Word: pong
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...chairman of the board of Parker Brothers, manufacturers of popular American tabletop games since 1883; of cancer; in Salem, Mass. Parker's company has established a record for originality in an industry full of imitators; in 1902 it introduced Americans to table tennis under the trade name Ping Pong; other Parker Brothers classics include Clue and the allegedly oracular Ouija Board...
...pong game is forever. Although players can position their paddles so that the blip should move between them permanently on a fixed path, the pong machine automatically breaks up steady-state rallies that extend beyond a given time period. Some machines turn themselves off in such a situation, while others are programmed to divert the blip from its path. Even pong has its limits...
Despite the records, Saturday's game was a wild and explosive affair. With both defenses off on an inexplicable sabbatical, the offensive firepower put points on the scoreboard for both teams with the speed of a ping pong match...
...Ping Pong Scoring...
With the beginning of the second half, the ping-pong scoring began in earnest, as Harvard and the Bruins matched touch-downs three times...