was for the winning team of the Fall term 2006-07 quiz night the FAS “TNT” team scoring 23/50; while the OSB “e=mc²” scored the least with 20/50. In the reception cash prizes were distributed to the winning team and certificates from the LNCU for all the teams that qualified. Dean of Student Affairs Maroun Kisirwani handed 250$ in cash to each member of the “EEEBs” team, Philippe Jamhouri, Raghad Shweihat, Tariq Buhilaigah and Nadim Abillama. While the secretary general of the LNCU Salwa Saniora Baasiri handed in the certificates to the sixteen participants who qualified to the final night. Wadad El Husseiny, Director of Student Activities, Christiane Jeatani, the LNCU coordinator of the UNESCO Clubs in Lebanon, the club’s cabinet and UNESCO clubs cabinet from other universities were present in this reception and expressed their pleasure for the success of this event. After the award ceremony, the guests were invited to a food reception to celebrate the end of the tournament.
