What two colours were the stripes of Newcastle United's original football kit, before they changed it in 1904 to avoid confusion with another nearby football club?

Brief History of Football Kit Design - Historical Football Kits Historical Football Kits A Brief History of Football Kit Design in England   and Scotland © Dave Moor (May 2009) The Victorian Period (1857-1899) The game of football is generally considered to date back to the mob football games played in the Middle Ages between rival villages without rules and with unlimited players on each side. The Royal Shrovetide football match is a supposed survival of this early form of the game. Modern scholarship has, however, revealed that small-side games, played by young men according to locally agreed rules, were commonplace and as such, went largely unrecorded. The first recognised rules of football were laid down by English public schools to govern inter-house competition and fell broadly into two groups; the handling game developed at Rugby School and the dribbling game that emerged from Eton, although other schools such as Harrow, Winchester, Uppingham, Shrewsbury, Marlborough and Charterhouse all had their own versions. In keeping with the philosophies of the public schools of the time, these games were extraordinarily violent. When the young men from these schools went up to university they formed football clubs but games descended into chaos as there was no consensus on the rules. The first attempt to draw up a uniform set of rules took place at Cambridge University in 1848. Although the originals are lost, a set of Cambridge Rules from 1856 survives in the library of Shrewsbury School. The first football clubs also emerged around this time, most notably Sheffield FC (1857 - the world's oldest club), Hallam (1860) and Notts County (1862). This led to the development of local rules (specifically "Sheffield Rules" and "Nottingham Rules"), which were widely adopted by the newly emerging clubs in the north and midlands. Scotland's oldest club, Queen's Park also developed their own unique code. The majority of games took place within a club, school or university and it took some time for the notion of inter-club matches to catch on. When they did teams might consist of 9 to 18 players and it was common for different codes to be used in the first and second halves. There were no uniform kits: players would turn out in whatever they had to   hand and teams would be distinguished by wearing distinctively coloured caps,     scarves or sashes over cricket whites (many clubs were formed by cricketers seeking a team game for the winter) or whatever else players had to hand. The first reference to "colours" comes from the rules of Sheffield FC in 1857, which stated: "Each player must provide himself with a red and dark blue flannel cap, one colour to be worn by each side." In 1863 leading players formed the Football Association and drew up the first set of national laws of the game, drawing upon the Cambridge Rules and those of the Sheffield     Club . Spectators were generally regarded as a nuisance and the   game was a robust pursuit for gentlemen from public schools. The leading clubs of the day were formed by old boys of the major public schools ( Old Etonians,   Old Carthusians etc), by officers serving in the Army ( Royal Engineers ) and   at Oxford and Cambridge Universities . The introduction of the English FA Cup in 1871-72 marked a turning point as it required all participating teams to play by the FA Rules. Furthermore, the difficulty of telling two teams apart prompted one newspaper correspondent reporting on Birmingham Association's appearance in the FA Cup to write in 1879: "In football it is a most essential point that the members of one team should be clearly distinguished from those of the other. The only way this can be effected is for each club to have a distinct uniform as the diversity of dress displayed yesterday not only confused the members of the team but the spectators were quite unable to say whether a man belonged to one team or the other." The first uniform kits began to appear around 1870.   In England colours were often those of the public schools and sports clubs with which


How many times has the flag known as the stars and stripes been changed since it was first adopted by 13 American states?

Flag timeline Flag Timeline More flag resources Flag Timeline States and their dates of admission are shown in bold red. Starting in 1819, the updated flag becomes legal on the Fourth of July following the date of admission. 1775 American ships in New England waters flew a "Liberty Tree" flag in 1775. It shows a green pine tree on a white background, with the words, "An Appeal to Heaven." 1775 The Continental Navy used this flag, with the warning, "Don't Tread on Me," upon its inception. 1775 Forster flag. 1776 January 1 — The Grand Union flag (Continental Colors) is displayed on Prospect Hill. It has 13 alternate red and white stripes and the British Union Jack in the upper left-hand corner (the canton). 1776 May — Betsy Ross reports that she sewed the first American flag 1777 Another 13-star flag, in the 3-2-3-2-3 pattern. 1777? Cowpens Flag. According to some sources, this flag was first used in 1777. It was used by the Third Maryland Regiment. There was no official pattern for how the stars were to be arranged. The flag was carried at the Battle of Cowpens, which took place on January 17, 1781, in South Carolina. The actual flag from that battle hangs in the Maryland State House. 1777 Brandywine Flag. 1777 June 14 — Continental Congress adopts the following: Resolved: that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. Stars represent Delaware (December 7, 1787), Pennsylvania (December 12, 1787), New Jersey (December 18, 1787), Georgia (January 2, 1788), Connecticut (January 9, 1788), Massachusetts (February 6, 1788), Maryland (April 28, 1788), South Carolina (May 23, 1788), New Hampshire (June 21, 1788), Virginia (June 25, 1788), New York (July 26, 1788), North Carolina (November 21, 1789), and Rhode Island (May 29, 1790) 1779 John Paul Jones Flag, also called the Serapis Flag. 1781? The Guilford Flag. 1787 Captain Robert Gray carries the flag around the world on his sailing vessel (around the tip of South America, to China, and beyond). He discovered a great river and named it after his boat The Columbia. His discovery was the basis of America's claim to the Oregon Territory. 1795 Flag with 15 stars and 15 stripes Vermont (March 4, 1791), Kentucky (June 1, 1792) 1803 Indian Peace Flag. 1814 September 14 — Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner." It officially becomes the national anthem in 1931. 1814 Easton Flag. 1818 Flag with 20 stars and 13 stripes (it remains at 13 hereafter) Tennessee (June 1, 1796), Ohio (March 1, 1803), Louisiana (April 30, 1812), Indiana (December 11, 1816), Mississippi (December 10, 1817) 1819 Flag with 21 stars Illinois (December 3, 1818) 1820 Flag with 23 stars Alabama (December 14, 1819), Maine (March 15, 1820) first flag on Pikes Peak c. 1820-30 Bennington Flag. According to some accounts, this flag was flown at the Battle of Bennington. It is sometimes called the Fillmore Flag. The story goes that Nathaniel Fillmore took this flag home from the battlefield, and the flag was passed down through generations of Fillmores, including Millard, and today it can be seen at Vermont's Bennington Museum. Most experts doubt this story and date the flag to about 1820-30. 1822 Flag with 24 stars Missouri (August 10, 1821) 1836 Flag with 25 stars Arkansas (June 15, 1836) 1837 Flag with 26 stars Michigan (Jan 26, 1837) 1837 Flag with 38 stars Colorado (August 1, 1876) 1877 38 Star Flag. 1889 Flag with 39 stars that never was! Flag manufacturers believed that the two Dakotas would be admitted as one state and so manufactured this flag, some of which still exist. It was never an official flag. 1890 Flag with 43 stars North Dakota (November 2, 1889), South Dakota (November 2, 1889), Montana (November 8, 1889), Washington (November 11, 1889), Idaho (July 3, 1890) 1891 Flag with 44 stars Wyoming (July 10, 1890) 1892 "Pledge of Allegiance" first published in a magazine called "The Youth's Companion," written by Francis Bellamy. 1896 Flag with 45 stars Utah (January 4, 1896) 18


Born in 1908, which author is best remembered for his series of novels on James Bond?

Ian Fleming (Author of Casino Royale) edit data Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Second World War Navy Commander. Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling his adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories. Additionally, Fleming wrote the children's story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and two non-fiction books.


In which capital city is the largest museum in the world?

Top Ten Best Capital Cities - TheTopTens® Top Ten Best Capital Cities MatrixGuy The Top Ten 1 Islamabad It is an amazing;highly developed and absolutely safe capital city, but also regarded as one of the best capitals in Asia and can be competed with any glorious capital city in the world - even from a highly developed country. There is no doubt that international developments are rapidly appearing in nearly every corner of the city. Its unique and awe-inspiring surrounding makes it more than a capital! If compared with Delhi (capital of India) it will surely win. Each and every Pakistani should pleased with such a world-class capital, despite the financial crisis political and religious conflicts, vulnerability to terrorism across the country and several other issues. Thus making a Pakistani proud for what he/she has I love this city I search in Internet for this city is so beautiful I have never been there always wanna be there but I live in London it is in Pakistan I have heard that Pakistan is so beautiful place to visit I love this country always wanna be there I love there national anthem as well I can't understand in there language but the translation is so beautiful Clean and green, peaceful and quiet with all sorts of places to go to and all sorts of activities to do. I Love Pakistan and Islamabad. It promotes the country well and surely makes many Pakistani's proud of their capital. V 360 Comments 2 London London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. Standing on the River Thames in the south eastern part of the island of Great Britain, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. London has more history and it's landmarks are recognised throughout the world. It's one of the world's top financial cities and at the height of the British Empire it was the most powerful city in the world. London is the natural and totally apt international cosmopolitan capital of the cultural world. No other city can come close to the historical, cultural diversity, architectural, commercial, financial and internationally connected hub that London is. It spans the globe and belongs to everyone on the planet! 'When a man is tired of London! He is tired of life' - You can find almost anything and anyone (one of the most multi-cultural cities in the world, anyone from any country will surely find a restaurant or shop or community centre belonging to theirs), there's constantly new things opening here and new areas to explore (I. E dalston and Stratford being redeveloped), there's something for everyone and it's so easy to get around with the underground transport, this is also where much of the world has been ruled and developed from historically and where so much has and will happen Lovely people, Natural beauty, Great country to visit V 10 Comments 4 Paris Paris is for sure the most beautiful city in the world, and has so much landmarks! If I were a country, it would be the 11th economy in the world! Paris is strong on all fronts and is therefor the world's best capital city Beatiful architecture, few eyesores, great atmosphere Splendid city, architectures from ages to modern building, among the most numerous cathedrals and Churches, abundance of all kinds of restaurants offering top international cuisine and of course French one. So many theaters, exhibitions, festivals etc... And that also through the country France . :-)) Was pleasantly surprised by my visit to Paris the people were much nicer than I thought. Versailles was amazing want to go back V 26 Comments 5 Berlin Even after being completely destructed during the 2nd world war in 1945, still city like Berlin was able to rise up and include itself amongst the topmost earning and the busiest capitals of the world. So much history and very nice people, I would say this is by far better than London as it is safe and not full of drug smugglers who want to mug you. There is a diverse culture, many museums and fantastic architecture. So vote for the best! One of the best city I have ever been! Lots of museums, cultural landmarks and very


What is the name of the dog in Peter Pan?

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In Brad Anderson's comic strip Marmaduke, what type of dog is Marmaduke?

Brad Anderson, creator of 'Marmaduke' comic strip, dies at 91 - LA Times Brad Anderson, creator of 'Marmaduke' comic strip, dies at 91 Brad Anderson Brad Anderson in his studio with his own dog. Brad Anderson in his studio with his own dog. (UFS) Steve Marble Brad Anderson, creator of the "Marmaduke" cartoon strip that for more than 60 years featured the antics of a lovable great Dane and inspired a 2010 movie, has died. He was 91. Anderson died Aug. 30 at a hospital in The Woodlands, Texas, according to a statement from Universal Uclick, which syndicated the long-running comic strip. A cause of death was not available. At its height, the comic strip was carried by more than 600 newspapers. The Times was one of the first newspapers to pick up the strip. While the cartoon was published by newspapers across Europe and Scandinavia, only in Germany – where Marmaduke was suddenly transformed into Archibald -- was the dog’s name altered. “Don’t ask me why because I don’t know. I guess the Germans want a German name for my dog,” Anderson said in a 1991 interview with The Times. Anderson was born in Jamestown, N.Y., on May 14, 1924, and as a boy expressed an affinity for drawing. Marmaduke


Which artist caused controversy with their installation called My Bed in the 1999 Turner Prize exhibition?

The Turner Prize’s most controversial moments - Telegraph Turner Prize The Turner Prize’s most controversial moments We take a look at the winners, nominees and events that have made the Turner  Prize so notorious. Martin Creed and his Turner Prize winning exhibition 2001   By Marie-Claire Chappet 5:37PM BST 20 Oct 2011 1986: Gilbert and George Though the Turner Prize has now become almost synonymous with innovative media, Gilbert and George were the first artists to win with pieces that were not paintings. The artistic pair refers to all their works, regardless of media, as sculptures. They even refer to themselves as 'living sculptures.' 1992: Damien Hirst's The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living Hirst's now infamous Tiger shark encased in formaldehyde was not actually the 1992 winner, but remains that year's standout nominee. It has since become one of the 1990's most iconic, if controversial, artworks and was just the beginning of Hirst's work with the medium. His Mother and Child Divided displayed sections of a cow and calf in formaldehyde and won him the 1995 Turner Prize. A later piece, Two Fucking and Two Watching, featuring a rotting cow and bull, was banned by New York Health officials because of fears of "vomiting among the visitors". 1993: The 'Anti Turner Prize' Related Articles Graphic: How to win the Turner Prize 05 Dec 2011 The K Foundation established the 'Anti Turner Prize.' With £40,000 prize money, the award was to be given to the 'worst artist in Britain', voted from the actual Turner Prize's shortlist. Rachel Whiteread was the winner of both the Turner and Anti Turner Prizes. She begrudgingly accepted the latter award but donated the money to charity. 1997: Gillian Wearing's 60 minutes of Silence and Tracey Emin's drunken outbursts. Winner Wearing showed a video of actors dressed in police uniforms, standing still for an hour. During a live Channel 4 discussion programme on the prize, a drunken Tracey Emin stormed out. She later recalls having no memory of the event; only discovering her own actions whilst reading the next morning's papers. 1998: Chris Ofili's elephant dung Whilst Ofili was the first painter to win in twelve years (the prize has famously championed innovative methods and conceptual art) his work still attracted media hype due to his use of resin covered elephant dung. An illustrator protested against his work by depositing dung on the steps of the Tate. 1999: Tracey Emin's My Bed Perhaps one of the most famous pieces in the history of the Turner Prize, Emin's installation of her stained bed and detritus such as soiled underwear and condoms, was not actually the winner though it is commonly thought to be. Her piece caused a media storm and saw attendance rise to a record 140,000, with an average of 2,000 visitors a day. It caused such controversy that culture secretary Chris Smith criticised the jury for deliberately selecting ‘shock’ installations that gave the country a bad name abroad. Others felt that Emin had not gone far enough. Artists Yuan Chai and Jian Jun Xi decided to strip to their underwear, jump on to the bed and commence a pillow fight. They claimed they were 'improving' the work. Pillow fights do tend to do that... 2000: The first Stuckist demonstration Since 2000, the Stuckist art group have made (almost) annual demonstrations against the Turner Prize. This initial protest saw members dressed as clowns; denouncing the prize as a 'national joke.' They famously declared that:"the only artist who wouldn't be in danger of winning the Turner Prize is Turner." 2001: Martin Creed's The Lights Going On and Off and Madonna's potty mouth Creed's winning work did exactly what it said on the tin; being a bare room in which the lights turn on and off. Artist Jacqueline Crofton was so incensed at Creed's award that she threw eggs at the wall of his installation. The choice of Madonna as presenter for the Prize was largely construed as a shameless marketing strategy, especially when she swore before the watershed, earning Channel 4 an official rebuke fr


Which author created the character of Miss Marple?

Miss Marple - Characters - Agatha Christie Miss Marple is a white-haired old lady with a gentle, appealing manner — Miss Weatherby is a mixture of vinegar and gush. Of the two Miss Marple is much more dangerous. The Murder at the Vicarage About Miss Marple A Surprising Detective For a woman who has spent her life in the small village of St Mary Mead, Miss Marple is surprisingly worldly. She has every opportunity to observe human nature – as she often points out, “There is a great deal of wickedness in village life.” What makes Miss Marple so effective as a detective is her ability to blend into the background, and for her shrewd intelligence to be hidden behind her love of knitting, gardening and gossip; unassuming and often overlooked, she has the freedom to pursue the truth . Criminals and murderers fail to realise that with every stitch she is not only making a cardigan, but solving a crime. “The finest detective God ever made. Natural genius cultivated in suitable soil." (Sir Henry Clithering, The Body in the Library ) The Creation Miss Marple first came into being in 1927 in The Tuesday Night Club, a short story pulled together into the collection The Thirteen Problems. It was first published in the December 1927 issue of Royal Magazine. Christie never expected Miss Marple to rival Poirot in the public’s affections but since the publication of The Murder at the Vicarage in 1930, Marple's first full length novel, readers were hooked. While Agatha Christie acknowledged that her grandmother had been a huge influence on the character, she writes that Miss Marple was "far more fussy and spinsterish than my grandmother ever was. But one thing she did have in common with her – though a cheerful person, she always expected the worst of everyone and everything, and was, with almost frightening accuracy, usually proved right." Mellowing with appearances (if not with age) Miss Marple graced twelve novels and twenty short stories during her career as an amateur detective, never paid and not always thanked. The Miss Marple of The Thirteen Problems is decidedly more shrewish and Victorian than the later character, who is often more forgiving. She certainly changes with the times, even down to wearing plimsolls in 1964’s A Caribbean Mystery . Miss Marple never married and her closest living relatives are her nephews and nieces. Her nephew, the well-known author Raymond West and his wife Joan (initially Joyce) crop up most commonly in her stories. Marple also employs a selection of maids, all young women from the nearby orphanage, training them in her Victorian way. Playing Marple Many great actors have taken on the role of Marple, the first being Gracie Fields in a (now lost) US TV adaptation of A Murder is Announced in 1956. The 1960s saw four MGM film adaptations starring friend of the family Margaret Rutherford, although many of these were only loosely based on Agatha Christie’s novels (and two originally involved Poirot). Christie wasn’t too keen on Rutherford's comic version of Marple, who even had a cameo in the 1965 Poirot spoof The Alphabet Murders. The more austere representation of Marple by Angela Lansbury in the 1980 adaptation, The Mirror Crack’d , might have been more to Christie’s tastes. The 1980s also saw Helen Hayes in three Miss Marple TV films, as a sprightlier sleuth. Joan Hickson’s portrayal in the BBC series from 1984 to 1992 is often considered most faithful to the original character, and Hickson also reads many of the audiobooks. June Whitfield starred as the BBC Radio 4 Marple, from 1993 to 2001, and it was in 2004 that Geraldine McEwan reprised the role for the ITV adaptations, with Julia McKenzie taking over in 2009. Did you know? Miss Marple is a development of the Caroline Sheppard character in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. The fictional village of St Mary Mead is about 25 miles from London and 12 miles from the coast. The main train station is in “Much Benham” two miles away. Although Murder at the Vicarage (1930) is the first novel set in St Mary Mead, the village itself was mentioned several times i


Who painted Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I which reportedly sold for a record 135 million dollars in June 2006?

Lauder Pays $135 Million, a Record, for a Klimt Portrait - The New York Times The New York Times Art & Design |Lauder Pays $135 Million, a Record, for a Klimt Portrait Search Continue reading the main story A dazzling gold-flecked 1907 portrait by Gustav Klimt has been purchased for the Neue Galerie in Manhattan by the cosmetics magnate Ronald S. Lauder for $135 million, the highest sum ever paid for a painting. The portrait, of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the wife of a Jewish sugar industrialist and the hostess of a prominent Vienna salon, is considered one of the artist's masterpieces. For years, it was the focus of a restitution battle between the Austrian government and a niece of Mrs. Bloch-Bauer who argued that it was seized along with four other Klimt paintings by the Nazis during World War II. In January all five paintings were awarded to the niece, Maria Altmann, now 90, who lives in Los Angeles, and other family members. Although confidentiality agreements surrounding the sale forbid Mr. Lauder to disclose the price, experts familiar with the negotiations, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he paid $135 million for the work. In a telephone interview Mr. Lauder did not deny that he had paid a record amount for the painting, eclipsing the $104.1 million paid for Picasso's 1905 "Boy With a Pipe (The Young Apprentice)" in an auction at Sotheby's in 2004. "This is our Mona Lisa," said Mr. Lauder, a founder of the five-year-old Neue Galerie, a tiny museum at Fifth Avenue and 86th Street devoted entirely to German and Austrian fine and decorative arts. "It is a once-in-a-lifetime acquisition." He said Christie's had helped him negotiate the purchase. Continue reading the main story For most of the last 60 years the portrait has hung in the Austrian Gallery in the Belvedere Palace in Vienna near "The Kiss," another gold-flecked Klimt masterpiece of the Art Nouveau era. With its sinuous lines and intricate details, the painting, "Adele Bloch-Bauer I," was commissioned by the subject's husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. Mrs. Bloch-Bauer died of meningitis in 1925 at 43. In her will she requested that the painting and four others by Klimt that the couple owned be left to Austria upon her husband's death. But when Germany annexed Austria in March 1938, Mr. Bloch-Bauer fled, leaving all of his possessions behind. The Nazi government confiscated his property, placed three of the paintings in the Austrian Gallery and sold the rest. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Before Mr. Bloch-Bauer died, in November 1945, having spent the war years in Switzerland, he revoked all previous wills and drafted a new one. Since he and Adele had no children, he left his entire estate to three children of his brother Gustav: Robert, Luise and Maria. Of the three, only Maria Altmann is still living: she and her husband, Fritz, fled Austria during the war and settled in Los Angeles in 1942. She has a niece and two nephews; a cousin of her brother's second wife also survives. In a telephone interview on Friday Mrs. Altmann said she had met Mr. Lauder, a former American ambassador to Austria, some years ago and that she had visited the Neue Galerie when it first opened in November 2001. "Mr. Lauder has a great understanding of Austria and a great love for Klimt," she said, adding that neither she nor her relatives felt it was practical for any of them to keep the painting, which depicts her aunt, whom she remembers from her childhood but who died when she was just 9. That Mrs. Altmann and her relatives have possession of the painting is a tale of perseverance and tenacity. After the war the family tried to regain their stolen possessions, including the paintings, porcelains, palaces and the sugar company founded by Mr. Bloch-Bauer. Much of the artwork was divided up among the top Nazis, including Hitler and Hermann Göring; Reinhardt Hedrick, a Nazi commander, occupied a summer palace owned by Mr. Bloch-Bauer outside Prague. The heirs were able to recover some of the works, but the Austrian authorities ruled that Mrs. Bloch-Bauer's will had e


Reroute Novelist snobs is an anagram of which author?

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In horseracing, if all the racecourses in Britain were listed alphabetically, which would come first?

The History of Horse Racing   The History of Horse Racing The  competitive racing of horses is one of humankind's most ancient  sports, having its origins among the prehistoric nomadic tribesmen  of Central Asia who first domesticated the horse about 4500 BC.  For thousands of years, horse racing flourished as the sport of  kings and the nobility. Modern racing, however, exists primarily  because it is a major venue for legalized gambling. Horse racing  is the second most widely attended U.S. spectator sport, after  baseball. In 1989, 56,194,565 people attended 8,004 days of  racing, wagering $9.14 billion. Horse racing is also a major  professional sport in Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Western  Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America. By far the  most popular form of the sport is the racing of mounted  THOROUGHBRED horses over flat courses at distances from  three-quarters of a mile to two miles. Other major forms of horse  racing are harness racing, steeplechase racing, and QUARTER HORSE  racing. Thoroughbred Racing By the time  humans began to keep written records, horse racing was an  organized sport in all major civilizations from Central Asia to  the Mediterranean. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were  events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 638 BC, and the sport  became a public obsession in the Roman Empire. The origins  of modern racing lie in the 12th century, when English knights  returned from the Crusades with swift Arab horses. Over the next  400 years, an increasing number of Arab stallions were imported  and bred to English mares to produce horses that combined speed  and endurance. Matching the fastest of these animals in two-horse  races for a private wager became a popular  diversion of the nobility. Horse racing  began to become a professional sport during the reign (1702-14) of  Queen Anne, when match racing gave way to races involving several  horses on which the spectators wagered. Racecourses sprang up all  over England, offering increasingly large purses to attract the  best horses. These purses in turn made breeding and owning horses  for racing profitable. With the rapid expansion of the sport came  the need for a central governing authority. In 1750 racing's elite  met at Newmarket to form the Jockey Club, which to this day  exercises complete control over English racing. The Jockey  Club wrote complete rules of racing and sanctioned racecourses to  conduct meetings under those rules. Standards defining the quality  of races soon led to the designation of certain races as the  ultimate tests of excellence. Since 1814, five races for  three-year-old horses have been designated as "classics." Three  races, open to male horses (colts) and female horses (fillies),  make up the English Triple Crown: the 2,000 Guineas, the Epsom  Derby (see DERBY, THE), and the St. Leger Stakes. Two races, open to fillies only, are the 1,000 Guineas and the Epsom Oaks. The Jockey  Club also took steps to regulate the breeding of racehorses. James  Weatherby, whose family served as accountants to the members of  the Jockey Club, was assigned the task of tracing the pedigree, or  complete family history, of every horse racing in England. In 1791  the results of his research were published as the Introduction to  the General Stud Book. From 1793 to the present, members of the  Weatherby family have meticulously recorded the pedigree of every  foal born to those racehorses in subsequent volumes of the General  Stud Book. By the early 1800s the only horses that could be called "Thoroughbreds" and allowed to race were those descended from  horses listed in the General Stud Book. Thoroughbreds are so  inbred that the pedigree of every single animal can be traced  back father-to-father to one of three stallions, called the "foundation sires." These stallions were the Byerley Turk, foaled  c.1679; the Darley Arabian, foaled c.1700; and the Godolphin  Arabian, foaled c.1724. American Thoroughbred Racing The British  settlers brought


In football, who was Liverpool's captain when they first won the European cup final in 1977?

Facts about the European Cup - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC! Articles Facts about the European Cup Liverpool start their European season tonight versus Total Network Solutions and thus appropriate to look at the history of the European Cup and Liverpool's role in it.   - The European Cup started in the season 1955/56. Real Madrid was the first team to win it. Real beat the French club Stade de Reimes 4:3 in the first final.   - Real won the competition for the first five years.   - In the season 1992/93 the format of the European Cup was changed and since the competiton has been called The Champions League. But the same trophy is still played for.   - This was the 50th final of the European Cup and the first final of a major competition to be held in Turkey.   - The final at the Ataturk stadium started at quarter to ten local time. It didn´t finish until after midnight local time. Therefore it has to be the longest final in history. At least it lasted for two days.   - The official crowd for the final was 65,000. Liverpool were allocated 20,000 tickets for the game. Still it is thought that between thirty and forty thousand Liverpool supporters were in the stands.   - Liverpool played their sixth final in the fifteen seasons they have competed among the best clubs in Europe. Liverpool landed their fifth victory.   - Phil Neal is the most successful Liverpool player in the European Cup. He has won the cup four times, 1977, 1978, 1981 and 1984. He had, before this final, taken part in all the five finals Liverpool had played. He captained the side in the 1985 final.   - Phil scored in two, 1977 and 1984, of the finals he played in. Counting the penalty shoot-out in 1984 he scored three times.   - AC Milan were playing in their 10th final. They had won the European Cup six times.   - Paolo Maldini, who scored the first goal in the final vs. Liverpool, has played in four of the six winning finals for Milan.   - Paolo Maldini made history in more than one way in the final. He was the oldest captain, 36 years old, to captain a side in the final. He scored the quickest goal in a final times at 53 seconds. Scoring his goal he became the oldest scorer in a final.   - The most successful player in the history if the European Cup is Fransisco Gento. He won six titles with Real Madrid from 1955 to 1966.   - Although both sides had played many seasons in European competitions they had never met before in Europe.   - It was said that players from nineteen nations were in the squads of the two teams.   - Only two Englishmen, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher, were in the Liverpool starting team. Never before have fewer players from the nation of the winning team been in a team. Scott Carson was the third Englishman in the Liverpool squad. The keeper was on the bench and did not take part. The Irishman Steve Finnan was the fourth British player in Liverpool´s squad for the final.   - Liverpool have won the European Cup five times. In all the five times they have won the cup the players have donned the the world famous all red strip! The losing team have on all five occasions played in a all white strip!   - Six goals were scored in the final. More goals have not been scored in a final of the European Cup for 43 years. Only three times before have more goals been scored in a final.   - This is the largest number of goals in a European Cup final since 1962. That year Benfica beat Real Madrid 5:3. Most goals in a final were scored in 1960. That year Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7:3.   - This was the eight time a penalty shoot-out has been needed in a European Cup final. It happened first in 1984. Then like now Liverpool also beat an Italian team team in a penalty shoot-out.   - Liverpool´s comeback in Istanbul is the greatest in a European Cup final. A team has never won a final after being three goals down.   - All of the goals, also the penalties, which were scored at the Ataturk stadium were scored in the same goal. The AC Milan supporters were behind that goal.   - Liverpool´s victory was the 28th European title


In golf, the U.S. Masters is played at Augusta, but in which state is Augusta?

Masters Tournament | New Georgia Encyclopedia First played in 1934, the Masters Tournament is one of golf's four "major" events, alongside the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship. The tournament is staged every April at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta . Origins The Augusta National Golf Club dates back to 1931, the height of the Great Depression , when two men joined resources to create the club. One of the club's founders was the outstanding amateur and Atlanta native Bobby Jones , winner of thirteen major championships between 1923 and 1930. After winning the Grand Slam in 1930 (all four major titles: U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, British Open, British Amateur), the twenty-eight year old announced his retirement from competitive golf. During the next several years he was involved in several carefully selected golf projects, one of which was the Augusta National. Less  Masters Tournament prominent than Jones but no less important to the success of the club and tournament was New York financier Clifford Roberts, who had befriended Jones in the mid-1920s. Whereas Jones brought the venture credibility and publicity, Roberts brought it business acumen. In the midst of the depression, Roberts skillfully sold the concept of a national golf club to a handful of investors and raised the capital necessary to purchase land and begin construction of the course. The famous golf course architect Alister Mackenzie worked with Jones on designing the Augusta National course. Mackenzie, designer of such world-renowned layouts as Cypress Point in northern California, complemented Jones because they agreed on many fundamentals of golf course architecture. They discovered Fruitland ( Berckmans Nursery ), the abandoned 365-acre plant nursery near Augusta, where, among other things, peaches were grown by Prosper Berckmans. Because of the depressed economy, the land, originally a plantatation, was available at bottom-dollar price. Jones decided that it was the ideal location for a golf course. While Roberts handled the finances, Jones and Mackenzie oversaw the construction of the course, which began in 1931 and was completed in 1932. Within Bobby Jones  months of its completion Roberts and Jones discussed the possibility of hosting a major tournament, such as the U.S. Open; however, scheduling conflicts and climate—Augusta was too hot to host the U.S. Open, traditionally held in the summer—ultimately prohibited that idea. Yet Roberts remained determined; if they could not hold a national open, then why not stage an annual invitational event hosted by the legendary Bobby Jones? To make the event even more viable, Roberts proposed that Jones enter the tournament, coming out of retirement for a week each year to compete against his old opponents and friends. At first Jones resisted the idea of competing, but Roberts convinced him that the excitement surrounding his participation might make the difference between the survival and failure of the tournament. Jones very much wanted the tournament and club to succeed, so he agreed to play. Roberts had been correct. The first Augusta National Invitation Tournament was held in the spring of 1934; it was won by Horton Smith (Jones finished in thirteenth place) and was an instant success. The following year Gene Sarazen scored a double eagle two on the par five fifteenth in the final round to force a play-off with Craig Wood, whom Sarazen defeated the next day to win the tournament. In 1939 the tournament officially changed its name to the Masters. The natural beauty of the course's eighteen holes—each adorned with the plant from which it gets its name—and the fact that the golf calendar did not already include a major event during those months made spring the ideal time for the Masters to be held. Moreover, early April was the best time to catch the nation's sportswriters as they returned north from baseball's spring training in Florida. A few days in Augusta provided them a respite from their travels and from the national pastime. In sum, the schedule, the weather, the environmen


On a darts board, what number is diagonally opposite 19?

The Dartboard Sequence The Dartboard Sequence The arrangement of the numbers around the circumference of a standard dart board is as shown below     20 1 18 4 13 6 10 15 2 17 3 19 7 16 8 11 14 9 12 5  Oddly enough, no one seems to know for sure how this particular arrangement was selected. It evidently dates back at least 100 years. Some say the pattern was devised by a carpenter named Brian Gamlin in 1896, while others attribute it to someone named Thomas William Buckle in 1913, but both of these attributions are relatively recent, and neither can be traced back to a contemporary source. Also, although it's clear that the numbers are ordered to mix the large and small together, and possibly to separate numerically close values as far as possible (e.g., 20 is far from 19), no one seems to know of any simple criterion that uniquely singles out this particular arrangement as the best possible in any quantitative sense.  It may be just an accident of history that this particular arrangement has been adopted as the standard dart board format.  It's interesting to consider various possible criteria for choosing a circular arrangement of the first n positive integers. In order to get as "flat" a distribution as possible, we might try to minimize the sum of the squares of each k consecutive terms. For example, setting k = 3, the standard dard board sequence gives  (20+1+18)^2 + (1+18+4)^2 + (18+4+13)^2 + ... + (5+20+1)^2 = 20478  Apparently the standard board layout described above is called the "London" dart board, and there is another, less common, version called the "Manchester" dart board, which has the sequence    20 1 16 6 17 8 12 9 14 5 19 2 15 3 18 7 11 10 13 4 for which the sum of squares of each set of three consecutive numbers is 20454, just slightly less than the London arrangement. In contrast, if we were to arrange the numbers by just inter-weaving the largest and smallest numbers like this     20 1 19 2 18 3 17 4 16 5 15 6 14 7 13 8 12 9 11 10   the resulting sum of squares of each 3 consecutive elements is 20510, so the standard dart boards are, in this sense, more flat distributions.  Needless to say, all of these arrangements are much more flat than the natural monotonic sequence     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20  which has a sum of 24350.  By the way, note that if the sum of the squares of every sum of three consecutive numbers for a given arrangement is S, then we can form another arrangement with the same sum simply by taking the "21-complement", i.e., subtracting each number from 21. For example, the complement of the standard London arrangement is    1 20 3 17 8 15 11 6 19 4 18 2 14 5 13 10 7 12 9 16 which has the same sum (20478) as the London arrangement. This works because if we begin with an arrangement a,b,c,d,... having the sum   S = (a+b+c)^2 + (b+c+d)^2 + (c+d+e)^2 + ... and replace each of the numbers a,b,c,... with 21-a, 21-b, 21-c,... respectively, the sum S' of this complementary arrangement is   S' = [(21-a)+(21-b)+(21-c)]^2 + [(21-b)+(21-c)+(21-d)]^2 + ...    = [63-(a+b+c)]^2 + [63-(b+c+d)]^2 + ...    = S + 20(63)^2 - 2(63)[(a+b+c)+(b+c+d)+...] Each of the numbers from 1 to 20 appears three times in the summation inside the square brackets in the last term, so that summation equals 630, and hence S' = S. (The same identity applies to the N+1 complement for sums of squares of every sum of k consecutive terms of a circular arrangement of the first N integers.) How would we go about finding the circular arrangement of the integers 1 to 20 that gives the smallest sum of squares of every sum of three consecutive numbers? One possible approach would be to begin with the monotonic arrangement and then check each possible transposition of two numbers to see which one gives the lowest result. Then make that change and repeat the process, at each stage always choosing the transposition that gives the steepest reduction in the sum. This "greedy algorithm" produces arrangements with the following sum


Which sport was the subject of the 1963 film This Sporting Life?

This Sporting Life (1963) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error | Drama , Sport | 24 May 1963 (Ireland) Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason to live. Director: David Storey (based on the novel by), David Storey (screenplay) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 39 titles created 26 Feb 2012 a list of 43 titles created 10 Jul 2013 a list of 36 titles created 04 Oct 2013 a list of 36 titles created 01 Feb 2014 a list of 22 titles created 9 months ago Title: This Sporting Life (1963) 7.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     2     Oscars. Another    3 wins & 8 nominations. See more awards  » Videos A rebellious, hard-living factory worker juggles relationships with two women, one of whom is married to another man but pregnant with his child. Director: Karel Reisz A juvenile offender impresses the reform school Governor with running abilities. He is in turn given special privileges to encourage him to win a race against the local public school, but he is therefore teased his fellow rebellious peers. Director: Tony Richardson This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe. Many actors play multiple roles, giving the film a stagy tone. Director: Lindsay Anderson In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England. Director: Lindsay Anderson The moving story of a plain young girl who becomes pregnant by a black sailor, befriends a homosexual, and gradually becomes a woman. Director: Tony Richardson An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman. Director: Jack Clayton A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values. Director: Tony Richardson A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family. Director: John Schlesinger Mick Travis is a reporter who is about to shoot a documentary on Britannia Hospital, an institution which mirrors the downsides of British Society. It's the day when Her Royal Highness is ... See full summary  » Director: Lindsay Anderson After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life and contend with his domineering mother-in-law. Director: John Schlesinger A prominent lawyer goes after a blackmailer who threatens gay men with exposure (homosexual acts still being illegal). But he's gay himself... Director: Basil Dearden "Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing endlessly for the sake of the land. And when the widow who owns the field decides to sell the field in a public ... See full summary  » Director: Jim Sheridan Edit Storyline In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation, and this is not helped by the more straightforward enticements of Mrs Weaver. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26} 24 May 1963 (Ireland) See more  » Also Known As: First cinema film of George Sewell . See more » Quotes For He's A Jolly Good Fellow Sung by


Which sport, of Celtic origin, uses a ball called a sliotar?

Celtic Fling Sports Concert Celtic Fling Sports Learn more about Gaelic sports below, and stop by some of the modern day organizations for even more information! Check out the Gealic Sports demonstrations below on Sunday, June 28 at Bosworth Field. Please check back for specific times and updates on which sports will be featured. Hurling Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin that has been played for at least 3,000 years. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, number of players, and much terminology. The object of the game is for players to use a wooden stick called a hurley to hit a small ball called a sliotar between the opponents' goalposts. Na Toraidhe Hurling Club are the reigning champions of the Philadelphia region. This old Irish game resembles a mash of Lacrosse, field hockey and the physicality of American Football. The sport is played in this region by a cohort of mainly American born players with a few Irish for good measure. The team regularly plays teams from Allentown, Washington, Baltimore and New York throughout the summer. And in September they will face off against the best that the United States and Canada has to offer in Cleveland.


With which sport would you associate Greg Le Mond?

Greg LeMond - How Have Steroids Changed Cycling? - YouTube Greg LeMond - How Have Steroids Changed Cycling? Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Mar 17, 2008 Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/17/Ethics_Dopi... Three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond discusses the effects of drug doping on professional cycling. ---- Ethics, Doping, and the Future of Cycling with cyclist Greg LeMond. Greg LeMond has long been a critic of doping in cycling. During 2007, he played an unexpected role in the international arbitration hearing that eventually decided American cyclist Floyd Landis should forfeit his 2006 Tour de France title due to testing that found abnormally high levels of testosterone. LeMond testified that he had spoken with Landis after his "A" urine sample had tested positive, urging him that if his "B" sample was also positive, he should come clean, help his sport, and "more importantly, help himself." Before his testimony, LeMond had been threatened by Landis' manager. The doping problem has been most public in the Tour de France - two stage winners of the 2007 Tour withdrew from the race amid doping allegations - but its influence is so pervasive that T-Mobile recently withdrew its sponsorship of a professional cycling team, stating that the company did not want to associate its brand with doping. - Santa Clara University Greg LeMond is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States and a three time winner of the Tour de France in 1986, 1989, and 1990. Gwen Knapp is a staff writer for the sports section of the San Francisco Chronicle. Category


Ignoring the words football and club, which is the only team in the 2006/07 Premiership whose name contains all of the letters from the phrase red card?

2006-07-30 by The Independent - issuu ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR — SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, JULY 30 - AUGUST 5, 2006 — WWW.THEINDEPENDENT.CA — $1.50 HOME DELIVERY (HST included); $2.00 RETAIL (HST included) Good news, bad news For seven years, Myrtle Lewis of Conception Bay South believed she had cancer. Three weeks ago, her doctor told her she never had the disease — the test results were wrong. Lewis is glad to be alive, but devastated that her breasts were removed unnecessarily. She’s one of the women behind a class-action suit filed in July against Eastern Health. ‘Why should they get away with what’s been done to me?’ Myrtle Lewis STEPHANIE PORTER W ithin months of being diagnosed with cancer, Myrtle Lewis underwent surgery to have both of her breasts and 11 lymph nodes removed. Then came six months of chemotherapy — treatments she says stripped her of energy and deeply affected her immune system. She can no longer spend time in the sun, play sports, use conventional cleaning products or wear make-up. In the seven years since her diagnosis, Lewis has tried to get on with life — it’s Paul Daly/The Independent been a struggle, but she kept going, just glad to be alive. All that changed three weeks ago. Lewis got a call from the hospital July 5. “Never in a million years” would she have guessed what she was about to hear. Lewis had never had cancer. According to the oncologist, some pre-cancerous cells were present in her tests — but none of the treatments she went through may have been necessary. Not the radical surgery, not the harsh drug regime. Now, sitting in the waiting room of Ches Crosbie’s law office in downtown St. John’s, eyes red-rimmed and hands clutching her purse, she looks like she’s still in shock. “I dealt with the cancer … I thought, I’ll look at my scars and be glad I was alive to be with my children and my grandchildren and my family,” Lewis says. “But now, I don’t know what to do, I can’t work, my mind is always racing … this took everything away from me, took all my dignity.” In October 2005, The Independent learned the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s had begun retesting tissue samples taken from breast cancer patients from as far back as 1997 to address possible inaccurate results. Lewis’ specimens were among the hundreds retested. Now she has joined several other women who have signed on to take part in a classaction lawsuit. The statement of claim filed by Crosbie was served to the defendant, the Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority, July 7. As of The Independent’s press deadline, Crosbie had yet to receive a response. The suit is being filed on behalf of women who had received inaccurate test results — which may have affected their diagnosis or treatment — and on behalf of breast cancer patients who have been on tenterhooks for months, wondering if their health problems were as they had been told. The tests in question are referred to as ER (estrogen) and PR (progesterone) receptor tests. The procedures, given to men and women diagnosed with breast See “Horrifying,” page 2 Making work Some days on government-funded Job Creation Projects involve hard work; others water balloon fights and lengthy smoke breaks Harbour Mille, Burin Peninsula Harbour Mille By Pam Pardy Ghent For The Independent T here aren’t a lot of work opportunities in outports like this one on the Burin Peninsula. Five individuals from Bay L’Argent, Little Bay and Harbour Mille have found eight weeks of work close to home thanks to a federal job creation project — better known as make-work. The three women and two men show up by 8 a.m, and finish between 4:30 and 5 p.m. The women lug ladders and haul shingles up pointed rooftops. They share a smoke break on the bridge of the fire hall they are renovating, and QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Ten years ago hot tubs were not common items; now they are like backyard couches.” — Greg Butler, owner Bubba’s Tubs, page 23 COLUMN 11 engage in water-balloon flights on hot afternoons with the local children to pass time when they’re waiting for materials to arrive. These peopl


Steve Davis reached every final of the Snooker World Championship between 1983 and 1989, but who were the two players who beat him?

How Steve Davis won his sixth and final World Snooker Championship in 1989 | Sport | The Guardian That 1980s sports blog How Steve Davis won his sixth and final World Snooker Championship in 1989 The reigning champion had not enjoyed a great season in 1988-89 but he showed his true class at the Crucible, where he beat Stephen Hendry and John Parrott on his way to winning snooker’s greatest prize for the sixth time Friday 17 April 2015 05.00 EDT Last modified on Monday 4 April 2016 09.19 EDT Close The state of the game in the late 1980s As the last World Snooker Championships of the 1980s neared, a debate was raging as to whether the sport had lost its appeal with the viewing public. There were arguments to be heard from both sides. On the one hand, the BBC had just paid £11m to secure television coverage until May 1996, but on the other the number of hours devoted to the sport on our screens was steadily declining. In the 1985-86 season, 400 hours of snooker had been shown, dropping to 350 in 1987 and 300 in 1988, giving the impression that over saturation in the peak days of the mid-1980s had led to apathy among TV executives. News that a couple of tournaments were losing their sponsors added fuel to the fire that snooker was struggling, with Anglian Windows no longer backing the British Open and Tennents withdrawing from the UK Championship. Yet, when it came to the World Championship, the impression remained that the enthusiasm would still exist within both the snooker fanatics and casual observers alike; after all, the fortnight at the Crucible in Sheffield was always special. Snooker needed an exciting 1989 World Championship, but come the end of the tournament, the ruthless displays of one of the greatest players to have held a cue left many wondering if things were becoming too predictable. Perhaps the sport needed normality on the green baize after controversy upon controversy during the season. From the cocaine-related stories involving Kirk Stevens and Cliff Thorburn to the beta-blocker tales of Bill Werbeniuk, via match fixing allegations involving Peter Francisco, the sport was rarely off the front and back pages. Naturally Alex Higgins was often in the tabloids, suffering a broken foot when trying to escape out of a flat window after a row with his girlfriend Siobhan Kidd, but he also highlighted his undoubted talent when he defeated Stephen Hendry in the final of the Irish Masters just two weeks before Sheffield. Higgins would not make it to Yorkshire, however, after his 10-8 defeat to Welshman Darren Morgan in the qualifiers. The Hurricane was not the only notable absentee. Werbeniuk had been stripped of professional status after failing to pay a £2,000 fine for his use of beta-blockers; six-time champion Ray Reardon was again not present; Kirk Stevens’ troubles meant he also failed to qualify; former champion John Spencer exited at the last qualifying stage, as did Rex Williams. In all there were seven debutants at the Crucible – Steve Newbury, Joe O’Boye, Steve Duggan, David Roe, Darren Morgan, Gary Wilkinson and Paddy Browne – indicating that times were changing as the end of the decade approached. Davis begins an open championship as the favourite The journalists previewing the tournament may have been casting doubts over the chances of Steve Davis winning a record-equalling sixth title but this was definitely not reflected with the bookmakers. Davis was installed as the 5-4 favourite, with Hendry at 5-1, John Parrott 7-1 and Jimmy White 8-1. The reason for the question marks hanging over Davis was his unusually mediocre showing in the 1988-89 season. After winning the International Open and Grand Prix at the start of the campaign, Davis had uncharacteristically failed to build on this, being beaten three times out of four by Hendry, losing the Canadian Masters final to White, being defeated by Parrott in the European Open, and suffering the humiliation of losing to world No51 Tony Chappel in the first round of the Mercantile Credit Classic. Even so, Davis’ earnings were still approaching the £500,000


The first set of rules for the sport of Boxing, the London Prize Ring rules, were introduced in which year?

History of Boxing History of Boxing You are here: Home / About Fight Club® / History of Boxing History of Boxing History of boxing: Boxing is a sport of fighting with fists, also called pugilism (literally fist fight) and prizefighting (in other words, the fight for prizes/money). Boxing has been included in the Olympic Games program since 1904. For centuries people used their fists to resolve disputes before someone thought of organizing such fights as entertainment. BC Period There is a clear evidence that boxing existed as early as 1500 BC, on the Crete Island. The modern researchers insist that such duels had been known even earlier than that, in Africa, specifically in the region of modern Ethiopia. The hieroglyphic scriptures dated back to the year 4000 BC revealed the popularity of this sport throughout the Nile Plateau and all over the Egypt, after the latter had conquered Ethiopia. The enhancement of the Egyptian civilization through the Mediterranean region and the Middle East caused boxing to spread its influence. In the year 686 BC boxing became an essential part of the Olympics. However, ancient boxing barely resembles the sport we admire today. All fights were carried out on open plots, where the spectators formed a living arena. The fight normally lasted until one of the opponents was seriously injured. Although the first boxers primarily fought for glory, the winner was also granted the gold, livestock or other trophies. To protect wrists and hands the fighters braided their fists and sometimes two thirds of their forearms with thin soft leather straps. By the 4th century BC the straps were made of harder leather and were used not just as an arm protection gadget but turned the fists into the kind of assault weapon. Later, in the Roman Empire, the leather straps were armored with special copper and iron brackets used in gladiators’ fights which usually ended with the death of one of the fighters. Minoan youths boxing, Akrotiri (Santorini) fresco. Earliest documented use of 'gloves'. Common Era With the spread of Christianity and the collapse of the Roman Empire, fist fights ceased to exist as an entertainment and were forgotten for several centuries. The first official bout was registered in England in 1681. And since 1698 regularly scheduled boxing matches were conducted in the Royal Theater in London. Gradually London became the center for provincial boxing champions seeking fame, glory and money. That very reason was an incentive for the boxing development in London in particular. In those bouts each boxer’s remuneration as well as the percentage of stakes gambled by spectators were settled. The fighters did not use gloves and did not follow common rules. Weight classification was not determined, which resulted in only one Champion announcement. The lightweight boxers were often beaten. Though rounds were determined, a fight usually lasted until one of the opponents was unable to continue the fight. It was not prohibited to attack an opponent even after he fell to the ground. These conditions existed until mid-XVI century. Despite the fact that the boxing was outlawed, it was gaining more and more popularity. In 1719, James Figg, the favorite of the public and the winner of many boxing matches, was proclaimed the Champion of England and held the title for fifteen years. Jack Brownton, one of James Figg’s followers, made an attempt to turn fist-fighting matches of the time into real athletic competition. In 1743 Jack Brownton wrote the first Code of Rules, and those rules, with minor modifications, were used until 1838, when they were replaced by the updated ‘London Prize Ring Rules’. Broughton abolished the fighting methods widely used by his predecessors (mostly the tactics of drunkard’s boozy brawls in pubs), giving the preference to hands fight only. The boxers were forbidden to punch beneath the waist. Under Brownton’s rules, the fight lasted until one of the fighters was knocked down. If he then was unable to enter the ring and take his stand within one-yard range from his opponent, he was conside


In Greek legend, what is the name given to the creature that is half man and half bull?

What Is the Name for a Hybrid Monster? By N.S. Gill Question: What's the Name of a Half-Man Half-Beast? The following question about a hodge-podge mythical creature was posted on the Ancient / Classical History Forum: I have been searching endlessly for an umbrella term defined as a creature in Greek mythology that is half-human, half-animal. I know of specific creatures, such as the minotaur and the centaur, but I am looking for a general term than encompasses all of these creatures. Can anyone help??? Answer: The answer to this question is not one of the following specific mythical hybrid creatures: Centaur (horse-man) Satyr (horse-tailed man; later, goat-man) Siren (bird-woman)


Based on characters from Greek mythology, the 1963 film Jason And The Argonauts is centred around a quest to find what?

Jason and the Argonauts (1963) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Jason and the Argonauts ( 1963 ) Approved | The legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 40 titles created 18 Jun 2012 a list of 49 titles created 28 Feb 2015 a list of 23 titles created 09 Oct 2015 a list of 37 titles created 30 Oct 2015 a list of 46 titles created 6 months ago Title: Jason and the Argonauts (1963) 7.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war. Director: Nathan Juran A film adaption of the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster to save the Princess Andromeda. Director: Desmond Davis Sinbad The Sailor sails to deliver a cursed prince to a dangerous island in the face of deadly opposition from a powerful witch. Director: Sam Wanamaker During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers and two Confederates escape the stockade using a hot air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island. Director: Cy Endfield After being shipwrecked, a man finds himself on an island inhabited by tiny people, who soon make plans for him. Director: Jack Sher An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center. Director: Henry Levin A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo. Director: Richard Fleischer Edit Storyline Jason has been prophesied to take the throne of Thessaly. When he saves Pelias from drowning, but does not recognize him as the man who had earlier killed his father, Pelias tells Jason to travel to Colchis to find the Golden Fleece. Jason follows his advice and assembles a sailing crew of the finest men in Greece, including Hercules. They are under the protection of Hera, queen of the gods. Their voyage is replete with battles against harpies, a giant bronze Talos, a hydra, and an animated skeleton army, all brought to life by the special effects wizardry of Ray Harryhausen. Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org> Greatest Odyssey Of The Ages - for the first time on the screen See more  » Genres: 19 June 1963 (USA) See more  » Also Known As: Jason and the Golden Fleece See more  » Filming Locations: Ray Harryhausen regards this as his best film. See more » Goofs When Hylas and Hercules see the statue of Talos, they are standing in grasses, then there is a long shot of them walking, but the next shot shows them still in the grasses. The next shot shows Hylas walking, then in sand, then back in the grasses with Hercules again. See more » Quotes Pelias : Well? Priest : Zeus, king of the gods of the Greeks, brighten the ashes that I may read the future. I see... a great tree at the end of the world. And in its branches there hang the skull and skin of a ram. They gleam and shine for it is a prize of the gods, a Golden Fleece. (los angeles) – See all my reviews Back in 1963 I was only 7 at the time, but I can still remember going to the Tower Theater in Downtown Los Angeles and being totally awed with the effects created by Ray Harryhausen. In today's world it may seem below standard compared to computer effects, but for those of us growing up in that time period, the Harryhausen style of special effects will continue to bring back warm memories of those years. With computer graphics, you see it and like it the first time you see it, but then many movies of today have the same and it becomes moot. Jason and the Argonaunts was one of those few movies at the time along with the Sinbad saga that lives on in your


According to legend, who rid Ireland of snakes?

Did St. Patrick Really Drive Snakes Out of Ireland? Did St. Patrick Really Drive Snakes Out of Ireland? It's the stuff of legend: The reptiles never existed on the Emerald Isle. View Images According to tradition, St. Patrick chased Ireland's snakes into the sea. PHOTOGRAPH BY CORBIS St. Patrick's Day, which is celebrated worldwide on March 17, honors St. Patrick, the Christian missionary who supposedly rid Ireland of snakes during the fifth century A.D. Related Content Watch Superdeadly Snake Swallow Another Snake Whole According to legend, the patron saint of Ireland chased the slithering reptiles into the sea after they began attacking him during a 40-day fast he undertook on top of a hill. (Related: "St. Patrick's Day: Facts, Myths, and Traditions .") It's admittedly an unlikely tale. Ireland is one of only a handful of places worldwide—including New Zealand, Iceland, Greenland, and Antarctica—that Indiana Jones and other snake-averse humans can visit without fear. But snakes were certainly not chased out of Ireland by St. Patrick, who had nothing to do with Ireland's snake-free status, Nigel Monaghan , keeper of natural history at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, told National Geographic. Monaghan, who has trawled through vast collections of fossil and other records of Irish animals, has found no evidence of snakes ever existing in Ireland. "At no time has there ever been any suggestion of snakes in Ireland. [There was] nothing for St. Patrick to banish," Monaghan said. ( Read about the top ten St. Patrick's Day celebrations .) So what did happen? Snakes likely couldn't reach Ireland. Most scientists point to the most recent Ice Age, which kept the island too cold for reptiles until it ended 10,000 years ago. After the Ice Age, surrounding seas may have kept snakes from colonizing the Emerald Isle. No Leg to Stand On Once the ice caps and woolly mammoths retreated northward, snakes returned to northern and western Europe, spreading as far as the Arctic Circle. But snakes have not existed in Ireland for thousands of years. Britain, which had a land bridge to mainland Europe until about 6,500 years ago, was colonized by three snake species: the venomous adder, the grass snake, and the smooth snake. But Ireland's land link to Britain was cut some 2,000 years earlier by seas swollen by the melting glaciers, Monaghan noted. Animals that reached Ireland before the sea became an impassable barrier included brown bears , wild boars, and lynx —but "snakes never made it," he said. "Snake populations are slow to colonize new areas," Monaghan added. Mark Ryan , director of the Louisiana Poison Center at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, said in 2008 that the timing wasn't right for the sensitive, cold-blooded reptiles to expand their range. "There are no snakes in Ireland for the simple reason they couldn't get there because the climate wasn't favorable for them to be there," he said. Other reptiles didn't make it either, except for one: the common or viviparous lizard. Ireland's only native reptile, the species must have arrived within the last 10,000 years, according to Monaghan. Pagans: The Metaphorical Snakes So unless St. Patrick couldn't tell a snake from a lizard, where does the legend come from? Scholars suggest the tale is allegorical. Serpents are symbols of evil in the Judeo-Christian tradition—the Bible, for example, portrays a snake as the hissing agent of Adam and Eve's fall from grace. (How much do you know about St. Patrick's Day? Take our quiz .) The animals were also linked to heathen practices—so St. Patrick's dramatic act of snake eradication can be seen as a metaphor for his Christianizing influence. "Fake" Snake Anyone in Ireland looking for serpents to exile would probably have to settle for the slow worm, a non-native species of legless lizard that is often mistaken for a small snake. (Also see " Blind, Legless Lizard Discovered—New Species .") First recorded in the early 1970s, the species is thought to have been deliberately introduced in western Ireland in t


According to Roman mythology, which twins founded Rome?

Rome founded, according to tradition, 753 B.C. – World Book INK worldbookblog Leave a comment According to Roman mythology, the twin brothers Romulus and Remus founded the city of Rome in 753 B.C. near the Tiber River in central Italy . Romulus and Remus were born in the ancient Italian city of Alba Longa. Their parents were Rhea Silvia, a human woman, and the god Mars. When Romulus and Remus were babies, their great uncle Amulius, the ruler of Alba Longa, had them thrown into the Tiber River so they could not threaten his rule. The twins washed ashore and were nursed by a female wolf. Wolves are associated with the god Mars. The twins later were discovered and raised by a shepherd named Faustulus and his wife. Romulus and Remus eventually set out to found their own city at the place where the wolf had found them. A quarrel between the brothers led to Remus’s death, and Romulus named the new city Rome, after himself. Romulus became the first of seven mythological kings who ruled Rome until the founding of the Roman Republic in 509 B.C. He was a wise and popular ruler and a fine military leader. Under Romulus’s leadership, Rome expanded and became the most powerful city in its region. At the end of his reign, Romulus disappeared mysteriously in a storm. A later myth tells that he became the god Quirinus. Ancient Romans celebrated an important religious festival called Lupercalia every February near the Lupercal, a cave in the Palatine Hill. This cave was associated with the wolf who nursed Romulus and Remus. The Palatine Hill is one of seven historic hills east of the Tiber River in Rome. They form the heart of the ancient city. The other six hills are the Aveline, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Quirinal, and Viminal hills. Lupercalia included banquets, dancing, and the sacrificing of goats. Teams of young men called Luperci raced naked around the Palatine Hill with whips made from goats’ hides. Women who hoped to have children stood near the runners’ path to be struck by the whips. They believed this would make them fertile. There is little evidence that Romulus and the six kings who succeeded him existed. Some scholars think the kings originated as gods whom the Romans converted into historical figures. The kings and gods have many similarities. For example, Romulus resembles the god Jupiter. The seventh king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, resembles Mars. Archaeologists have discovered the remains of houses built about 900 B.C.—approximately 150 years before the legendary founding date—on the Palatine Hill. The earliest settlers in the area were a people called the Latins who inhabited neighboring towns in Latium, the region around Rome. The seven hills that comprised ancient Rome were steep and easily defended. The valleys between them were fertile and well watered and provided necessary building materials. The Tiber River provided a convenient route to the Mediterranean Sea, allowing for trade with other communities. These geographical features helped a young Rome prosper and eventually develop as the center of a great empire. Whether or not Romulus and Remus had any part in this history, they remain a prominent part of Roman mythology. A famous bronze sculpture at the Capitoline Museums in Rome shows a she-wolf nursing the brothers. The sculpture is thought to have been created in the 400’s B.C. or in the Middle Ages (from about the 400’s through the 1400’s A.D.). Share this:


In Greek mythology, what name is given to the monsters with sharp fangs and hair of living snakes?

What does Gorgon mean? like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face Origin: [L. Gorgo, -onis, Gr. Gorgw`, fr. gorgo`s terrible.] Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Gorgon In Greek mythology, a Gorgon is a female creature. The name derives from the ancient Greek word gorgós, which means "dreadful." While descriptions of Gorgons vary across Greek literature and occur in the earliest examples of Greek literature, the term commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair of living, venomous snakes, and a horrifying visage that turned those who beheld her to stone. Traditionally, while two of the Gorgons were immortal, Stheno and Euryale, their sister Medusa was not, and she was slain by the mythical demigod and hero Perseus. Gorgons were a popular image in Greek mythology, appearing in the earliest of written records of Ancient Greek religious beliefs such as those of Homer, which may date to as early as 1194–1184 BC. Because of their legendary and powerful gaze that could turn one to stone, images of the Gorgons were put upon objects and buildings for protection. An image of a Gorgon holds the primary location at the pediment of the temple at Corfu, which is the oldest stone pediment in Greece, and is dated to c. 600 BC. Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Gorgon gor′gun, n. one of three fabled female monsters (Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa), of horrible aspect, winged, with hissing serpents for hair—every one who looked on Medusa was turned to stone: anything very ugly.—adjs. Gor′gon, Gorgō′nean, Gorgonesque′, Gorgō′nian, like a gorgon: very ugly or terrific.—n. Gorgonei′on, a mask of the gorgon.—v.t. Gor′gonise (Tenn.), to turn to stone. [L. gorgon—Gr. gorgō—gorgos, grim.] Numerology The numerical value of Gorgon in Chaldean Numerology is: 9 Pythagorean Numerology Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate : Never try to look back, and never gaze into the Past. Sometimes Past can be like Medusa, the hideous Gorgon with scary human face and having venomous snakes in the place of her hair. Beware of gazing directly into Medusa's eyes, for it can turn the onlooker into a stone. The Past does exactly the same - it freezes you stone cold, slowing and stopping all your actions, ambitions and aspirations..... the reason why Past is likened to Medusa here. Look forward to today, to this very moment, to the Present that welcomes you happily, as your journey of life continues upwards and onwards. A Viaxe Continua! Have a great journey, my friend! Images & Illustrations of Gorgon


According to legend, who rode through the streets of Coventry naked and was seen by someone called Tom, leading to the phrase Peeping Tom?

Peeping Tom - definition of Peeping Tom by The Free Dictionary Peeping Tom - definition of Peeping Tom by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Peeping+Tom n. A person who gets pleasure, especially sexual pleasure, from secretly watching others; a voyeur. [After the legendary Peeping Tom of Coventry, England, who was the only person to see the naked Lady Godiva.] Peeping Tom n a man who furtively observes women undressing; voyeur [C19: after the tailor who, according to legend, peeped at Lady Godiva when she rode naked through Coventry] Peep′ing Tom′


In Greek mythology who died when he flew too close to the sun and the wax holding together his artificial wings melted?

Icarus | Article about Icarus by The Free Dictionary Icarus | Article about Icarus by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Icarus Related to Icarus: Daedalus , Dædalus Icarus, in astronomy: see asteroid asteroid,  planetoid, or minor planet, small body orbiting the sun. More than 300,000 asteroids have been identified and cataloged; more than a million are believed to exist in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, with many more in the Kuiper belt ..... Click the link for more information. . Icarus: see Daedalus Daedalus , in Greek mythology, craftsman and inventor. After killing his apprentice Talos in envy, he fled from Greece to Crete. There, he arranged the liaison between Pasiphaë and the Cretan Bull that resulted in the Minotaur. ..... Click the link for more information. . Icarus (ik -ă-rŭs) ((1566) Icarus) An asteroid that was discovered in 1949 by Walter Baade and passed only 0.04 AU from the Earth in 1968. It belongs to the Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids and has one of the smallest perihelion distances (0.205 AU), well within the orbit of Mercury. See Table 3, backmatter. Icarus (religion, spiritualism, and occult) Icarus, asteroid 1566 (the 1566th asteroid to be discovered, on June 22, 1949), was named after the character from Greek mythology who died because he flew so close to the Sun that his wings (which were made of feathers and wax) melted. At the time, Icarus and his father were flying away from imprisonment on the island of Crete. The name is appropriate, in that Icarus’s eccentric orbit (which takes a little more than a terrestrial year) carries it closer to the Sun than to Mercury. The asteroid is less than 1½ kilometers in diameter and is one of the more recent asteroids to be investigated by astrologers. Preliminary material on Icarus can be found in Demetra George and Douglas Bloch’s Astrology for Yourself, and an ephemeris (table of celestial locations) for Icarus can be found in the second edition of George and Bloch’s Asteroid Goddesses. Unlike the planets, which are associated with a wide range of phenomena, the smaller asteroids are said to represent a single principle. George and Bloch give Icarus’s principle as “liberation”; their tentative key phrase for Icarus is “My capacity for liberation and risk-taking.” Zipporah Dobyns regards the occurrence of Icarus in a prominent house, sign, or aspect related to the element fire as indicating the danger of overreaching oneself or acting prematurely. J. Lee Lehman relates Icarus to the power one gains from reconstituting oneself after the experience of “death” (in one form or another). In a more exoteric vein, Lehman also associates Icarus with flight and accidents. Jacob Schwartz gives this asteroid’s astrological significance as “a need to escape quickly from restrictions, speed, risk taking, shamanic power, awareness of evolving through experience.” Sources: Dobyns, Zipporah. Expanding Astrology’s Universe. San Diego: Astro Computing Services, 1983. George, Demetra, with Douglas Bloch. Asteroid Goddesses: The Mythology, Psychology and Astrology of the Reemerging Feminine. 2d ed. San Diego: Astro Computing Services, 1990. George. Astrology for Yourself: A Workbook for Personal Transformation. Berkeley, CA: Wingbow Press, 1987. Lehman, J. Lee. The Ultimate Asteroid Book. West Chester, PA: Whitford Press, 1988. Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995. Icarus   asteroid number 1566. Icarus was discovered by the American astronomer W. Baade in 1949. Its mean distance from the sun is 1.08 astronomical units; its eccentricity, 0.83; and the inclination of its orbit, 23°. Its diameter does not exceed 2 km. Owing to the peculiarities of its orbit, it can approach the earth at a distance of 0.04 astronomical units. It is named for the ancient Greek hero Icarus. Icarus [‚ik·ə·rəs] (astronomy) An asteroid with a highly eccentric orbit (eccentricity of 0.827) that crosses the earth's orbit and takes the asteroid to only 0.187 astronomical units from the sun, closer than Mercur


What was the name of the 1963 Disney film that featured the legendary characters of Merlin and King Arthur?

Arthur Pendragon | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia “The scrawny little fellow about 12. He's a regular little grasshopper.” ―In Merlin 's vision. Arthur Pendragon (better known as Wart) is a figure from British folklore who was featured as the protagonist of Disney's 1963 animated feature film, The Sword in the Stone . In the film, Arthur is an orphan boy who becomes King of England thanks to his ability to pull a legendary sword from an anvil, making for a highly iconic moment. Contents Background Physical appearance Arthur is a 12-year-old orphan with blond hair and is very scrawny and awkward, but also friendly and polite. He has a rich imagination and dreams of becoming a knight and having adventures. However, as he is an orphan, he knows that the most he can hope for is to become a squire to his boorish foster brother, Sir Kay . The Knight Sir Ector found Arthur when he was a baby and took him in. Although Ector cares for the boy to an extent, but he still tends to favor his son, Kay, and thus raises Arthur much more strictly, and Kay is a constant tormentor to his adopted brother. Almost everyone refers to him as Wart rather than his birth name, Arthur. In fact, his real name is rarely mentioned throughout the film (And his last name, Pendragon, not at all), once by Wart himself, and later when he is revealed as the rightful King of England. Appearances The Sword in the Stone Wart accompanies his foster brother, Kay, on a hunting trip. After accidentally distracting Kay, Wart goes to retrieve Kay's lost arrow and ends up in the home of Merlin , a powerful wizard. While enjoying tea with Merlin, Merlin speaks to Wart about the value of an education and appoints himself as Wart's tutor. Wart returns to Sir Ector's castle with Merlin and is sent to the kitchen as punishment for worrying Sir Ector. Sir Pellinore , a friend of Sir Ector's, arrives with news of a tournament, with the English crown as a prize. Sir Ector decides that Kay can be knighted in time to participate. Ector also appoints the Wart as Kay's future squire for the tournament, which is to be held in London. The next day, Wart accompanies Merlin on his first lesson. Merlin turns them both into fish and, at first, everything goes smoothly. Wart is soon chased by a large pike and manages to outsmart the pike at first. Thankfully, Wart is saved by Merlin's owl Archimedes . The adventure teaches Wart the value of brain over brawn. When Wart is transformed back, he rushes to the kitchen, where Ector gives him 6 demerits; 3 for being late, and 3 after telling the true story of his lesson. Later, Wart is being forced to clean an entire kitchen as a result of his punishment. Merlin enchants the dishes to wash themselves and sneaks Wart out for another lesson. This time, the lesson is about gravity and (in an unexpected twist) male-female relationships; for this lesson, Wart is transformed into a squirrel and meets up with a female squirrel , who wants him as a mate. As Wart attempts to escape the amorous squirrel, he is put in danger of being eaten by a wolf. Wart is saved thanks to the female squirrel, but he is then transformed back into a boy. Though he tries to explain, the female squirrel is heartbroken. Back at the castle, Sir Ector begins reprimanding Merlin for using what he believes to be black magic on the kitchen. Wart tries to defend Merlin, but Ector piles more demerits on the boy and finally punishes him by both revoking his chances of making the trip to London and by making an unseen boy groom, Hobbs , Kay's squire in Wart's place. Merlin sees Wart's disappointment and apologizes, but notes that Wart could still make something of himself through an education. Merlin then takes time to explain different concepts about how the world works, but Wart becomes so confused that Archimedes takes over Wart's education. After finding out that Wart is illiterate, Archimedes teaches the Wart to read and write. During a break, Merlin takes time to demonstrate a model airplane. Though the demonstration doesn't work, Wart is impressed anyway and relates h