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Sporting quiz!

timill: (Default)
[personal profile] timill
Saturday, October 29th, 2005 04:58 pm
It's early in the 3rd quarter, game tied.

3rd & 3 from your 52 yard line.

What play do you call?
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Re: Depends ...

[identity profile] smofbabe.livejournal.com
Sunday, October 30th, 2005 11:59 pm (UTC)
I am hugely impressed that a Brit (even one who lived in the US for a while) posted this reasoning before I could!

And the answer is...

timill: (Default)
[personal profile] timill
Monday, October 31st, 2005 07:23 am (UTC)
it's time to punt.

If you're on your own 52 yard line, you're playing Canadian rules, and you only have three downs.

I was sort of expecting [livejournal.com profile] kevin_standlee to spot this one...

Re: And the answer is...

[identity profile] smofbabe.livejournal.com
Monday, October 31st, 2005 08:23 pm (UTC)
I really, really hate trick questions like this. Reminds me of a physics test in high school that involved US football: no one got the answer to the question because we all forgot to allow 5 yards for the quarterback to drop back to pass.
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