Where did the luge originate from?
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The need for speed in a bobsled and luge dates back to at least 800 AD. Dangerously fast, bobsleds -- with two- or four-person teams -- were born from the toboggan as well as other early sleds used for transportation in snowy climates. The word "bobsled" comes from the fact that early sleds bounced, or "bobbed," while speeding downhill. \n\nIndividual racers plunged headfirst down the bobsled course on the ominously named "skeleton" sleds, steering with their head and shoulders. This is different from the luge (French for "sleigh"), on which one or two riders race lying down, feet first. Evidence of the luge dates back 1,200 years to Norway, where small sleds were first used as both vehicles and toys.
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He wanted to know where he came from
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Modern football started in the UK.\nFirst time humans used a game based n shooting a ball with their feet was around 3000 b.c. in ancient egypt.Later the babylonians played a similar game, then much later a game closer to basket ball called "ring ball" appeared in the villages of the Maya civilization in central america. Almost all civlizations have used a spherical object in one sport or the other.
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Skeleton is a winter sport in which competitors aim to drive a one-person sled in a prone, head-first position down an ice track in the fastest time. This differs from luge, where the rider drives the sled from a supine, feet-first orientation. Top speeds attained in skeleton—approximately 130 km/h (80 mph)—are slightly slower than in luge. This Olympic sport is known in some parts of the world as tobogganing. It takes its name from the stripped-down sled, which originally was a bare frame, like a skeleton. There is also a theory about the name that it is a mispronunciation of the Norwegian word 'kjelke' which signifies sled or luge.\n\nSkeleton is the oldest competitive sledding sport. It originates from St. Moritz, Switzerland, where in 1884 the Cresta run was built by Major Bulpetts. When the Winter Olympic Games were held there in 1928 and 1948, the event was included in the program. Skeleton was added to the Olympic program beginning with the 2002 Games.
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Badminton's roots date back centuries, having originated from a children's game known in England as "battledore and shuttlecock".\n\nIn 1873 the sport gained its current title after guests at a Badminton House lawn party held by the Duke of Beaufort introduced it to their friends as "the Badminton game".
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I believe it originated in Croatia sometime in the middle ages where it was primarily worn by men to show allegiance to their King. It seems to have gained popularity in France where the French form for Croatia resulted in them being called 'cravat'. Details in the article.
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Cricket's most likely birthplace is the Weald, an area of dense woodlands and clearings in south-east England that lies across Kent and Sussex. The game was probably devised by children of the Weald's farming and metalworking communities. There is evidence to suggest that it survived as a children's game for many centuries before it was increasingly taken up by adults around the beginning of the 17th Century. The game's origin seems to have been in Norman or perhaps Saxon times (i.e., before 1066).\n\nPlaying on sheep-grazed land or in clearings, the original implements may have been a matted lump of sheep’s wool as the ball; a crook or other farm tool as the bat; and a gate (i.e., a wicket gate) or a treestump as the wicket. It is possible that the game was derived from the older sport of bowls by the introduction of a "batsman" to stop the ball reaching its target by hitting it away. There seems little doubt that the game had a rustic upbringing and it is significant that the Wealden counties and neighbouring Surrey were the earliest centres of excellence. Eventually, it spread north to London and west to Hampshire, the two places that cemented its popularity in the 18th century.\n\nAccording to some other theories, cricket originated outside England and was brought there by the Normans after 1066. As early as the 8th century, bat and ball games were played in the Punjab region of southern Asia — the ancestors of games such as gilli-danda and perhaps polo. Like the other great recreational import of the time, chess, these sports are believed to have migrated via Persia and through Constantinople into Europe. There are 8th and 9th century accounts of bat and ball games being played in the Mediterranean region, sometimes as church-sponsored events to promote community spirit. If the games reached France in this manner, it is reasonable to assume they would cross the Channel and be introduced in England. But all of this is speculation and there is general agreement among cricket historians that the sport did originate in south-east England.\n\nEarly references are few, far between and sometimes spurious. Some manuscripts from the 12th and 13th centuries show diagrams which have been interpreted as early forms of cricket, but there is no definite evidence to support these conjectures. In c.1183, Joseph of Exeter wrote an account of a community activity played by both sexes which he called cricks, but there is nothing to prove that it was a form of cricket. The evidence is circumstantial only.\n\nThe first clue we have which is reasonably convincing comes from the Royal Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I (aka Edward Longshanks) for 1299-1300. This records that £6 was paid out for the 15-year old Prince Edward to play creag and other games at Newenden in Kent. Although there is no evidence that creag was a form of cricket, it does at least seem a likely suspect, especially given the location.\n\nThere are no other references until 1597, not even to indicate commercial interest in the game by innkeepers or other entrepreneurs. Cricket, if it was played at all, did not have sufficient popularity to be subjected to any kind of specific sanction, unlike some other games. For example, a statute of King Edward IV in 1477–8 (17 Edw.IV c.3) made the playing of handyn and handoute illegal because it interfered with the compulsory practice of archery.\n\nIn 1597 there was a dispute over a school's ownership of a plot of land in which a 59-year old coroner, John Derrick, testified that he and his school friends had played kreckett on the site fifty years earlier. This is generally considered to be the first definite mention of cricket in the English language - the school was the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and Mr Derrick's account proves beyond reasonable doubt that the game was being played c.1550.\n\nIn the following year John Florio, in his Italian-English dictionary defined the verb sgillare
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I can attempt to help with a few of them.\ninertia - the tendency of an object to remain in its state of motion until acted upon by some external force.  Well, the luge is just gonna sit there unless the guy gets it moving to the slope where gravity can start it going down the run.  As it is going down the run, it wants to keep moving until something stops it or turns it.  Momentum is also close to this.  Momentum is a product of an object's mass and inertia.  If I were to throw a baseball at you and tell you to change it's direction with a bat, you would have no trouble.  If I were to drive at you in my car and tell you to change the car's velocity with the same bat, you couldn't.  The car having moremass, has more momentum.  However, if I were to lob a ball at you and tell you to change the momentum with your bare hand, you could.  Now, if Nolan Ryan threw that same baseball at you at over 120mph and you had to use just your bare hand to change the ball's velocity, you probaly could, but it'd sure hurt.  The increase in speed increased the ball's momentum.\nterminal velocity - absolutely maximum velocity an object can achieve relative to the environment it's moving through and forces that environment exerts upon the object factoring in object's mass\nmotion - movement\nWhen it crests a hill in the track  and comes back down the other side, if the luge's velocity is adequate, the rider may experience a feeling of free fall.  The space shuttle does this when in orbit.  It is falling to the ground all the time.  But, it also has a "forward" instead of just "downward" velocity letting it arc out over the curavature of the earth and fall into nothing.  Velocity is a combination of an object's speed AND direction.\nThere really is not enough room in this forum to fully explain all these aspects of your question.  Try looking through your physics book at the definition of those terms to see what each could be talking about during a luge run.
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It origin dates back to the ancient games in Greece and the goddess Hera. The flame is lit in Greece and then carried along its path to the final destination of the games. See the links below for more info.
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From where did u get that??
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The origin of the term is disputed. One theory customarily held by persons not from New England claims that it originated from the Dutch in old New Amsterdam (today known as New York City) in the Mid-Atlantic States. It then was adopted by the British as a pejorative for (Northern) colonists. The origin might have been the phrase Jan Kees ("John Cornelius") (two very common Dutch names), which the English-speaking people picked up as "yankees", a word they used to refer to the Dutch.
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Wasn't able to find anything on how it started or when, but I found a couple of links where you might be able to get some more information.  I did find some speculation on it originating from Maypole dancing or tree dancing, but nothing solid.  Good luck.
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Went to Park City in 2002 to officiate and spectate. A WONDERFULL experience. Went with a group of 15 people. Rented a condo about 1 mile from the site( for Luge). Had to split the cost 8 ways ( couples) only way to afford it. Ticket won't be Available yet but start sniffing for a place to stay. Be ready for sticker shock.\n\n                    Lugeman
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scooters originated in italy. contrary to popular belief, vespas were not the precursor of scooters. in fact, it was the other way around.
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Check the link below - Lusitania was WW1
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There are a couple of stories about how the name originated, though no one knows for sure.  The first recorded use of the term dates back to the 1860's.\n\nThe traditional and most publicized story is in the article "What Is A Flea Market?" by Albert LaFarge in the 1998 winter edition of Today's Flea Market magazine. In his article LaFarge says, "There is a general agreement that the term "Flea Market" is a literal translation of the French marche aux puces, an outdoor bazaar in Paris, France, named after those pesky little parasites of the order Siphonaptera (or "wingless bloodsucker") that infested the upholstery of old furniture brought out for sale."\n\nThe second story is printed in the book Flea Markets in Europe published by Chartwell Books. In the Introduction of this book, the author writes, "In the time of Emperor Napoleon III, the imperial architect Haussmann made plans for the broad, straight boulevards with rows of square houses in the center of Paris, along which army divisions could march with much pompous noise. The plans forced many dealers in second-hand goods to flee their old dwellings; the alleys and slums were demolished. These dislodged merchants were, however, allowed to continue selling their wares undisturbed right in the north of Paris, just outside of the former fort, in front of the gate Porte de Clignancourt. The first stalls were erected in about 1860. The gathering together of all these exiles from the slums of Paris was soon given the name "Marche aux Puces", meaning "flee market", later translation.\n\nInteresting question, and it was interesting to find a possible answer ... I love flea markets!
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According to Mencken's 'American Language' and the 'Thesaurus of American Slang' by Berry and Van den Bark, 'lam, lammister' and 'on the lam' -- all referring to hasty departure -- were common in thieves' slang before the start of this century. Mencken quotes a newspaper report on the origin of 'lam' which actually traces it indirectly back to Shakespeare's time -- 'Its origin should be obvious to anyone who runs over several colloquial phrases for leavetaking, such as 'beat it' and 'hit the trail'...The allusion in 'lam' is to 'beat,' and 'beat it' is Old English, meaning 'to leave.' During the period of George Ade's 'Fables in Slang' (1900), cabaret society delight in talking slang, and 'lam' was current. Like many other terms, it went under in the flood of new usages of those days, but was preserved in criminal slang. A quarter of a century later it reappeared.' The Sage of Baltimore goes on to quote a story from the 'New York Herald Tribune' in 1938 which reported that 'one of the oldest police officers in New York said that he had heard 'on the lam' thirty years ago." From the "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris (HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1977, 1988).