h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Golf doesn't have field markings?

Baseball as it doesn't have a true world series/world championship?

Baseball, cricket, golf, hockey, snooker, squash

Snooker? Because it's a "game" - the rest are "sports"?

See post 3112.

Oh dear! Now I recall why I shouldn't set odd-man-out questions.

Not sure how to clue this...

I'll supply the answer tomorrow.

The answer *is* squash: all the other games can be won without having to score the final point/goal/try/etc (you have to win the final rally to win at squash/badminton/tennis/etc).

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

So does that mean no one won, or that I did, seeing as I said squash in post 3119? It was for different reasons, admittedly, but the right sport.


Geggs

Ah, no, not me - wolf in sheeps clothing said squash in post 3113, so there's any winner it's wolf.


Geggs

...not if it's a 'dead rubber'.

"...not if it's a 'dead rubber'"

You can win the 'dead-rubber' game only by winning the final point.

Yes, but you don't necessarily win the match

Icy, the "match" is your invention, not mine.

Fair, if pedantic, point taken

Whose turn is it to set another brainteaser?

I picked up a puzzle book last week - I'll dig one out later today if nobody else does first.

In your pencil case you have a compass (the mathematical drawing tool - not the navigational aid). Unfortunately the mechanism has jammed up and you can't change the width.

How can you use it to draw circles of different sizes?

1. Make pinpricks in a piece of cord at the desired radii.

2. Stick the pointy end of the compass through one end of the cord.

3. Making sure that the pointy end of the compass is perpendicular to the paper, push the tip of a pencil (or writing implement of your choice) through the pinprick at the desired radius.

4. Need I say more?

Then again, you don't need a compass as a pin would do the job equally well.

Does it surprise you to hear that that's not the standard answer?

Thanks for putting me down gently.

If there's a computer at my next destination, I'll check for the righteous answer.

Use pencils of different lengths. Failing that, buy a new one.