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HOB Olympic Games ~ Open Ended
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E ~ Iceland
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Bernadette
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The games will begin with the Opening Ceremonies on July 26th and will run through October 31st.
While you and your partner get ready for the Games, think about which country you would like to represent.
There is a list of all the Countries represented in the 2024 Paris Gams by their National Olympic Committee listed in a tab on your spreadsheet. There are 200! (In case you would prefer a link to the 2024 NOC: )
Please give me 3 to 5 options for the Countries that you would like to represent (post in here in the thread). You might even want to choose based on their flags! (Keep in mind that each team will be representing a different country, so everyone can’t be playing for Aruba!) 😃
There is a link to your spreadsheet in the 2nd post above. Please request access when prompted and I will open it for you. (This helps me to know that everyone has checked in with their partner.)
Waves hey Bernadette!! I really have no idea what I got myself into but one more challenge added to the mix can't hurt, right? I don't really have a preference on what country to represent. Any ideas?
Waving back Anna! What am I doing? Captain of two teams, Book Team, individual challenges and now this? There is something wrong with us😂I didn't know this thread was open. I missed the notification that they were ready. Sorry for the late check-in.
My daughter just got back from her honeymoon in Greece so that works, Iceland is on my bucket list, I'm going to France in May 2025 - how about those three and you toss in 2 more.
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All tasks will be added to your spreadsheet as they are assigned.
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The passing of the Olympic flame from one torchbearer to the next is called the Olympic Torch Relay. The relay is a modern tradition that marks the beginning of the Olympic Games and is inspired by ancient Greek practices. The flame symbolizes life, knowledge, and spirit, and the relay conveys messages of friendship and peace.
🏅The Olympic flame is the flame which is kindled in Olympia under the authority of the IOC. In the context of the modern Games, the Olympic flame is a manifestation of the positive values that man has always associated with the symbolism of fire and thus makes the link between the ancient and the modern Games.
🏅A few months before the opening of the Olympic Games, a flame is lit at Olympia, in Greece. The location recalls the link between the Ancient Olympic Games and their modern counterpart. From there, the Flame is carried for a number of weeks to the host city, mainly on foot by runners, but also using other forms of transport.
🏅Throughout the Torch relay, the flame announces the Olympic Games and spreads a message of peace and friendship between peoples. The Torch relay ends at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The final runner (or sometimes runners) enters the stadium and lights the cauldron with the Olympic flame. The Games can then begin!
This event is optional; 8 letters to be completed by each partner.
1 - 16. Spell-out HOBS OLYMPIC GAMES
🏅Using Author's first or last initial / Title / Series
🏅Relay can be completed at your leisure across the course of the games. (These tasks are not required.)
🏅Points will be awarded based on page counts only
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For the first time in the history of the Summer Olympic Games, the ceremony will not be taking place in a stadium.
🏅 Taking on a new guise, the parade of athletes will be held on the Seine. The river parade will follow the course of the Seine, from east to west over a distance of 6 km.
🏅 Holding a ceremony open to a very large audience, with no admission fee for most of its spectators, is a major first. Spectators will not need tickets to access the upper quays. Hundreds of thousands of spectators will be able to attend the festivities along the banks of the Seine. Eighty giant screens and strategically placed speakers will allow everyone to enjoy the magical atmosphere of this show reverberating throughout the French capital.
🏅 Athletes will be the heart and soul of the ceremony. By opening with the parade of the delegations, Paris 2024 is breaking with tradition. Already during the introduction and throughout the ceremony, athletes will be featured on stage alongside the performers, as part of Paris 2024’s constant aim to hold Games created for and by athletes.
For this event only ALL FOUR tasks must be completed; two by each partner.
1. Read a book with 4 of the colors in your countries flag on the cover (if your flag does not have 4 different colors, use 2 colors from the Olympic Rings and 2 from your flag)
2. Read a book whose title begins with a letter in your country
3. Read a book that features an athlete
4. Read a book with a boat and/or river on the cover
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For the remainder of the challenge, books will need to be finished after the tasks were posted. (As long as start date is 7/25 or after, it's good.)
We are going to Iceland! I bet she had an amazing time in Greece. That's on my bucket list too. You're going to have an amazing time in France. How long will y'all be there? My notifications and messages have been slightly messed up so I'm missing things also. Which of those tasks look good to you? I could probably do any of these.
I swear I posted this, but I don't know what happened to it - I probably got distracted.The first 2 tasks look easier and the last harder. We each take one of the first two and one of the last two? I have books available for #2 and #3. Are you able to take #1 and #4?
They loved Greece. The honeymoon was a week in Italy and a week in Greece. She got married in December but that was not the best weather time for traveling to those 2 countries.
We plan on 4 nights in Paris and 5 nights in the Normandy area. We got married 15 years ago in Las Vegas in the Paris Hotel and had our wedding luncheon at the Eiffel Tower restaurant. Thought it was time to see the REAL Paris & Eiffel Tower😂
Sure, I can take 1 and 4. I'll work on finding books for those this weekend. Totally understand the weather. We got married 10 years ago in the summer and did London. I couldn't imagine doing London in December. It's definitely time for you to see the real Eiffel Tower. That's going to be such a fun trip. The weather should be great.
I finished my books for the opening ceremonies and checked us in. I went ahead and re-read the rules to make sure we could do the torch relay at our own pace. I'll try to find some books for that this week. I also am going to see if I can get some books to work for those bonus points. :)
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🏅 Breaking is a style of dance that originated in the United States in the 1970s. It took form in the lively block parties in the Bronx, emerging from hip hop culture, and is characterised by acrobatic movements, stylised footwork and the key role played by the DJ and the MC (master of ceremonies) during battles.
1. Read a book where the characters dance.
2. Read a book that takes place in the Bronx OR New York
3. Read a book whose author first or last initial can be found in DJ-MC
🏅 Sport climbing is a modern discipline that has become immensely popular over the past 20 years. It is a young, mixed sport – with 39% of climbers under 18 years old – practiced both outdoors and in a more urban format indoors. At the Olympics, sport climbing involves three formats: boulder, speed and lead.
1. Read a book with MPG of Young Adult
2. Read a book where SPEED plays a big part in the story
3. Read a book with letters "CLIMB" in title/series/author's name
🏅 Skateboarding is a young and spectacular sport that developed in the US in the 1950s as surf culture was taking off. It was then part of the underground, alternative culture of the 1980s, going hand in hand with the values of freedom, rebellion and thrill seeking. The world’s greatest skateboarders will face each other at the Olympic Games, competing in the two most popular and spectacular disciplines: park and street. Athletes must carry out their most impressive tricks, meeting criteria for the degree of difficulty, speed and range of moves.
1. Read a book with a rebel character
2. Read a book with a thrill seeking character
3. Read a book with the word "SKATEBOARD" in the text
🏅 Surfing originated in Hawaii, where it has been common since the 15th century. Surfing evolved and flourished in the 1950s, as new types of boards made it more accessible to the general public. Surfers perform maneuvers and tricks on a wave, the totality of which is scored by five judges based on the variety, type and difficulty of tricks. Surfers are also judged on their speed, power and flow.
1. Read a book set in Hawaii
2. Read a book with a wave or large body of water on the cover
3. Read a book the word POWER, SPEED or FLOW in the title or series.
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Thanks! I looked at the spreadsheet and hoped that was the case.
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My books are not working like I want them to but I have books lined up to finish this weekend to finish this set. I have been putting the random books in the spell-out so they are being used for something.
bamaace83 wrote: "My books are not working like I want them to but I have books lined up to finish this weekend to finish this set. I have been putting the random books in the spell-out so they are being used for so..."I've been lucky that 3 of mine fit and the third was purposeful.
I'm working on finding books for the last two now. I don't have a lot of weekend plans so I think I should be able to get some serious reading done. I was lucky that the Power Play book I found worked for lots of things. I love when a book works like that.
I'm also working on a pretty hefty book with good page points but I'm not sure if it works for rebel character so I may find a different one for that task and save this big kid book for the next round. I'm finally get to Shadow of Night because I found it on two of those lists for listopia and it has a 700 kindle page count.
I checked us in. Looks like we're the first to complete sporting events.
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🏅 4 x 100 relay
The 4 × 100 meter relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 meters each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race. Each runner carries a relay baton. Before 2018, the baton had to be passed within a 20 m changeover box, preceded by a 10-metre acceleration zone. With a rule change effective November 1, 2017, that zone was modified to include the acceleration zone as part of the passing zone, making the entire zone 30 meters in length. The transfer of the baton in this race is typically blind. The outgoing runner reaches a straight arm backwards when entering the changeover box or when the incoming runner makes a verbal signal. The outgoing runner does not look back, and it is the responsibility of the incoming runner to thrust the baton into the outstretched hand and not let go until the outgoing runner takes hold of it without crossing the changeover box and stops after the baton is exchanged.
Part A – Each person chooses 1 unique task AND combines with 1 part B item:
1. Read a book with the word SPRINT in the text
2. Read a book with a single person on the cover
3. Read a book that starts with a letter in RELAY
Part B – A common task is used by BOTH partners to combine with their Part A task:
A. Book publication date must include the relay race distance
B. Book must have a common word in the title (cannot be A, An, The, And)
C. Book must have a common authors name (first or last, with reasonable variations)
🏅 4 x 400 relay
The 4 × 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. Relay race runners typically carry a relay baton which they must transfer between teammates. Runners have a 20 m box (usually marked with blue lines) in which to transfer the baton. Unlike the 4 × 100 m relay, runners in the 4 × 400 typically look back and grasp the baton from the incoming runner, due to the fatigue of the incoming runner, and the wider margins allowed by the longer distance of the race.
Part A – Each person chooses 1 unique task AND combines with 1 part B item:
1. Read a book with a runner in the story (can be for exercise, being chased, etc.)
2. Read a book with 4 people on the cover
3. Read a book with the letters LEG in the title (does not include subtitle)
Part B – A common task is used by BOTH partners to combine with their Part A task:
A. Book page count must begin or end with the relay race first digit (4 - for the 400m)
B. Book must have a common word in the series (cannot be a, an, the)
C. Book must have a common authors name (first or last, with reasonable variations)
🏅 Dash races
100 m- The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-meter (109.36 yd) dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women.
200 m - The 200-meter (218.723 yards) dash places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes predominantly rely on anaerobic energy system during the 200 m sprint.
400 m – The 400-meter (437.445 yards) dash, on a standard outdoor running track, is one lap around the track. Maximum sprint speed capability is a significant contributing factor to success in the event, but athletes also require substantial speed endurance and the ability to cope well with high amounts of lactic acid to sustain a fast speed over a whole lap. While considered to be predominantly an anaerobic event, there is some aerobic involvement and the degree of aerobic training required for 400-meter athletes is open to debate.
1. Read a book with 100-199 pages
2. Read a book where something in the plot requires endurance
3. Read a book where at least 2 characters debate something
🏅 Hurdles
The 100-meter hurdles is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110- meter hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of 33 inches for women and 42 inches for men, are placed evenly along a straight course. For the 400-hurdles, runners stay in their lanes for one full lap around the track and clear ten hurdles that are evenly spaced throughout. The hurdles are positioned and weighted so that they fall forward if bumped into with sufficient force, to prevent injury to the runners. Although there is no longer any penalty for knocking hurdles over, runners prefer to clear them cleanly, as touching them during the race slows the runners down.
1. Read a book with the letters LAP in the author’s first and last name
2. Read a book with the word HURDLE in the text
3. Read a book with a track or something jumping on the cover
🏅 3000 m Steeplechase
The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing. The event originated in Ireland, where horses and riders raced from one town's steeple to the next: the steeples were used as markers due to their visibility over long distances. Along the way, runners inevitably had to jump streams and low stone walls separating estates.
The steeplechase is one of the more unusual (and entertaining) Olympic events to watch at the Summer Games, but it can be a head-scratcher for the uninitiated. A 3000 meters steeplechase is defined as having 28 dry barriers (hurdles) and seven water jumps. The barriers do not fall if they are bumped or hit, like the hurdles do. Think: obstacles and water pits. After three dry barriers, the racers face their first water jump—there’s a barrier on the back curve of the track where sections of turf have been removed to reveal a water pit. The water is level with the track, but it’s deeper than it looks. For the first four feet of the pit, the water is over 19 inches deep. From there, it slopes gently upward for another eight feet.
1. Read a where the MC encounters an obstacle
2. Read a book with a steeple or horse on the cover
3. Read a book where a character jumps to avoid or jumps into water
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You will be my test subjects for the 1st Athletics events! It's pretty straightforward, except the Relays have a twist. Let me know if you have any questions about those.
You can post questions here, I'll be lurking. 😆
I do love a good twist. This is a fun challenge.Okay, Bernadette looks like we have to pick the same task out of part B in each relay to match with one of the tasks in part A. What do you have planned for this week?
Here are the tasks: I just dropped them down.
Part B – A common task is used by BOTH partners to combine with their Part A task:< :
A. Both books publication date must include the relay race distance
B. Both books must have a common word in the title (cannot be a, an, the)
C. Both books must have a common authors name (first or last, with reasonable variations)
I have definitely on my list to read this week but have room to add things for sure: Shadow of Night, The Book That Wouldn't Burn and Hockey with Benefits. The Book That Wouldn't Burn is my car audio book for the first half of the week. Did you like it? I was so far down on the library list that I just used an audible credit for it.
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Good thing you were lurking around!Second relay Part B:
Part B – A common task is used by BOTH partners to combine with their Part A task: :
A. Both books page count must begin or end with the relay race distance first digit (4)
B. Both books must have a common word in the series (cannot be a, an, the)
C. Both books must have a common authors name (first or last, with reasonable variations)
Books I am currently reading:Murder in the Smithsonian/Margaret Truman - 292 pages
The Long Walk/Richard Bachman - 370 pages
Books I currently have available to read (borrowed from library):
The Briar Club/Kate Quinn - 432 pages
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear/Kate Moore - 560 pages
Horse/Geraldine Brooks - 401 pages
The Wolf Den/Elodie Harper - 464 pages
All the Colors of the Dark/Chris Whitaker - 608 pages
The Midnight Feast/Lucy Foley - 354 pages
The Cliffs/J. Courtney Sullivan - 384 pages
Murder at the Pentagon/Margaret Truman - 336 pages
The Bee Sting/Paul Murray - 656 pages
I can start them in any order.
bamaace83 wrote: "Good thing you were lurking around!Second relay Part B:
Part B – A common task is used by BOTH partners to combine with their Part A task: :
A. Both books page count must begin or end with the r..."
A. Both books page count must begin or end with the relay race distance first digit (4)
Wouldn't the number needed for this one be one (1)? 4 times 400 is 1600, the total distance of the relay.
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Wouldn't the number needed for this one be one (1)? 4 times 400 is 1600, the total distance of the relay...."
I wasn't thinking of the full distance, just the relay and each runner (This was my train of thought - the name is 4 x 400 meter - 4 runners each run 400 meters - I was just thinking about all the fours! May not make sense to anyone but me!) I'll take out the word distance would that help it make sense?
A. Both books page count must begin or end with the relay race first digit (4)
Angie ☯ wrote: "Bernadette wrote: "A. Both books page count must begin or end with the relay race distance first digit (4)Wouldn't the number needed for this one be one (1)? 4 times 400 is 1600, the total distan..."
OK, four (4) it is. I was thinking like an accountant (which I am!)😂😂
I also went towards the accountant way and I'm in healthcare. I like the 4 better! This book is so boring....I had to switch to something else this morning. That's going to be slow for me. I also have a book Secrets of Rose Briar Hall that I can read this week for one of the relays to use the word Briar. I could find a book that starts with four or I have The Bee Sting to read also.
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Angie ☯ wrote: "I too am an accountant - that is why I had put the 4 in parenthesis!!"And I wasn't paying attention and missed the (4) when I read it. 🤦🏻♀️
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bamaace83 wrote: "I also went towards the accountant way and I'm in healthcare. I like the 4 better! This book is so boring....I had to switch to something else this morning. That's going to be slow for me. I also h..."How about we use Bee Sting for the first relay. It has the work "sprint" in it as well, so it fits the 2 tasks. Bee Sting should also work in Birth Month Flower and Buddy Read.
The Briar Club doesn't seem to fit any of the task for the 2nd relay. Maybe we go with a book that starts with (4) for that one.
Are we each allowed to use the same Part A task, or do they have to be different?
The Wolf Den has four people on cover (Part A, race 2) and pages start with 4 (Part B, race 2). Can you find something that fits for this combo?
We need different tasks for Part A and the same task for Part B. I'm not sure if we can use Bee Sting because it doesn't fit the other two tasks in Part A unless your version does because mine has a bee on the cover. I should be able to find a book that has someone running in it that starts with a 4.
bamaace83 wrote: "We need different tasks for Part A and the same task for Part B. I'm not sure if we can use Bee Sting because it doesn't fit the other two tasks in Part A unless your version does because mine has ..."Sounds good. One down. Let me know what other books are in your plans. I can always find a book to fit an author first name. You pick the other relay tasks, since I got the first one😉
This is hard.😂
Angie is probably over there with her snacks watching us figure out this puzzle! I found a book for the second relay. Fighting for Flight works and has a page count of 449. I'm going to check your authors to see what I can find.I also have on deck:
The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel
I've solved the first relay!!If you read All the Colors of the Dark this week, then I can read My Dark Desire. Your book will fit the starts with a letter in RELAY and mine has a single person on the cover.
I've 2 books with "flight" in the title.I've got plenty of books with "summer" in the title.
I've got one book with "melt" in the title
I've got 3 books with everything in the title
I've got 2 books with "Tiffany" as the author
One of them has to fit the other tasks.
bamaace83 wrote: "I've solved the first relay!!If you read All the Colors of the Dark this week, then I can read My Dark Desire. Your book will fit the starts with a letter in REL..."
It's a plan!
BTW, did you give up on The Book That Wouldn’t Burn?
I had to put it down. It wasn't good and I wanted the extra points in another challenge but it's just not good. I probably need to suck it up and listen to it but ughhhh.
You pick the other relay because I have more of the individual letters finished than you do. I do plan on taking one of those O's though. I might also trade out that M book for a higher page count, now that I figured out better pages equals more points. Probably with the really bad burn book...
Just popping in to say hello! *Waves* We JUST got our sporting events posted for us about 4 hours ago, so you guys are jammin'! Good luck! :)
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Partner Challenge ~ Competitive
Duration: July 26 - October 31, 2024
Challenge Rules
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📘 HOB Standard Challenge Rules Apply
📘 You may use or ignore "A, An, The" from the title.
📘 For spell-outs: Author's first or last initial / Title / Series
📘 A separate book must be used for each task.
📘 Partners must complete different tasks.
📘 Have fun!
Welcome to the HOB Olympic Games!!
With all the talk of the "Paris Games", it seems that the athletes for the Games have ditched us for Paris....can you believe it?!? We are in need of people to pick up the slack and help out the countries. If you think you have the stamina and the drive to participate in the Olympics Games, this is the place for you! Now, now....don't get too worried; we won't have you physically competing!! The HOB Games are all about the books...with an Olympic twist.
If you ever wanted to compete in the Olympics or just be in the midst of the excitement, grab a partner and sign up together OR sign up individually and partners will be assigned. Oh, WAIT! I guess you'd like to know a little more about the Games!
This will be a Partners Challenge. Each pair will be assigned a country to represent and will complete tasks to earn points for their country. But, just like in the Olympic Games, the partners will also be competing individually for a WIN of their own! You will have to work together for your country, while also competing against your partner!
The events will have multiple task choices; the events will have multiple rounds as well. Each partner will read for a different task in each round. The tasks will have different points awarded by the judges. The Head Judge will have final say and will ensure the judges don't play favorites! For that reason, creativity, task difficulty or individual style *could* earn you extra points. The Head Judge's ruling is final!!
We understand that everyone doesn't enjoy completive challenges. If you aren't interested in the competitive nature of the Olympic Games, you can still play non-competitively but will still be assigned a Country to represent as that will play into the challenge.
🏅 Each partner team will represent a different country
🏅 Partners will work together for their country and individually for a WIN of their own!
🏅 45 sports will be featured in the Olympic Games
🏅 Multiple events could be encompassed within some of the sports
🏅 All events within each sport must be completed before a new sport can be started.
Competitive vs Non-competitive
Competitive Version: You and your partner will be competing in various Olympic Sports by completing tasks. You will read for as many of the Sporting Events you can. You are competing for the most points against other Partner Teams. In addition, you will be competing against your partner for most points (from medals/placement) in the events.
Non-Competitive Version: You will play at your own pace. You may choose to compete with your partner for wins/medals, but will not be competing against the other teams. Medals will still be awarded; it is the Olympics afterall!
(Tasks/events will be the same for both competitive and non-competitive teams.)
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Points
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Points will be earned based on book page counts and individual placement in the events.
Book Points
Graphic Novel Points
Page Count Limit: 100 (Actual page count)
Please use this formula to find your adjusted page count (for points):
#Pgs x 1/4 = Adjusted Page Count
❀ If your adjusted page count is less than 100, you will get 0.5 points for the book. If it is 100 or higher see the page point chart above for points.
Task/Placement Points
The tasks will have different points awarded by the judges. (randomly determined)
Creativity, task difficulty or individual style *could* earn you extra points
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BONUS Opportunities.....
(Books must be completed during this challenge - July 26 to October 31)
Read the GR Choice Awards
I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
Ready Player One
HOB Partner Pick **
Listopia Madness **
Birth Flower **
** I've linked the current month's challenge; the bonus still applies for any new months that are setup during the Olympic Games Challenge.**