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April 4

Arab sports other than soccer

Besides soccer, which other sports does Arabs usually enjoy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.204.75.77 (talk) 00:34, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

I think basketball is somewhat popular in the Middle East, since they are powerhouses in FIBA competition. Volleyball and tennis are widely played as well. Diving also seems to be popular. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 00:53, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

At the risk of sounding racist, there's always camel racing. I believe horse racing is also popular. StuRat (talk) 01:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

There's racial discrimation against camels? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:57, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Or Kamals ? StuRat (talk) 02:28, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Why are people so unkind? -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 03:26, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

We have multiple articles on 'Sport in <country>', looking at some of them - Handball, strength sports (Weightlifting etc) and horse related sports are also popular. Nanonic (talk) 06:54, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Athletics (track and field) is also a big sport in North Africa: see Algeria at the Olympics, Morocco at the Olympics. Although Egypt seems better at weightlifting. --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:44, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Mozart's "Dies Irae" from the soundtrack to The Shining?

Was Kubrick up to his obstinate self when releasing the Shining soundtrack? I can't find the original recording of the opening music anywhere - there are plenty of copies in Amazon, but none with the spooky gravitas of the actual soundtrack - does anyone know where I can find it?

Thanks Adambrowne666 (talk) 20:49, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

What kind of music "Chicken on a Raft" based on?

For reference: http://chickenonaraft.com. I really like the style of the song. It seems to be a bit of a polka and Irish(?) folk song? -- MacAddct1984 ^{(talk &#149; contribs)} 21:02, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

See Sea shanty, which is how it's described in the article on its author, Cyril Tawney. Deor (talk) 22:41, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Ah, thanks! I've redirected Chicken on a Raft to the author's page. -- MacAddct1984 ^{(talk &#149; contribs)} 00:37, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Hunico's finishing maneuver

What is the WWE Superstar Hunico's current finishing maneuver(s)? Thanks.209.213.155.16 (talk) 21:06, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Have you read Hunico? I don't understand it, but there's various moves listed. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:00, 5 April 2012 (UTC)