I'm a quizzer too

'He's Pranay, Kolkata BEQ'. This was me being introduced by one quizzer to another just before Tata crucible. Tata crucible is supposed to be one of the toughest business quizzes in India and now I know why. That's the first time some1 introduced me like that and it felt nice. Some quizzing pedigree you see.

My quizzing partner Tanmay (a previous Crucible national finalist) and I breezed through the prelims but could not really max the finals. Part luck of the draw, part good quizzers on the dais meant we finished 3rd and won a DVD player and a pair of sun glasses.

On the way back I discussed quizzing with a couple of quizzing souls who seemed most impressed with my credentials. I've taken part in 2 proper corporate quizzes - One the BEQ where I reached the national finals (and got creamed there) and the Crucible in Bangalore (where 3rd is supposed to be decent out of 300 teams).

Quizzing in school I did with limited success. College quizzing in Mumbai is really not considered a big thing (not that I would've done anything big if I took part). It is only in IIMK where I understood that quizzing is something big. People spoke about quizzing as if they were speaking about a hot chocolate fudge sundae. I never quizzed in K because there were too many quizzers around. These guys took their quizzing abilities seriously.

Then suddenly last year, courtesy my super boss, I took part in the Kol round table and even made it to the final. Suddenly quizzing was interesting. I still remember being quite tense in the Kol BEQ. There was an interview on Times Now for the finals for which I fumbled and they had to do a retake.

This time I was super comfortable on the dais, maybe because I knew very little. But I actually smiled on the retakes for CNBC and even made a wise crack answer. I still have to develop the hunger for knowledge and skill over the buzzer round. But a few corporate quizzes and a couple of successes later, I can proudly claim today that I am a quizzer too.

Quizzically,

Pranay

P.S.: Please don't expect me to know who is the CEO of some XYZ co. or who is some business man's great grandfather. If you know it - good for you :)