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Horsengoggle
Horsengoggle (also known as horse-and-goggle and horse 'n' goggle and hossengoggle) is a method of selecting a random person from a group. Unlike some other methods, such as rock paper scissors, one of the features of horsengoggle is that there is always a winner; it is impossible to tie. To use the system, all participants stand in a circle. An arbitrary member of the group is selected by the leader as a starting point. All participants simultaneously show between zero and five fingers. The leader counts the total number of fingers shown, then counts that many people around the circle. The selected person is the winner. In his memoir of growing up in Missouri in the 1940s, Jim Frank mentions the game as "'', zwei, drei, horsengoggle''", which he describes as "an old German system of selection". Horsengoggle is used by a number of youth camps in the United States, and by some Girl Scout units.It has been mentioned in some girl scout documents referring to grouping methods. Fairn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morra (game)
Morra is a hand game that dates back thousands of years to ancient Roman and Greek times. Each player simultaneously reveals their hand, extending any number of fingers, and calls out a number. Any player who successfully guesses the total number of fingers revealed by all players combined scores a point. Morra can be played to decide issues, much as two people might toss a coin, or for entertainment. Rules While there are many variations of morra, most forms can be played with a minimum of two players. In the most popular version, all players throw out a single hand, each showing zero to five fingers, and call out their guess at what the sum of all fingers shown will be. If one player guesses the sum, that player earns one point. The first player to reach three points wins the game. Some variants of morra involve money, with the winner earning an amount equal to the sum of fingers displayed. History Morra was known to the ancient Romans and is popular around the world, es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sortition
In governance, sortition (also known as selection by lottery, selection by lot, allotment, demarchy, stochocracy, aleatoric democracy, democratic lottery, and lottocracy) is the selection of political officials as a random sample from a larger pool of candidates. The system intends to ensure that all competent and interested parties have an equal chance of holding public office. It also minimizes factionalism, since there would be no point making promises to win over key constituencies if one was to be chosen by lot, while elections, by contrast, foster it. In ancient Athenian democracy, sortition was the traditional and primary method for appointing political officials, and its use was regarded as a principal characteristic of democracy. Today, sortition is commonly used to select prospective jurors in common-law systems and is sometimes used in forming citizen groups with political advisory power. History Ancient Athens Athenian democracy developed in the 6th century BC o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Paper Scissors
Rock paper scissors (also known by other orderings of the three items, with "rock" sometimes being called "stone," or as Rochambeau, roshambo, or ro-sham-bo) is a hand game originating in China, usually played between two people, in which each player simultaneously forms one of three shapes with an outstretched hand. These shapes are "rock" (a closed fist), "paper" (a flat hand), and "scissors" (a fist with the index finger and middle finger extended, forming a V). "Scissors" is identical to the two-fingered V sign (also indicating "victory" or "peace") except that it is pointed horizontally instead of being held upright in the air. A simultaneous, zero-sum game, it has three possible outcomes: a draw, a win or a loss. A player who decides to play rock will beat another player who has chosen scissors ("rock crushes scissors" or "breaks scissors" or sometimes "blunts scissors"), but will lose to one who has played paper ("paper covers rock"); a play of paper will lose to a pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Horseshoe For Boys
Camp Horseshoe is a summer camp for boys located in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. The camp was started in 1932 by Maurice Arthur Hirshberg ("Doc H")and Al Engelhardt. They were co-directors until Al left the camp leadership to Doc H. In 1990, the camp closed and was reopened in 2004, or Quenota, by former camper, Jordan Shiner and his wife, Fran. The camp is currently owned and operated by them. Camp Horseshoe offers activities such as sailing, skiing, basketball, volleyball, and trampball (four square on trampolines). Campers The campers at Camp Horseshoe are boys ages 8–16 who come from all over the United States. The age groups range from Pioneers to Cabin 14ers. Campers play leagues (big and small) after a combine and a draft by league coaches. League teams compete in sporting events ranging from soccer to flag football (big leagues) and from basketball to tramp-ball (small leagues). Campers set goals for themselves to complete Na Ta Ne, a tradition where campers can try to do act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Scouts Of The USA
Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as simply Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. Founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, it was organized after Low met Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, in 1911. Upon returning to Savannah, Georgia, she telephoned a distant cousin, saying, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!" Girl Scouts prepares girls to empower themselves and promotes compassion, courage, confidence, character, leadership, entrepreneurship, and active citizenship through activities involving camping, community service, learning first aid, and earning badges by acquiring practical skills. Girl Scouts' achievements are recognized with various special awards, including the Girl Scout Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards. Girl Scout membership is organized according to grade, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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