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  2. 1559 - Wikipedia

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    Year 1559 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March ... (jousting accident) (b. 1519) [5] August 18 – Pope Paul IV (b ...

  3. List of game show hosts - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of game show hosts. A game show host is a profession involving the hosting of game shows. Game shows usually range from a half hour to an hour long and involve a prize. Foreign-language shows that are part of franchises may be referred by their franchise name.

  4. Jousting - Wikipedia

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    Jousting is a medieval and renaissance martial game or hastilude between two combatants either on horse or on foot. [1] The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in Romantic medievalism. The term is derived from Old French joster, ultimately from Latin iuxtare "to approach, to meet".

  5. Most popular game show hosts of all time - AOL

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    To celebrate these and other famed game show hosts, Stacker looked at YouGov data on TV personalities as of the third quarter of 2024 to determine the top 20 game show hosts of all time. Hosts ...

  6. Tournament (medieval) - Wikipedia

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    The joust outlasted the tournament proper and was widely practiced well into the 16th century (sketch by Jörg Breu the Elder, 1510). As has been said, jousting formed part of the tournament event from as early a time as it can be observed. It was an evening prelude to the big day, and was also a preliminary to the grand charge on the day itself.

  7. Dennis James - Wikipedia

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    Dennis James (born Demie James Sposa, August 24, 1917 – June 3, 1997) was an American television personality, philanthropist, and commercial spokesman.Until 1976, he had appeared on TV more times and for a longer period than any other television star.

  8. Running at the ring - Wikipedia

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    Running at the ring, usually referred to as a ring tournament, ring jousting, or simply as jousting, has been practiced in parts of the American South since at least the 1840s. Ring tournaments are still held in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, but most frequently in Maryland, [ 12 ] which made this form of jousting ...

  9. Game show host - Wikipedia

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    Especially in the United States, game show hosts have generally been conservative or libertarian in their political beliefs. Reasons for this include many of the hosts' rural origins (early television personalities were expected to have natural General American English accents, which were most prominent in the Midwest) and the merit-based nature of the game show format.