Для памяти
В прошлом году на JBoard проводилась игра по олимпийским играм.
Но поскольку форум часто шалит, а потерять те материалы не хочется, скопиру-ка я их к себе сюда. (Заодно и похвастаюсь).
Формат игры "Think Differently" простой: ведущий задаёт набор вопросов, на каждый из которых есть несколько верных ответов. Игроки думают, выбирают наименее очевидные для соперников ответы и отсылают их в личных сообщениях ведущему. Возможен один пас. Потом подводятся итоги - за каждый верный ответ игрок получает столько очков, сколько игроков ответили также. За неверный - штраф (например, максимальное число ответов + 5 и т.д.) Побеждает игрок с наименьшей суммой баллов.
И вот такие вопросы были в той игре:
1. Name a city not in the US or Europe, that has hosted the Olympics. A few games were cancelled or transferred to other cities, and they don’t count.
(Source: Wikipedia's Olympic games article)
2. Name a nation/territory/place with its own National Olympic Committee that has never had anOlympic medalist. Not all countries have NOCs and some places with NOCs aren't necessarily independent nations. For example, Vatican City has no NOC, so it wouldn't count. The U.S. Virgin Islands, on the other hand, does have its own NOC. (And, but for their 1988 silver medal, you could have used that answer.) Lots and lots of singletons available here!
(Source: Wikipedia's All-time Olympic games medal table)
3. A big part of the competition at the Olympics is businesses competing for your money. Name one of Team USA's sponsors for the London Olympics. "Sponsors" include officially-acknowledged worldwide and domestic sponsors, outfitters, broadcast partners, and licensees.
(Source: Team USA's "Sponsors" page.)
4. Name an athlete who was stripped of an Olympic medal. The medal need not have been awarded yet, but it must actually have been won - so, for example, a disqualification during a medal competition round wouldn’t count as having been stripped. And if the medal was later returned as part of the established arbitration or appeals process, it doesn't count as having been stripped, for purposes of this question.
(Source: Wikipedia's List of stripped Olympic medals)
5. Name any sport scheduled to be contested at the upcoming summer Paralympic games (this fall, also in London). There are several sports with the designation "wheelchair," which I'll ignore for scoring purposes since the non-wheelchair versions of them won’t be contested there.
(Source: Wikipedia's Paralympic sports article and Paralympic official site)
6. Name an athlete from the US or Canada who has won either (a) one or more Olympic silver medals or (b) one or more Olympic bronze medals - but no other Olympic medals of any color. You must identify whether you're guessing silver or bronze, and provide either a first name or identify theOlympic games at which a medal was won - so just guessing "Smith" and hoping for the best is a no-go.
(Source: official Olympics "All medallists since 1896" search page.)
7. Name either 1) a particular watercraft racing event at the London games, or 2) one of the watercraft that will be rowed, sailed, or paddled by athletes in the games (as part of a competitive event - not the opening ceremonies or something like that). For 1), "men's" or "women's" will be disregarded. For 2), name the type of craft as identified in the name of the event or on the "equipment" description for that sport on the official Olympic website - not slang terms or proper names of particular boats. (Source: official Olympic website, under "Sports")
8. Name an Olympic athlete who has appeared on a Wheaties® box (solo, not as part of a team). First and last name, please.
(Source: Wikipedia's list of athletes on Wheaties boxes - the article on the athlete must identify them as having competed in the Olympic games.)
9. Identify the most common nickname or the real name of any one of these athletes (as indicated). If you guess a nickname, it will be a colorful appellation, not a diminutive or shortened version of the full name. For example, if there were an athlete named Elizabeth Lemon, her nickname might be something like “Queen Elizabeth” or “The E-Lemonader” - not just “Liz.”
Eric Moussambani (identify the nickname)
Paavo Nurmi (nickname)
Michael Edwards (nickname)
Wilma Rudolph (nickname)
Ian Thorpe (nickname)
Mary T. Meagher (nickname)
Naim Süleymanoglu (nickname)
Sparrow from Minsk (identify the real name)
The Buckeye Bullet (real name)
Iron Hammer (real name)
Lightning Bolt (real name)
The Flying Tomato (real name)
The Flying Scotsman (real name)
The Flying Housewife (real name)
(Source: Wikipedia articles on various athletes. I may also consult other sources to confirm doubtful answers.)
10. And finally, the summer games have been boycotted throughout the years for various reasons, but the three largest boycotts were in 1976, 1980, and 1984. The 1976 boycott was mainly aimed at protesting the IOC's refusal to punish New Zealand for its rugby team's tour of South Africa (during the apartheid era). The 1980 boycott was mainly aimed at protesting the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan. And then there was the USSR's 1984 counter-boycott against the US. Name a country that boycotted one or more of those summer games, and identify which games you think that country boycotted. The same country participating in different boycotts counts as a different answer. So, for example, if the Grand Duchy of Fenwick boycotted all three games, Fenwick 1976, Fenwick 1980, and Fenwick 1984 would be three different answers. Any country that boycotted the games for any reason is fine as an answer.
(Source: Wikipedia article on Olympic boycotts, graphic showing countries boycotting those summer Olympics.)
Reminder: The sources listed are just to let you know what I'll regard as authoritative. Don't go looking at them, even after you submit your answers - I might need a clarification from you on one of your answers. I might also look at other sources to fill in gaps, but you can't necessarily rely on that.
Clarifications
For question #6, there are different ways an athlete can win a medal - as an individual, as part of a winning team, or even in some cases as an alternate. Any medal listed in the Olympic website's database as having been won by that athlete counts. Medals that were stripped and never ultimately returned to the athlete are not in that database, so they don't count. But medals that were stripped and returned are there, so they do count. Medals won at any Olympic games (except the current one in London) count, so if someone won medals at more than one games, they must all be the same color, and that color must be the one you designated.
For question #5, it appears Wikipedia's list is incomplete. I've added the official Paralympic site as a source, so if the sport appears either place and is scheduled to be contested at the upcoming Paralympic games in London, it will count. Also, some sports are designated by the prefix "para-" and I'll treat that like the "wheelchair" designation. If you answer with the name of a discipline or event within a sport, I'll count it as if you had answered with the name of the sport - as long as that event or discipline will be contested at the London Paralympic games. (Naming an event or discipline that won't be contested will be a wrong answer, even if the sport it's part of will be.) The official Paralympic website's "Sports" page will determine what is a sport (as opposed to a discipline or event).
Yes, Moscow is in Europe.
Но поскольку форум часто шалит, а потерять те материалы не хочется, скопиру-ка я их к себе сюда. (Заодно и похвастаюсь).
Формат игры "Think Differently" простой: ведущий задаёт набор вопросов, на каждый из которых есть несколько верных ответов. Игроки думают, выбирают наименее очевидные для соперников ответы и отсылают их в личных сообщениях ведущему. Возможен один пас. Потом подводятся итоги - за каждый верный ответ игрок получает столько очков, сколько игроков ответили также. За неверный - штраф (например, максимальное число ответов + 5 и т.д.) Побеждает игрок с наименьшей суммой баллов.
И вот такие вопросы были в той игре:
1. Name a city not in the US or Europe, that has hosted the Olympics. A few games were cancelled or transferred to other cities, and they don’t count.
(Source: Wikipedia's Olympic games article)
2. Name a nation/territory/place with its own National Olympic Committee that has never had anOlympic medalist. Not all countries have NOCs and some places with NOCs aren't necessarily independent nations. For example, Vatican City has no NOC, so it wouldn't count. The U.S. Virgin Islands, on the other hand, does have its own NOC. (And, but for their 1988 silver medal, you could have used that answer.) Lots and lots of singletons available here!
(Source: Wikipedia's All-time Olympic games medal table)
3. A big part of the competition at the Olympics is businesses competing for your money. Name one of Team USA's sponsors for the London Olympics. "Sponsors" include officially-acknowledged worldwide and domestic sponsors, outfitters, broadcast partners, and licensees.
(Source: Team USA's "Sponsors" page.)
4. Name an athlete who was stripped of an Olympic medal. The medal need not have been awarded yet, but it must actually have been won - so, for example, a disqualification during a medal competition round wouldn’t count as having been stripped. And if the medal was later returned as part of the established arbitration or appeals process, it doesn't count as having been stripped, for purposes of this question.
(Source: Wikipedia's List of stripped Olympic medals)
5. Name any sport scheduled to be contested at the upcoming summer Paralympic games (this fall, also in London). There are several sports with the designation "wheelchair," which I'll ignore for scoring purposes since the non-wheelchair versions of them won’t be contested there.
(Source: Wikipedia's Paralympic sports article and Paralympic official site)
6. Name an athlete from the US or Canada who has won either (a) one or more Olympic silver medals or (b) one or more Olympic bronze medals - but no other Olympic medals of any color. You must identify whether you're guessing silver or bronze, and provide either a first name or identify theOlympic games at which a medal was won - so just guessing "Smith" and hoping for the best is a no-go.
(Source: official Olympics "All medallists since 1896" search page.)
7. Name either 1) a particular watercraft racing event at the London games, or 2) one of the watercraft that will be rowed, sailed, or paddled by athletes in the games (as part of a competitive event - not the opening ceremonies or something like that). For 1), "men's" or "women's" will be disregarded. For 2), name the type of craft as identified in the name of the event or on the "equipment" description for that sport on the official Olympic website - not slang terms or proper names of particular boats. (Source: official Olympic website, under "Sports")
8. Name an Olympic athlete who has appeared on a Wheaties® box (solo, not as part of a team). First and last name, please.
(Source: Wikipedia's list of athletes on Wheaties boxes - the article on the athlete must identify them as having competed in the Olympic games.)
9. Identify the most common nickname or the real name of any one of these athletes (as indicated). If you guess a nickname, it will be a colorful appellation, not a diminutive or shortened version of the full name. For example, if there were an athlete named Elizabeth Lemon, her nickname might be something like “Queen Elizabeth” or “The E-Lemonader” - not just “Liz.”
Eric Moussambani (identify the nickname)
Paavo Nurmi (nickname)
Michael Edwards (nickname)
Wilma Rudolph (nickname)
Ian Thorpe (nickname)
Mary T. Meagher (nickname)
Naim Süleymanoglu (nickname)
Sparrow from Minsk (identify the real name)
The Buckeye Bullet (real name)
Iron Hammer (real name)
Lightning Bolt (real name)
The Flying Tomato (real name)
The Flying Scotsman (real name)
The Flying Housewife (real name)
(Source: Wikipedia articles on various athletes. I may also consult other sources to confirm doubtful answers.)
10. And finally, the summer games have been boycotted throughout the years for various reasons, but the three largest boycotts were in 1976, 1980, and 1984. The 1976 boycott was mainly aimed at protesting the IOC's refusal to punish New Zealand for its rugby team's tour of South Africa (during the apartheid era). The 1980 boycott was mainly aimed at protesting the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan. And then there was the USSR's 1984 counter-boycott against the US. Name a country that boycotted one or more of those summer games, and identify which games you think that country boycotted. The same country participating in different boycotts counts as a different answer. So, for example, if the Grand Duchy of Fenwick boycotted all three games, Fenwick 1976, Fenwick 1980, and Fenwick 1984 would be three different answers. Any country that boycotted the games for any reason is fine as an answer.
(Source: Wikipedia article on Olympic boycotts, graphic showing countries boycotting those summer Olympics.)
Reminder: The sources listed are just to let you know what I'll regard as authoritative. Don't go looking at them, even after you submit your answers - I might need a clarification from you on one of your answers. I might also look at other sources to fill in gaps, but you can't necessarily rely on that.
Clarifications
For question #6, there are different ways an athlete can win a medal - as an individual, as part of a winning team, or even in some cases as an alternate. Any medal listed in the Olympic website's database as having been won by that athlete counts. Medals that were stripped and never ultimately returned to the athlete are not in that database, so they don't count. But medals that were stripped and returned are there, so they do count. Medals won at any Olympic games (except the current one in London) count, so if someone won medals at more than one games, they must all be the same color, and that color must be the one you designated.
For question #5, it appears Wikipedia's list is incomplete. I've added the official Paralympic site as a source, so if the sport appears either place and is scheduled to be contested at the upcoming Paralympic games in London, it will count. Also, some sports are designated by the prefix "para-" and I'll treat that like the "wheelchair" designation. If you answer with the name of a discipline or event within a sport, I'll count it as if you had answered with the name of the sport - as long as that event or discipline will be contested at the London Paralympic games. (Naming an event or discipline that won't be contested will be a wrong answer, even if the sport it's part of will be.) The official Paralympic website's "Sports" page will determine what is a sport (as opposed to a discipline or event).
Yes, Moscow is in Europe.