11-24-2012, 04:14 PM | #10201 |
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The Wall Game?
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11-24-2012, 04:37 PM | #10202 |
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Not the wall game.
The first word is 'Eton', the second is a pluralised number! |
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11-24-2012, 04:53 PM | #10203 |
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11-24-2012, 05:04 PM | #10204 |
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I looked up the wall game on wikipedia, and according to wikipedia, most games ends 0-0. A goal happens roughly every ten years, and there hasn't been scored goal in the wall game on the traditional St. Andrew Day game since 1909. I would never have learned this without this thread and this quiz
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11-24-2012, 05:32 PM | #10205 |
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Eton Fives? That resonates slightly, but I have no idea if it's right.
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11-24-2012, 05:37 PM | #10206 | |
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My apologies for such an obscure question. Hopefully people have learned something though. Again, there's no clear winner, so whoever has a question ready should probably go for it. Last edited by pdurrant; 11-25-2012 at 06:40 AM. Reason: Edited to hide my dreadful spelling mistake |
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11-24-2012, 11:53 PM | #10207 |
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Ohh, absolutely. A day lived learning something new is a day worth living.
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11-25-2012, 07:00 AM | #10208 |
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11-25-2012, 07:09 AM | #10209 |
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1. Chess
2. When a initial move of a pawn is two squares, but this leads that pawn to pass the position it could have been captured by an opposing pawn the opposing pawn is allowed to still capture. 3. Pawn advancing two squares was not part of original rules? 4. ? 5.? |
11-25-2012, 07:16 AM | #10210 |
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1 Yes.
2 Yes, completely correct. 3.Yes. So three point to Hamlet, and the next question. I'll accept the century for the other two answers. |
11-25-2012, 07:25 AM | #10211 |
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Whoa fellas... There is an en passant rule in Fencing too...
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11-25-2012, 07:46 AM | #10212 |
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11-25-2012, 07:50 AM | #10213 | |
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5. ?? 18th century? I think I remember the best player then, Philidor, played with it, but don't know if this counts as "universally accepted". |
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