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Physics homework disguised as a carnival game designed to take your money.
means A game where you throw rings at upright pegs or bottles, trying to land one cleanly over a target to win a prize.
from Straightforward compound of 'ring' (the circular object you throw) and 'toss' (to throw with a light, easy motion). Ring-toss games descend from old European lawn pastimes like quoits, where players pitched metal or rope rings at a stake driven into the ground — a rural, rustic contest that eventually migrated indoors and into carnival midways, picking up gaudier prizes along the way.
- the catch
- rings slightly too small, pegs slightly too wide
- origin
- ancient Greeks played a version for sport
- carnival secret
- bottlenecks angled to bounce rings off
- honest odds
- some setups rigged below one percent win rate