what is the significance of the marco polo kids pool game? The Origin and reason one says "marco", & one polo
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The origins of the game come from a time when pools were segregated.  Blind children would swim in a small, usually dirty pool, while the other children swam in olympic size swimming pools, usually with small dolphins.  \n\nThe children who could see would walk by the blind pool yelling "MARCO"  (Latin for "I have cake over here."), the blind children would then echo back..."POLO!"  (meaning, "can I have some?")  \n\nThe joke of course, is on the blind children, and is thus another example of society's impulse to taunt blind children.
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The number 111 is sometimes called a "nelson" (particularly as a score in cricket or darts) after Admiral Nelson, who allegedly only had "One Eye, One Arm, One Ball" near the end of his life. (This is sometimes bowdlerized to say that he lost "One Eye, One Arm, One Life" during his naval career.) Another suggestion is that the number is derived from his three great victories, thus Copenhagen, Nile & Trafalgar which gives the sequence "Won - Won - Won".\n\nA score of 111 or multiples thereof (called "double nelson", "triple nelson" etc.) is considered an ill omen in cricket, because the figures "111" resemble a wicket without bails. Some people, most notably David Shepherd, develop superstitions around nelsons.
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Do the game when the students can make one, two or three tally marks.  The object of the game is to make the last mark without going over.    The team gets a choice of going first, or choosing the number the game will go to.  \n\nThere is a pattern to the madness, but I want you to figure it out.
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How about Marco Polo.
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Shanghai is the name of a dart game that requires a single, double, and a triple of the same number to win!\n\nquote:\nThe Play: Each player takes a turn throwing three darts to score the highest score possible in that round. Only the wedge that is the same number as the round counts towards the score. For example, only 1's count in the first round, 2's in the second, etc. The thin outer "doubles" ring counts as twice the number scored and the thin inner "triples" ring counts as three times. After all twenty rounds have been completed whoever has the highest score wins.\n\nThe second way to win is to "Shanghai" your opponent. To Shanghai, you must hit one dart in the single, one in the triple and one in the double of the target number in any order. If you succeed in hitting a Shanghai, the game is over and you win regardless of the other player(s) score.\n<end quote\n\nSo when a player needs a score of 120 to win an '01 game it's called a "shanghai" because a single 20, triple 20 and a double 20 is required to win (check out) the game.
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Hey Gerald, the Filipinos took the surnames of the Portuguese, Spanish and the other Latin missionaries that preached & converted you guys. Marco is Mark in latin. first name for some & surname for some. You don't worry about that.. Just take a chill pill & enjoy. Marco sounds good
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Just in case you didn't catch it when 6 people said the same thing before, the answer to your question is:\n\nthe origin
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Lets see according to Ocean Staff competition means sport so a political party vs another political party to win an election is a sport.  The race to be the first in space was a Sport!!!.  The only reason Poker and Chess (which by the way are games of skill) are called sports is because they are broadcast on ESPN and ESPN II.  Why do you think that Spelling Bees are now called Sport.  Here are some more things that should be called Sport:\n\nBridge\nCanasta\nWhisk\nEuchre\nGo Fish\nCheckers\nParchissi\nMonopoly\nClue\nOperation\nHopscotch\nAny video game\n\nAnyway you get my point, competition by itself does not make sport, sport requires more than a battle between persons, places or things.  I cannot give it a definite explanation but I am sure that some of the people in this Yahoo Answer arena can.  By the way since we compete for best answer is this Yahoo Answer a Sport??
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what do you mean by which of the above? you silly person, dont copy what teacher wrote on the board - annotate the question silly!
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People who associate "playing" with the stock market are usually speculators.  Even people who do research in the stock market play by speculation.  Very few people are investors.  The few that fall into the investors category, don't play because it is their life.  \n\nI think the word "play" is used because speculators are completely unsure of winning or losing.  Its like a slot machine for some people.   Buying a stock is like pulling the handle on a slot machine.  The house has an advantage over you.
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There are going to be 5 different mascots for the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, China in 2008.  They are called the Five Friendlies.  Their individual names are Beibei, the fish; Jingjing, the panda; Huanhuan, the Olympic flame; Yingying, the Tibetan antelope; and Nini, the swallow.  the first syllables of from their two-syllable names form a line that reads "Beijing Huanying Ni", which in English reads as, "Welcome to Beijing".  Each of the mascots colors were chosen so that they correspond with the colors of the Olympic rings.\n\nEach of the mascots symbolizes a different type of blessing and honors ancient Chinese tradition by bringing their blessings to the children of the world.  Here are their blessings that they give: Beibei symbolizes the blessing of prosperity; Jingjing the blessing of happiness; Huanhuan the blessing of passion; Yingying the blessing of health; and Nini the blessing of good luck.\n\nThese Five Friendlies were all carefully chosen and were unveiled on the day that stood as the day that was 1,000 days away from the opening ceremonies.\n\nFor more info and for pictures of the Five Friendlies and all their friends that represents the different sports such as athletics, rowing, gymnastics, etc. visit the second link which is the official website of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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According to the web sites below, it came from an old expression "to play for love" which meant to play for the love of the game and get nothing as a reward, instead of playing for a prize.  So "love" eventually came to mean "nothing" in that context.\n\nI had previously heard that "love" was a mispronunciation of "l'oeuf" (French for "the egg") because the shape of the zero looks like an egg, but apparently that's a myth.
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I won  the Regional Championship for this one and a trip to Canada, it was called Copy Cat. What you do is take cards with different color combinations on them and show them to students ranging from kinder-garden to the 12th asking them which color combination is their favorite. The first case is where you do it individually and then as a collective class. You should find that the younger children will stand by their first choices even during a group decision. As the children get older they are more prone to follow the choices of their peers until the later years where individuality take hold once again and they start to diversify. I used pie charts and percentages to display alot of the information and also split up the classes into males and females for a follow up experiment. Its been many many years since I did it but I'm sure the results will fascinate the judges. Good Luck!
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It would be against the rules for anyone who knows the answer to tell you. However, I shall repeat the first rule:  The name of the game is important. I didn't know this fun little game until you posted the question. It took me a little while, but I've got it! Thanks for the fun.
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look in the yahoo games.i believe i say it there once.
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Spielvereinigung\nthe literal translation is "play combination" when i put it into a translation program. \nI am guessing because they have a football club, and bobsled team it is more a designation to their multi team origin. \n\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpVgg_Unterhaching
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If you had the answer to your own question then why ask? Just so you do know the truth playing pool on a video game is an excellent way to learn how to use English when taking a shot.