"effect is known as the aurora borealis or the northern lights. The former term was coined by Galileo in 1619, from the Roman goddess of the dawn and the Greek name for the north wind. The southern counterpart, the aurora australis or the southern lights, has features almost identical to the aurora borealis and changes simultaneously with changes in the northern auroral zone. The Aurora Australis is visible from high southern latitudes in Antarctica, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, and Australia. A geomagnetic storm causes the auroral ovals (north and south) to expand, and bring the aurora to lower latitudes. The"
"number of spectators attracted to one event. Every player must discard one asset token used in the last event. The leading player earns a podium, worth three additional spectators in every later round. The losing player requests from the winning player one asset token. Colosseum (board game) Colosseum is a board game by Markus Lübke and Wolfgang Kramer, published in 2007 by Days of Wonder and illustrated by Julien Delval and Cyrille Daujean. In the game, players attempt to attract the most spectators to the events in their arena. The game is played in rounds, each round consisting of five"
"or seance and considered anathema by some religious groups. It is widely considered a simple spooky party game along the lines of Bloody Mary and the telling of ghost stories. Light as a feather, stiff as a board Light as a feather, stiff as a board, sometimes known as pig in a blanket, stiff as a board, is a game played by children at slumber parties. The phrase has also become established in popular culture as a reference to a levitation trick, and has been referred to in various media accounts. In performing magic this effect is known as abnormal"
"they are a nocturnal race, the trollish equivalent of the ""Dawn of Time"" is the ""Sunset of Time."" Some troll tribes play a game called ""aargrooha"", which is rather much like soccer. The game involves kicking a human head around on a field with obsidian boots until one side scores a goal or the head bursts, although civilized trolls claim to never play this game anymore (they can't make the boots). Other known games include a boardgame somewhat similar to chess, in which players set pieces on a board and wait for them to move of their own accord, and"
"Blooming"" (Korea)), Peili (tr. ""Mirror"") (Finland), Winnie the Pooh (Мечо Пух, lit. ""Pooh Bear"") (Bulgaria), (דג מלוח ""pickled herring"") (Israel), ""Annemaria Koekkoek!"" (Netherlands), ""Ziitigläse"" (tr. Reading the Newspaper) (Switzerland), Eén, twee, drie, piano! (Flanders), Un, due, tre, stella! (Italy), Un, dos, tres, pollito inglés! (tr. ""One, two, three, little english chicken!"") (Venezuela). Instead of calling out the phrase, ""Daruma-san ga koronda"", you may countdown from 10 to 1. Statues (game) Statues (also known as Red Light, Green Light in the United States, and Grandmother's Footsteps in the United Kingdom) is a popular children's game, often played in different countries. How"
"Trivial Pursuit Trivial Pursuit is a board game from Canada in which winning is determined by a player's ability to answer general knowledge and popular culture questions. Dozens of question sets have been released for the game. The question cards are organized into themes; for instance, in the standard Genus question set, questions in green deal with science and nature. Some question sets have been designed for younger players, and others for a specific time period or as promotional tie-ins (such as ""Star Wars"", ""Saturday Night Live"", and ""The Lord of the Rings"" movies). The game was created on December"
"Light as a feather, stiff as a board Light as a feather, stiff as a board, sometimes known as pig in a blanket, stiff as a board, is a game played by children at slumber parties. The phrase has also become established in popular culture as a reference to a levitation trick, and has been referred to in various media accounts. In performing magic this effect is known as abnormal lift. One participant lies flat on the floor, and then the others space themselves around him or her, each placing one or two fingertips underneath the participant's limbs. The person"
"There Be Peace"". For 2014, all the ball's panels were replaced, marking a new theme series known as ""Greatest Gifts"", beginning with ""Gift of Imagination"". The numerical sign indicating the year (which remains atop the tower along with the ball itself) uses Philips LED lamps. For 2014, the final two digits of the sign used bulbs from the company's ""Hue"" line of multi-color LED lamps, allowing them to have computerized lighting cues. According to National Weather Service records, between the 1907–08 and 2017–18 festivities, the average temperature at midnight in nearby Central Park was . The warmest ball drops occurred"
"prosecuted. Paraíba is the only state where the game is legal and regulated by the state, even though according to a federal law this activity is prohibited. In other northeastern states the game is tolerated by the government. The name of the game arises from the association of the drawn numbers with a random selection of 25 animals (to help memorising): Over the decades, superstitious theory has evolved around selecting the proper animal, much of it involving dreams. Horse, for example, can be indicated by a dream of a horse, or by dreams of wheat or milk or naked women."
"to the American Red light/Green light game. ""Daruma Otoshi"" is a traditional game played with a daruma doll in five pieces, usually in the colors of the rainbow, from top to bottom: head — a man's face, blue, green, yellow, red. The game is played by using a small hammer to hit each of the colored pieces, from bottom to the top, without letting the pieces fall during the game. Daruma doll A is a hollow, round, Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen tradition of Buddhism. These dolls, though typically red and depicting a bearded"
"winning game, thereby proclaiming the happy news. The Clock Tower remains purple until a loss or until the end of the sports season. Whereas formerly the Clock Tower was lighted only for football victories, wins for men's basketball and women's lacrosse now merit commemoration as well; important victories in other sports may also prompt an empurpling. Two annual productions are especially notable: The Waa-Mu Show, and the Dolphin show. Waa-Mu is an original musical, written and produced almost entirely by students. Children's theater is represented on campus by Griffin's Tale and Purple Crayon Players. Its umbrella organization — the Student"
"they instead are the central indicator of the person's standing in the game. Popular dice games include ""Yahtzee"", Farkle, Bunco, Liar's dice/Perudo, and Poker dice. As dice are, by their very nature, designed to produce apparently random numbers, these games usually involve a high degree of luck, which can be directed to some extent by the player through more strategic elements of play and through tenets of probability theory. Such games are thus popular as gambling games; the game of Craps is perhaps the most famous example, though Liar's dice and Poker dice were originally conceived of as gambling games."
"also known as the principal games, as the other four games, called the purpose games, consist of elements of these three games. The seven games are: The program uses a concept the Parellis call “horsenality” to explain the behavior of individual horses. The system is based on a model originally conceived by Linda Parelli but which was subjected to independent research by psychometric personality research specialists and that was overseen by statisticians at the Department of Education at the University of Kansas. Research consisted of assessing how experienced ""horse"" people in general view the differences in horses. Responses were subjected"
"a city (""Harley spotted in <nowiki><city name></nowiki>""), and scores the BIKE bonus (50,000). B and I light the right orbit, and K or E lights the left. Hitting a LIT orbit lets the ball go all the way around the loop, and awards a city plus 50,000 points, just like spelling BIKE. It also lights the orbit players have shot for one million (""One Million...""). Shooting an unlit orbit feeds the jets, and lights that orbit. Lit orbits and millions time out after 10 or 15 seconds. A ball that goes up a LIT orbit and trickles back down usually"
"(yellow wedge), Science & Nature (brown wedge), Sports & Leisure (green wedge), and Wild Card (orange wedge). In 2003, Bolenka Games released an online game of ""Trivial Pursuit"" on the now-defunct website Uproar.comwhere it features five editions such as: ""Genius"", ""Silver Screen"", ""Music"", ""1980s"" and ""TV"". Trivial Pursuit was released for a number of home video systems, including Sega CD, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4. The board game was also adapted into a mobile game called ""Trivia Crack"". Trivial Pursuit Trivial Pursuit is a board game from Canada in which winning is determined"
"winning the game. For example, a question such as ""Does it involve technology for communications, entertainment or work?"" can allow the ""questioner"" to cover a broad range of areas using a single question that can be answered with a simple ""yes"" or ""no"". If the ""answerer"" responds with ""yes,"" the ""questioner"" can use the next question to narrow down the answer; if the ""answerer"" responds with ""no,"" the ""questioner"" has successfully eliminated a number of possibilities for the answer. The most popular variant is called ""Animal, Plant, Mineral."" This is taken from the Linnaean taxonomy of the natural world. In"
"for comedy on the show, such as ""Things that precede the word 'ass',"" or ""Things you prefer bigger."" The games below were the most commonly played games, but are not the ""only "" games played. Some games were purposely played only once, while others were titled differently but have similar gameplay. Sometimes during a show, a doorbell for a door on the side of the stage rang and a celebrity, known from other various appearances and stints, would be present for the show. He/she would sometimes help out with clues or simply be there for comic material. Notable appearances include"
"given class, e.g. colours or flowers, while jumping on successive fields) or ""pajac"", meaning ""buffoon"" (human shape, with the use of a thrown marker, e.g. a piece of glass or stone). Swedes name the game ""hoppa hage"" (lit. ""jumping the garden""), while in Norway it is called ""paradis"", or Paradise. In Italy the game is known as ""campana"" (meaning ""bell""), or ""mondo"" (meaning ""world""). In the Netherlands and Flanders, it is called ""Hinkelen"". In Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia it is called ""školica"", meaning ""little school"". In Malaysia the most popular variant is called ""tengteng"". In Mexico, it is called ""bebeleche"
"Statues (game) Statues (also known as Red Light, Green Light in the United States, and Grandmother's Footsteps in the United Kingdom) is a popular children's game, often played in different countries. How the game is played varies throughout different regions of the world. Red Light/Green Light (sometimes abbreviated as RLGL) is a variation of statue. The ""it"" person stands at one end of the playing field, with the rest of the players at the other end. ""It"" turns their back to the others and calls out ""Green Light!"" or ""1, 2, 3! Red Light! Green Light!"" or ""Red Light! Green"
"of well-known board games, including Clue, Scrabble, Monopoly (both for The Simpsons and for Treehouse of Horror), Operation, Chess, Checkers, Pictionary, Battle of the Sexes, Jeopardy, The Game of Life, Don't Panic, Magic 8 Ball, Othello, Scrabble, SORRY!, Poker, Darts, and Wheel of Fortune are all examples of games that have release ""Simpsons""-related content, as well as the trivia games What Would Homer Do? and Simpsons Jeopardy!. Several card games such as Top Trumps cards and The Simpsons Trading Card Game have also been released. There have also been a few card games and board games unique to ""The Simpsons""."
"them), and place them into their barrels. The adults, dressed as knights on horseback, have to pop the balloons. The children score 10 points for each balloon in the barrel. Time limit is 60 seconds. When Dave announced the title of this game, he'd start to dance in disco style, and the audience would chant song lyrics from the song ""Night Fever."" Both teams play at once. The adults jump on circular dots in the center of their course while the children jump on other dots placed around the circular dots, all on an inflatable obstacle course. At one end"
"most popular kits. Other companies following in Aurora's shoes have reissued earlier kits (Gosson 2015, p. 72). These companies include Moebius, Atlantis and Monarch, which mostly have focused on the Aurora sci-fi and horror TV and movie figures and scenes. For example, Moebius, started by a former distributor of Polar Lights models in Glenwood, Florida, has reissued the large kit of the submarine ""Seaview"" from the 1960s ""Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"" TV show and the old Dr. Jekyll as Mr. Hyde kit (Moebius Models website). Monarch models is based in London, Ontario, Canada - started by a"
"in which she famously had a lead role, will eventually release, as well as make references to the film. Eventually, the sequel, ""Finding Dory"", was officially announced by DeGeneres. The show has many recurring segments throughout the years. Some include: Heads Up! ""Heads Up!"" is a game that DeGeneres plays with other celebrities. Originally, the game had players guess words or phrases on physical cards held to their foreheads by watching the other players act it out or give hints as time counted down. Later, DeGeneres and Warner Bros. Entertainment developed an app version of the game. The app became"
"called The Game. The film earned Thomas a Razzie Award nomination for ""Worst New Star"" and was poorly received by critics, but has developed somewhat of a cult following due to its unintentional comedy. Thomas also starred in the syndicated TV series ""True Confessions"" and has worked as a commentator for ABC Sports and ESPN. Kurt Thomas (gymnast) Kurt Bilteaux Thomas (born March 29, 1956 in Miami, Florida) is an American Olympic gymnast. Thomas competed for Indiana State University; where he was a five-time NCAA champion, winning the parallel bars and all-around in 1977 and parallel bars, horizontal bar and"
"buzz, buffalo, saved by the bell, bullshit, tourettes, matchboxes, never have I ever, roman numerals, fuzzy duck, pennying, wine games, and Zoom Schwartz Profigliano. Trivia games, such as Trivial Pursuit, are sometimes played as drinking games. Drinking games involving cards are president, horserace, Kings, liar's poker, pyramid, Ring of Fire, Toepen, ride the bus and Black or Red. Dice games include beer die, dudo, kinito, liar's dice, Mexico, mia, 15, pounce!, ship, captain, and crew, and three man. Movie drinking games are played while watching a movie (sometimes a TV show or a sporting event) and have a set of"
"games. Educators have used these games to demonstrate principles of physics. Popular physics games include ""The Incredible Machine"", ""World of Goo"", ""Crayon Physics Deluxe"", ""Angry Birds"", ""Cut the Rope"", ""Peggle"", ""Portal"", ""Portal 2"", ""Monster Strike"" and ""The Talos Principle"". In tile-matching video games, the player manipulates tiles in order to make them disappear according to a matching criterion. The genre began with 1985's ""Chain Shot!"". It includes games of the ""falling block"" variety such as ""Tetris"", games that require pieces to be swapped such as ""Bejeweled"" or ""Candy Crush Saga"", games that adapt the classic tile-based game Mahjong such as"
"and the bumble bee in third place. There are several games traditionally associated with Halloween. Some of these games originated as divination rituals or ways of foretelling one's future, especially regarding death, marriage and children. During the Middle Ages, these rituals were done by a ""rare few"" in rural communities as they were considered to be ""deadly serious"" practices. In recent centuries, these divination games have been ""a common feature of the household festivities"" in Ireland and Britain. They often involve apples and hazelnuts. In Celtic mythology, apples were strongly associated with the Otherworld and immortality, while hazelnuts were associated"
"such as tic-tac-toe, chess, or infinite chess, or games with imperfect information such as poker. The first sort of game we shall consider is the two-player game of perfect information of length ω, in which the players play natural numbers. These games are often called Gale–Stewart games. In this sort of game there are two players, often named ""I"" and ""II"", who take turns playing natural numbers, with ""I"" going first. They play ""forever""; that is, their plays are indexed by the natural numbers. When they're finished, a predetermined condition decides which player won. This condition need not be specified"
"Universe and Everything"", the ""Guide"" describes the inhabitants of the higher dimensions as ""a pretty nasty heathen lot"" that should be wiped out if only we could ""work out a way of firing missiles at right-angles to reality."" A favoured pastime in the higher dimensions is Brockian Ultra-Cricket, a team sport that involves people beating each other with sporting equipment, then apologising from a safe distance. Like real cricket, the rules of the game are massively convoluted, leading to a perpetual state of war between the players over their interpretation. Brockian Ultra Cricket was named after an old friend of"
"in today's practice the single woman who catches the bouquet is believed to be the next to marry. Same goes to the single man who catches the garter. In some instances, it is said that they will marry each other. In Spain the game is known as ""pasemisí"". Similar games such as these exist in other traditions as well. This game can be likened to ""London Bridge is Falling Down"" in English-speaking countries, and a similar game in Japan exists, played to a song called Toryanse. La víbora de la mar La víbora de la mar (lit. The sea snake)"
"five prizes for a member of the audience, five different styles of questions were answered, with the first four often being things such as answering a question set by Stephen Hawking, guessing who Alan is imitating and naming a certain number of things in a time limit. The fifth question is then a take on a popular game or gameshow, with games like Dysfunctional Family Fortunes (Family Fortunes), The Jerryation Game (The Generation Game), Bitchbusters (Blockbusters), Sveniata (Pinata), The Dartness (Bullseye) and C**tdown (Countdown), after this, everyone celebrates (if the big prize was won), or is downhearted (if the big"
"Lightning round A lightning round is a round of a game or contest in which the duration of the round is a pre-determined length of time, and the goal is typically to accomplish as much as possible within that period. The most common format of a lightning round is in a question-and-answer game, to answer as many questions as possible within a given time limit. The term ""lightning round"" is usually reserved for a single round in a game whose normal gameplay is untimed. Lightning rounds are often used at quiz bowls. In television, a lightning round is usually accompanied"
"works only once or because they were not particularly successful. Popular games include ""One Song to the Tune of Another"", ""Mornington Crescent"", ""Sound Charades"", ""Late Arrivals"", ""Double Feature"", ""Cheddar Gorge"" and ""Uxbridge English Dictionary"". ""One Song to the Tune of Another"" is always introduced using a complex analogy, despite its self-explanatory title, often ending with a joke at the expense of Colin Sell. The panellists play as individuals or as two teams. ""Celebrity What's My Line?"" completely destroyed the intent of the original — for players to guess the occupation of a third party by asking yes/no questions. The ""I'm"