The Quiz

Do see the end even if you dont read through the post

The day started at 11:45 am. I overslept and missed out the NCC class.That was nothin to say of the things to come.

Realized that there was a quiz at 2:30pm and immediately set out to prepare. Finished the regulars and went to the mess.

It was 1:30 pm already. Set out to Amit's(The Gen Sec for Technology for our Hall) room expecting to find the team members ready. Damn! The guys who were supposed to be there by 1:00 pm didnt turn up even by then(That I was no different is another issue). Countless calls couldnt reach Neeraj(another participant). It was 2:00 and we decided to go to his room. The breakthrough ! Shameless to call it that anyway.

Found all the guys and we set off.

Enroute the auditorium (where the quiz was held), the expectations!!!

Our Gen Sec.(who you could call as our manager) was not expecting much though he said that not finishing last would be the qualification for earning our refreshments(read: treat)!!!

Hmm....not a tough task...I thought.

The quiz began on time and we were scoring briskly and by the time 40 of the 80 questions were over, we were third.Smiling.

Then the stagnation started...the score just wouldnt move forward.We dropped to 8th...there were eleven teams,one from each hall.

An objection to our answer to the question "What was codenamed `Xenon`?" by two teams didnt help either.The questions kept coming and we continued leaving them unanswered.We couldnt help it. The team before us was so strong...they came third finally...the infinte bounds rule was hurting us pretty well by now.A reversal in direction didnt help either.We were sandwichec between two strong teams.The other team came second!!!

We finished off with 50 and a seventh place.Pretty good for the freshers, we comforted ourselves and left the place. Our refreshments were ready and we were more than happy to have them(geeeeeeeee)

Pretty good day to finish off. The result was not to my expectations but not everything goes yourself always ,right???

I think in the previous post I think I spoke of the need for a boost to self confidence and it did happen,I did get selected.This must be obvious by the fact that I went to the quiz but there is always something for the first-timers.

And what better way to end this post than by quizzing you...and no cheating...answer the question without searching on the net.

"What is codenamed Xenon?"

Post your answers in the comments section.

Happy quizzing ;-)