- Tug of war
Tug of war, tug o' war, or tug war, also known as rope pulling, is a sport that directly puts two teams against each other in a test of …
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- Naha Tug-of-war
The Naha Tug of war | 那覇大綱挽 is an event at the annual festival held in Naha, … on the shoulders of men standing on opposite sides of the rope. …
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- List of American Gladiators events (section Tug-O-War (1993-96))
The contender faced a Gladiator in a two-man tug of war , conducted … Finally, the Contenders and Gladiators are attached to the rope by a …
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- Basque rural sports (section Sokatira (tug-of-war))
Sokatira (tug-of-war): Tug-of-war is also … The name of this sport literally translates as "snout rope" (soka "rope" and mutur "snout"). …
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- United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics (section Tug of war)
Men's rope climbing | 1st | George Eyser | 7.0 | 2nd | Charles Krause | 7.2 | … Tug of war: Tug of war at the 1904 Summer Olympics! …
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- Rope Jousting
Rope Jousting is a martial sporting competition between two jousters, that resembles a Tug of war . In this event, two Cinder blocks are …
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- Ryukyan festivals and observances
Midmonth August festivals often feature a communal tug-of-war using a giant fiber rope that can often take days to weave. The rope in Naha …
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- Yobuko, Saga
(呼子大綱引), or the Yobuko big rope pull, which takes place annually on … The event involves a big tug-o-war between two factions in the town, …
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- Mrduja
island belonged to so they used a rope in an attempt to pull it from … The people of Brač won the tug of war . the ruins of old …
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- Techno Games
Tug-of-War … The more memorable robots included Skeletron, a rope climbing robot, Phoebius , a solar powered robot and Cycler , a …
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- Isambard Kingdom Brunel (section Crimean War)
one with paddle wheels and the other with a propeller, and staged a "tug of war" with two tugs pulling a rope on the Thames river in England. …
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- Jengu
Two groups play a tug of war over her until the rope breaks, and she collapses. The cult members call to her nine times in the liengu …
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- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 3
The two competitors are joined together by a rope that goes over the … Ankle Breaker is a variation of Tug Of War with both participants tied …
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- Tug-o-War (Gladiators)
Tug-o-War was an event played in the original American incarnation of the … In the middle of the rope is a red flag, with a white marker …
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- Dorton Dons
Dorton Dons was a tug-of-war team in the 1960s and 1970s. … One training method utilised was looping the rope over a tree's branch and …
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- Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta
A Waterborne Tug of War (two boats secured together by a rope at the stern with the teams rowing against each other) Fireworks …
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- Museum of Science & Industry (Tampa)
The tug-of-war attraction is a game of pulling of rope to one side, but the device that the rope is connected to acts as a lever, which …
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- Port Byron, Illinois
After a large rope is pulled across the river to LeClaire, Iowa , a tug of war takes place. holds an overall record of 12-10 in the competition …
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- Taylor Woodrow
having a tug of war (with the other end of the tug of war not being shown). people have nick-named the logo 'the four men pulling on the rope'. …
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- Parliamentary ping-pong
"Lutte a la corde" (French , meaning tug of war , lit. " "struggle of the rope") is an older term for Parliamentary ping-pong. …
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