Month: July 2007

Okies, now read my earlier post on the Columban Open Quiz 2007 prelims to semis here; and Rach’s very crude and grammar-less account of the Columban Open Quiz 2007 finals he went for here before continuing to read this post.

They came sixth, our school team, but then for people who were probably going for their first or second quiz ever it’s an achievement that they made it to that spot. I heard that Ishaan Chugh’s team from DPS RKP came fifth, just five points ahead of ours because King IC decided to act loony today. It seems that King IC’s blown his ICs. Apparently, LMAO, when asked to identify (I think Rach said it was) Katherine Hepburn, IC said ‘Jenna Jameson‘! LMAO!!! Or maybe for a guy who used to keep Hugh Hefner‘s photo as his profile pic, it’s the normal thing to think. The Columbans, including the prelim round quizmasters were pretty much having a gala time mocking IC during the semis – for one visual round question where we were supposed to identify the tribe which lived in a particular kind of hut, they were hollering ‘Chugh-Chugh tribe’ the whole way.

Which reminds me. DPS NoIdea won COQ 2007, Murders’ International came second, and Springdales came third. I heard that Manas’ team from DPS RKP came seventh. I also just noticed that the Murders’ International team on which Krittika was there was named Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Now er, BECAUSE Krittika was there, shouldn’t it have been Three Horsemen and One Horsewoman of the Apocalypse? The prize for the best team name though definitely goes to another DPS RKP team which themselves The Four Must-Get-Beers.

I guess I’ll work towards compiling a set of questions of the COQ soon…

Well, the COQ is over and Wat’s the Team Name ended up at 6th place. Pretty respectable, but i think v cud have done better. Really failed to fire 2day (not just me, but every1 on the team). Though Ankit was decent, he sorely lacked the birdshit induced luck of Thursday. As for me, I seem to be getting progressively worse with each passing quiz. Mayb, it had something to do with the fact that i just wasn’t driven enough. On Thursday, I wanted to whip Ankur’s team so bad (and thus dispel the extremely idiotic notion that if u aren’t on Ankur’s team, u’re toast), that i racked my brain for each and every question. But today, i just read the question, and then if i knew it, good, if i didn’t, i didn’t even search for it in the deeper crevices of my brain.
In the end, i am equal parts happy (that it’s over), dissappointed (at not having dun that well), mystified (how the heck did v get into the finals??) and amused (by Chugh’s extremely idiotic answers).
Looking on the bright side though, v did manage to dispel the above mentioned extremely idiotic notion, and V GOT TOFFEES!!! 4 of them!! V didn’t even have to share them!! (Okay, I know i’ve flipped it). Seriously speaking, the quiz was good, but it could have been better. Just a bit more luck our way, and we could easily have clinched it. Well done to the team, anyways!!

Notes:

• These are just my views. The others on the team *mite* tell u that watever i’ve just sed doesn’t hold water,and that we were better than i’m ready to admit, but then again, every1’s entitled to their own views.
• Ankur, no offence 2 u, but i’d rather be playing against u, than actually on ur team. Bcoz, as i’ve just found out, that drives me to actually try and give my best!