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by C.J.Woolf
Mon Apr 25, 2022 6:57 pm
Forum: World
Topic: What did you learn about in History?
Replies: 18
Views: 11354

Re: What did you learn about in History?

I best learned Shakespeare by watching the plays (or even just listening to audio) before reading them. My high school used an edition with the original text on the left page and annotation on the right. The words I didn't know didn't matter so much when the actors were saying them; I got the gist o...
by C.J.Woolf
Thu Apr 21, 2022 12:10 am
Forum: World
Topic: Seen on the internet
Replies: 115
Views: 201969

Re: Seen on the internet

Utisz wrote:
Tue Apr 19, 2022 11:52 pm
[Turd kebab]
With apologies to Andy Warhol, on the Internet everyone is famous to 15 people. If a popular YouTuber makes a video about you, that number will be greater. If I was Lee R I'd be a bit spooked.
by C.J.Woolf
Tue Aug 10, 2021 2:07 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Olympics
Replies: 96
Views: 35180

Re: Olympics

We need these people competing at random stuff. That what The Superstars was for. (Is anyone besides me old enough to remember that trash sports show on ABC?) It threw together top-level athletes from many sports. The event winners were sometimes surprising, but the most successful groups were foot...
by C.J.Woolf
Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:24 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Olympics
Replies: 96
Views: 35180

Re: Olympics

On one slow afternoon during the 2016 or 2012 Games I actually watched the 50 km race walk. The focus of interest was the front-runner -- uh, front- walker , and not just because he was in front. This guy had a history of taking the early lead then having his body quit on him before the finish. Coul...
by C.J.Woolf
Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:18 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Olympics
Replies: 96
Views: 35180

Re: Olympics

In Rugby Sevens it's roughly the same concept of the tackler having to release. You can see some examples here: Thanks; the video really helped. If I read it right, a defender can always strip the ball. That's standard American football technique too. The tackled ball carrier wants to keep his body...
by C.J.Woolf
Mon Jul 26, 2021 10:47 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Olympics
Replies: 96
Views: 35180

Re: Olympics

A rugby question:

How do you force a turnover? The ball carrier can hand off to a teammate when they're tackled and on the ground.
by C.J.Woolf
Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:28 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Trivia Contest 2021
Replies: 135
Views: 43400

Re: Trivia Contest 2021

The elements question was particularly evil and I respect that. I only took the first one or two letters of the nick and looked up the element's discovery date. I didn't think it through and look up all the elements of the nick. What should have tipped me off was "As", arsenic, which was known to th...
by C.J.Woolf
Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:23 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Olympics
Replies: 96
Views: 35180

Re: Olympics

If you were to count countries it would be the same. If weighted by population though the cricket watchers would vastly outnumber baseball watchers due to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. I know about the Subcontinent providing the vast majority of cricket's fan base. It really is a pity cricket isn...
by C.J.Woolf
Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:46 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Olympics
Replies: 96
Views: 35180

Re: Olympics

I don't really understand why baseball is an Olympic sport and not cricket seeing as cricket has far more of an international reach. I question that. Baseball is popular in the US, Central America, northern South America, the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Emphasis on Japan, ...
by C.J.Woolf
Fri Jul 23, 2021 7:45 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Trivia Contest 2021
Replies: 135
Views: 43400

Re: Trivia Contest 2021

Ferrus wrote:
Fri Jul 23, 2021 4:38 pm
Utisz wrote:
Sat Jul 03, 2021 1:03 am
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Post-modern
I'm looking forward to the explanation of this question. It's been driving me crazy.