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  2. List of amusement rides - Wikipedia

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    The ride makes its way up a structure, and at a certain height, it starts tilting. 1965 Bayern Kurve: The Bayern Kurve is a roller coaster like amusement ride that moves a train around a banked circular track, gaining speed as the ride progresses. It is made in both a portable and park model and originally debuted in 1965.

  3. Space hopper - Wikipedia

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    The space hopper is a heavy rubber ball about 60–70 centimetres (24–28 in) in diameter, with two rubber handles protruding from the top. A valve at the top allows the ball to be inflated by a bicycle pump or car tire pump.

  4. Games People Play (1980 TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Games People Play is an NBC reality television series that ran from 1980 to 1981, hosted by Bryant Gumbel, with celebrity and athlete co-hosts such as Cyndy Garvey, Mike Adamle, and Johnny Bench. [1] The format centers on unusual sports competitions, including guzzling beer, [ 2 ] a belly flop contest and a taxicab demolition derby .

  5. List of incidents at independent amusement parks - Wikipedia

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    Negligence on the part of the park, either by ride operator or maintenance. Caused by negligence on the part of the guest. This can be a refusal to follow specific ride safety instructions, or deliberate intent to break park rules. The result of a guest's known, or unknown, health issues.

  6. SkyScreamer - Wikipedia

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    SkyScreamer is an amusement ride located at several Six Flags theme parks in North America. Designed by Funtime, an Austrian ride manufacturer, the attraction is one of their "Star Flyer" models. Riders aboard SkyScreamer are carried aloft in two-person swing-like chairs attached to a rotating gondola mounted on a central tower.

  7. Ticket to Ride (board game) - Wikipedia

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    The core game play of Ticket to Ride is very intuitive and accessible to new players, but still has some strategic elements to keep hardcore board gamers engaged. Ticket to Ride: Europe is one of the greatest gateway games ever made and should find a place on your gaming shelf." [34] Ken B. (There will be Games), while giving this version a 4 ...

  8. Swing ride - Wikipedia

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    The swing ride or chair swing ride (sometimes called a swing carousel, wave swinger, yo-yo, waver swinger, Chair-O-Planes, Dodo or swinger) is an amusement ride that is a variation on the carousel in which the seats are suspended from the rotating top of the carousel. On some versions, particularly on the Wave Swingers, the rotating top of the ...

  9. Musical chairs - Wikipedia

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    A set of chairs is arranged in a circle with one fewer chair than the number of players (i.e. nine players would use eight chairs). While music plays, the contestants walk around the set of chairs. When the music stops abruptly, all players must find their own individual chair to sit on. The player who fails to sit on a chair is eliminated. [1]