June 27, 2010
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Here’s keeping with the spirit of the season. Something in (1) and the event in (2) share a name. Identify/connect:
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Answer:
(1) described a board game called Phutball (Philosophers Football). (2) is a Monty Python sketch of the same name.



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June 28th, 2010 at 11:19 am, GMT +0000 ( 1277723997 )
Phutball / Philosopher’s Football
June 28th, 2010 at 11:20 am, GMT +0000 ( 1277724012 )
Phutball (Philosopher’s football) – a game described in “Winning ways for your Mathematical plays” and also a sketch of absolute genius by Monty Python.
June 28th, 2010 at 1:03 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277730207 )
Philosophers’ football aka phutball. Monty Python etc etc.
June 28th, 2010 at 1:39 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277732342 )
Phutball (Philosopher`s Football)
June 28th, 2010 at 4:07 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277741261 )
Philosophers’ Football
Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays and Monty Python sketch.
June 28th, 2010 at 5:44 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277747052 )
philosopher’s football – great q!
June 28th, 2010 at 7:43 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277754232 )
Phutball and The Philosopher’s Football Match from Monty Python.
June 28th, 2010 at 7:59 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277755141 )
Phutball or Philosopher’s Football
June 28th, 2010 at 8:35 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277757323 )
Philosopher’s Football.
June 28th, 2010 at 9:22 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277760146 )
(1) Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays
(2) The Philosophers’ Football Match
(1) has a two player board game called the Philosopher’s Football or Phutball
(2) is a Monty Python sketch depicting a football match in the Olympiastadion at the 1972 Munich Olympics between philosophers representing Greece and Germany
June 28th, 2010 at 9:51 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277761917 )
Phutball match?
June 28th, 2010 at 10:18 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277763518 )
Philosopher’s football.
1. Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays Vol. 1, which has an account on the board game Phutball or Philosopher’s Football.
2. Monty Python’s Philosopher’s football match.
June 28th, 2010 at 10:32 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277764353 )
Philosopher’s Football
June 28th, 2010 at 10:41 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277764899 )
Phutball
June 28th, 2010 at 10:45 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277765151 )
The connection is “Philosophers’ Football”
1. philosopher’s football(also called Phutball) is a two-player board game described in “winning ways for your mathematical plays” by Elwyn, John and Richard
2. The Philosophers’ Football Match is a Monty Python sketch depicting a football match in the Olympiastadion at the 1972 Munich Olympics
between philosophers representing Greece and Germany.
Confucius is the referee, Georg “Nobby” Hegel captain of German team and Socrates captian of greek team. Socrates scores the only goal of the game
June 28th, 2010 at 11:21 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277767274 )
Philosophers football. The book in the first pic, ‘Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays’, talks about Philosophers football.The second pic is monty python’s philosophers football sketch.
June 29th, 2010 at 12:41 am, GMT +0000 ( 1277772072 )
The Philosopher’s football.
1)Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays describes a two player game with that name. But it is in 2nd volume not the 1st.
2)Monty Python’s sketch with the same name featuring football match between Greek and German philosophers.
June 29th, 2010 at 1:58 am, GMT +0000 ( 1277776708 )
Phutball
June 29th, 2010 at 2:10 am, GMT +0000 ( 1277777447 )
Philosopher’s football (Phutball)
June 29th, 2010 at 4:25 am, GMT +0000 ( 1277785557 )
1.Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays
2. Monty Python Philosopher’s football
COnnect: The Philosophers’ Football Match
June 29th, 2010 at 10:50 am, GMT +0000 ( 1277808638 )
philosopher’s football – Phutball
June 29th, 2010 at 7:48 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277840893 )
Phutball
June 29th, 2010 at 9:24 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1277846642 )
winning ways??
June 30th, 2010 at 12:15 am, GMT +0000 ( 1277856900 )
winning ways for your mathematical plays
Philosophers football (2) is one of the tactics mentioned in the book
pic 2 is Monthy Python’s International Philosophy Football Cup
June 30th, 2010 at 4:11 am, GMT +0000 ( 1277871099 )
Dining Philosopher’s and Philosopher’s playing football..