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Suzles · 02-26-2011, 04:08 PM

Okay - so, I am at work today and one of the managers came up with a trivia question which none of us could answer - so after searching the interweb with no joy I thought I should turn to the brilliance that could only be CP (yeah, creep, I know!). So, this could be a trick question but what is the common link concerning dimensions in baseball, basketball and hockey? Someone on here will know the answer I am sure.

afc wimbledon · 02-26-2011, 04:26 PM

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mac_82 · 02-26-2011, 04:53 PM

The trading cards are all the same size?

02-26-2011, 05:20 PM

2 laps around the baskeball court equals 1 lap around the rink, but I can't figure out the baseball connection.

Suzles · 02-26-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mac_82

The trading cards are all the same size?

That was I was leaning towards but I suppose that football cards are the same size?

Suzles · 02-26-2011, 05:53 PM

I'm not back at work till Tuesday so it may have to drive me mad till then!

Cecil Terwilliger · 02-26-2011, 05:54 PM

Well if it is a real question and not a trick it will have something to do with the basepaths or distance from home plate to the pitchers mound because ball parks have no set dimensions.

03-08-2011, 03:39 PM

Did you ever find out the answer?

Handsome B. Wonderful · 03-08-2011, 05:42 PM

They use imperial measurements?

Suzles · 03-08-2011, 07:16 PM

Sorry, guys, I forgot. Seems like the manager was a teensy bit off (but I am afraid to tell him!). He said the common dimension is 6 feet by 4 feet. Hockey - size of the goal; baseball - size of the batter's box and, this is where he was wrong, in basketball the back board which is, in fact, 6 feet by 42 inches. I know I know but he doesn't know I know, so all is good

STeeLy · 03-08-2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Suzles

Sorry, guys, I forgot. Seems like the manager was a teensy bit off (but I am afraid to tell him!). He said the common dimension is 6 feet by 4 feet. Hockey - size of the goal; baseball - size of the batter's box and, this is where he was wrong, in basketball the back board which is, in fact, 6 feet by 42 inches. I know I know but he doesn't know I know, so all is good

Tell him anyway. Just to see his reaction when he finds out that you're right.