Who's the smarter one?

THE THIRD season of the quiz contest, 'The SBM Knowledge Bowl' was held on November 25, 26 and 27, at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), organised by the Business Student Committee.

The competition's objective is to test the general knowledge and IQ of participants in a variety of categories like literature, business, art, nature, sports, history and movies.

The contest was bigger and better this time with Khaleej Times and Air Arabia sponsoring the event, 13 teams participating and the audience turning up in huge numbers. The contest was divided into three parts beginning with quarter finals which would shortlist 6 teams to participate in the semi finals post which only three top teams would be lucky enough to battle it out in the finals.

The ones with the highest scores would walk away with three Air Arabia tickets; prized trophies and certificates. First runners up would be awarded 3 annual Khaleej Times' subscriptions trophies and certificates. Besides this, those in the audience answering correctly were awarded 50 per cent discounted desert safari tickets courtesy, Khaleej Times as well.

It was a challenging competition with immense pressure building up on the three finalists. The entire finals were divided into five rounds. Beginning with the category round, the teams had a free hand in choosing the categories they were most comfortable with in answering.

Six categories were provided to the teams, namely: Science, History, Sports, Awards and Honors, nature and Movies and 5 questions from the chosen category were put forth. Next up was the fun and mind boggling, 'brain teasers' round where simple puzzles and mathematical riddles were asked and the teams had to work out the solutions without any pens or calculators.