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What sport has houses and stones?

Question #108429. Asked by nibbles0011.
Last updated Aug 07 2021.

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Response last updated by CmdrK on Aug 11 2017.
Mar 30 2003, 2:54 PM
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The expression is more like "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones," but curling sounds good.

link http://www.goenglish.com/PeopleWhoLiveInGlassHousesShouldNotThrowStones.asp

Apr 21 2008, 9:45 PM
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Curling.

The 3 basic shots in curling are the Draw (a stone that comes to rest in the house), a Guard (a stone that comes to rest short of the house and either protects a stone in the house or is put up first and then curled around later, and the Takeout (a stone with sufficient "weight" to go through the house).

link https://medium.com/hit-the-broom/types-of-shots-6b33cab53061

The houses is the scoring area, which is marked by a circle, 12 feet in diameter, that contains three smaller concentric circles. A stone is the round granite playing piece, 11 inches in diameter and 39 to 41 ½ pounds in weight, fitted with a handle.

link http://www.dummies.com/sports/curling-for-dummies-cheat-sheet/


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Sep 01 2009, 10:40 AM
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Curling
Originating in Scotland in the 1500s, the game involves four-member teams that face each other across a single sheet of ice. Each team takes turns throwing or sliding 42-pound polished granite stones toward its target, or house. "The immediate goal is to have your rock come to rest on the spot that the team captain or `skip' has requested," notes the Petersham club's Web site. "The ultimate goal is for the four-person team to have their rock(s) closest to the center of the target or `house
link https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-curling

Response last updated by CmdrK on Aug 07 2021.
Mar 21 2010, 1:37 PM
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