Quarter 3- Journal 1: Quiz Bowl

This weekend, I participated in a quiz bowl tournament, which was actually really fun. My team was Ian Kropp, Reshma, Emilie, Brian Katona and myself, and we ended with a 4-3 record. The thing about quiz bowl, is, that I feel that I work really well with momentum in this game, and really poorly without it. For instance, when we won our first game, I felt great going into round 2. Round 2 was close the entire time, and the adrenaline helped there, but unfortunately, we lost by just 2 points. This absolutely ruined my momentum going into the third match, mainly because I knew the answers to two of the lightning questions, but wasn't fast enough on the buzzer. Round 3 was lost, but by a considerable amount of points. In round 4, I still wasn't feeling too hot, but we ended up winning, which was great. Then we went to lunch with a tied record, and coming off with a win. Coming out of lunch, I tried to be optimistic, and it worked. We won our fifth match. Despite going in with a good momentum for our sixth match, we lost, just because the other team was incredibly good. Then the seventh match came, and momentum or not, i was raring to win. Our record was tied 3-3, and I wanted it badly. Crazily enough, we won by one point! I was so happy, and we ended with a 4-3 record. So despite our winning record not really reflecting how much momentum affects the game, I definitely think it affected my game. I need to try and work on that...