Trying new activities: mind games!!!

                At the end of the last week, my friend offered me to participate in a competition called “Auksinis Protas” and I was quite interested about it. It can be translated as “Golden mind” and I thought that it will be like a competition between teams who answers tricky organizers questions. I quickly answered “Yes!” to my friend since CAS thought me to try anything new and exciting, and I am glad that I made the decision to participate in this activity.

                The whole competition was really fun and quite new for me. There were 5 rounds and on each round there were different tasks for every team. On the starting 2 rounds we were answering questions about a set theme in every round. Those questions were really tricky and I was amazed that other could answer them. I tried my best and focused, however I was able to answer only a few of the questions on my own. Next, on the third round there was a lighting round. There were 20 questions with 4 anwser showed and we needed to choose the right one. This round was easier for me, but still the fast pace was quite challenging, since you had 30 sec to write an answer and half of those 30 sec you actually read the question, thus I tried me best to keep up with time. The fourth round was a music one. There were 10 questions and they all relate to some song or track played and you need either to know the answer through your knowledge or find some clues in the song that would help you to answer. These questions were so interesting and creative. It’s amazing to think that somebody created them, since they were like a piece of art and also because of the originality they were the hardest ones. The final round was as same as the 2 first ones and it was really the most intense one, since at the end, when you still can do something for your score, you try your hardest to answer correctly.

                We finished 14^th between 25 teams, and I would say that a great achievement. I trained a lot of my skills in this competition such as critical thinking, creativity and for sure time management. Also, I learned to see questions from quite different perspective, always finding for something hidden, that would help me to answer the question. Overall, this experience was perfect for me.

                I will certainly try to compete again, since this is not a one time event and actually it’s a league. I hope my friends would invite my again and that I will experience it again.

Photo of my team: