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The participants lined up on stage like kids at a spelling bee while questions were shot at them.The topics at Thursday’s “Beat the Greeks,” part of Greek Week, ranged from television to math - insulting the participants’ intelligence sometimes and leaving them dumbfounded other times.“Well, they’re not all easy, you know,” said Terry Braverman, moderator of the event and director of MSU’s Ralph Young Foundation.But despite the tough questions, the team of Sigma Delta Tau sorority found a way to come out on top in the greek event.Each team, most consisting of two fraternities and one sorority, sent a line of five representatives to the Auditorium stage where they rotated through answering questions.This year is the first the event was a part of Greek Week, but organizers felt the nonsocial aspects of greek life should be showcased, Greek Week director Chris Braverman said.“We wanted to feature a little more of the academic aspect of greek life,” he said.The name is a spin-off of the Comedy Central game show “Beat the Geeks,” but the idea was not to mimic the show, Braverman said.“It’s just our way of having a clever name,” he said.Like all Greek Week events, the proceeds are donated to charity.
