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   big game

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   • 1. large animals hunted for sport: "a big-game hunter"

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   What was the Great Game?

   • The Great Game was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and Tibet. The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations to acquire and redefine territories in Central and South Asia.

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   Who coined the term Great Game?

   • The term Great Game was coined in 1840 by a British intelligence officer Captain Arthur Conolly (1807–1842). Rudyard Kipling 's 1901 novel Kim popularized the term, increasing its association with great power rivalry. It became even more popular after the 1979 advent of the Soviet–Afghan War.

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   How long is a baseball game?

   • While nine innings has been the standard since the beginning of professional baseball, the duration of the average major league game has increased steadily through the years. At the turn of the 20th century, games typically took an hour and a half to play.

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   What is the most popular ball game in the world?

   • Football (soccer) is the world’s most popular ball game, but, wherever American economic and culture influence has been dominant, the attraction to baseball, basketball, and volleyball has tended to exceed that to football.

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   Was the Great Game a true story?

   • According to military history scholar Matt Salyer, the "Great Game" as a British strategy was a fiction, but the "Great Game" as a vague descriptor of various actions of multiple empires, "as far back as the Seven Years' War" is accurate.

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   When was 'the great game' invented?

   • The phrase "the Great Game" was used well before the 19th century and was associated with games of risk, such as cards and dice. The French equivalent Le grand jeu dates back to at least 1585 and is associated with meanings of risk, chance and deception. In the historical sense, the term dates from the mid-19th century.

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3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › big gameBig game - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   2 days ago · Definitions of big game. noun. large animals that are hunted for sport. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Big game." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/big game. Accessed 25 May. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family. big game.

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   3 days ago · The Great Game was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and Tibet. The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations to acquire and redefine territories in Central and South Asia.

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   2 days ago · Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions. It has applications in many fields of social science, used extensively in economics as well as in logic, systems science and computer science.

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   2 days ago · A professional football (soccer) pitch with measurements of the respective zones. The length of the sides of the field may vary, but other measurements are fixed. (more) The chemistry behind a World Cup soccer ball. Explore the chemistry of the football (soccer ball) used in the 2014 World Cup. See all videos for this article.

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   3 days ago · Sports are physical contests pursued for the goals and challenges they entail. Popular sports include football (soccer), gridiron football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey, field hockey, cricket, tennis, rugby, and golf. Learn more about the development and history of sports in this article.

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   2 days ago · A baseball game is played between two teams, each usually composed of nine players, that take turns playing offense (batting and baserunning) and defense (pitching and fielding). A pair of turns, one at bat and one in the field, by each team constitutes an inning.

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   4 days ago · Play Tournament Predictor Group B. 24 June: Albania (1) vs Spain (6), Croatia (1) vs Italy (3). Spain are through to the round of 16 as group winners.. Italy will be through to the round of 16 as ...