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May 5

Sport with the largest financial award for winning a single event?

First, let's define event as one competition that has a clear beginning, clear end, and only one winner (1 person or 1 team). So, as examples - the World Cup, a weekend golf tournament, Wimbledon, etc.

Second, awards bestowed on winners from organizations other than the event host are ignored (so no "everyone gets a house if you win the World Cup...").

That should take care of most of the corner cases. Now, which sporting event awards the largest financial prize? I suspect it would be a prize fight (boxing), but I'm not sure. 218.25.32.210 (talk) 09:12, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Golf masters? Chevymontecarlo. 11:38, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Boxing is a bit hard to define what the prize is. Consider this: You have two boxers. You tell them they will get a 1 million if they lose and 1.5 million if they win. Technically, the 1 million is just pay to fight. The win is only half a million. If you want to consider the full 1.5 million to be paid as a win, you must do that for all sports. What about a start quarterback in American Football that gets a 10 million bonus for winning the Super Bowl?

I assume that the largest prize money is paid to sports that are very expensive to compete in. Thinking along those lines, I have a gut feeling that sailing is an expensive sport and will have high prizes. I heard a few years ago that the Velux has a half million prize and that it is small compared to other sailing races. I haven't been able to pull up actual prize amounts for any sailing races yet. -- kainaw ™ 13:46, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Stanford Twenty 20 cricket match paid one million USD to all 22 participants. --TammyMoet (talk) 15:16, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if it absolutely meets your criteria, but winning the Championship play-off for promotion to the Premier League (English football) is worth around £60m. Dalliance (talk) 16:45, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This Reuters story says the golf World Cup prize in 2011 will be $7.5 million. Matt Deres (talk) 16:48, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So far none of those beat the prize fight that was recently in the "In The News" section of the main page. In that, Floyd Mayweather Jr. got $22.5 million plus a percentage of the broadcast profits. Dismas|^(talk) 20:30, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He got a guaranteed 22.5 million USD: that doesn't sound like a "financial award for winning". Buddy431 (talk) 20:37, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think we're being insanely pedantic here. He gets $0 for not fighting at all. So, as a result of winning the fight, he gets a net $22.5 million vs. not fighting at all. You can't win if you don't fight, so there's no point in seperating the money for winning from the money for just fighting. --Jayron32 20:48, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I understood it to mean that the winner, and not necessarily Mayweather, was guaranteed to receive that amount. Dismas|^(talk) 20:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To answer one of the questions above, the America's Cup has no cash prize, just a trophy.[1] The Monsoon Cup is apparently the biggest prize in sailing but the winner only gets about US$100,000.[2]

In golf, the winner of the US Masters Tournament gets US$1,350,000[3]; the FedEx Cup is worth more but it's based on performance over a season. By comparison, although not a sport, you could win a $12m prize for a poker tournament (see List of largest poker tournaments in history (by prize pool)).

The winner of football/soccer's UEFA Champions League gets EUR7m (about USD 9m), plus a share of TV money (the total could be EUR40-60m[4] - US$50-75m), but that is for a whole season not just the final.

It is hard to determine what is a separate event by the standards of the questioner: winning the football world cup requires 2 years of qualifying games, winning the Superbowl requires league success, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.41.14.1 (talk) 22:52, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The issue is separating how much he gets from losing from how much he gets for winning. If you want to combine them, then combine them for all sports. Consider the NFL. Take the winner of the Super Bowl and add up the pay for the entire team (every single person, not just the players). That is how much the team got when they won the Super Bowl. You will certainly exceed $22.5 million. And, you can argue that any person on the team that never signed on with the team would have got $0 from the team. But, I believe you will argue that pay they were guaranteed even if they didn't win the Super Bowl cannot be counted as winnings. So, pay Mayweather would have received even if he didn't win the match cannot be counted as winnings. -- kainaw ™ 22:52, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The only event that I can think of that fits your criteria is The Boat Race..hotclaws 18:15, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Searching for a UK cartoon/anime series

I remember when I was a kid in the very late 90s/very early 2000s, I would often watch the various saturday morning TV that was broadcast on terrestrial. Large shows like SMTV Live and Live & Kicking, which would show cartoons inbetween various sketches and cartoons and games.

I remember that on one of these, I would watch a cartoon or anime (I had no idea what an anime was back then; but what I recall it seemed to be vaguely anime-ish), which I now would love to find the name of. Unfortunately I have no idea what channel or show it was on - though must have been either BBC1, BBC2, or ITV, and all I know is that it was broadcast at some point between 1999 and 2003.

The drawing style was pretty good, it looked kinda like Americanized anime (sorta like Avatar: The Last Airbender). Definately not CGI. Some sort of cell-shading I think, with lots of light pastel colours and clean lines.

As for the plot of this cartoon/anime...I can't remember much about it at all. It was set in a subtly futuristic city - monorails were present, and the cars were streamlined and vaguely futuristic; but it was nothing over the top. Could have been set in the next 30 years or so. The city was on the coast, and it seemed to be either in Asia or North America. The characters were a bunch of teenagers (maybe...5 of them?), who would go on adventures and stuff. I recall that one of the kids, a girl, belonged to a very rich family. She lived off the coast on some sort of artificial island off the coast of the city, and their mansion had a large glass dome over the top.

I can't remember much about the other characters at all, except that there was a black family, and two of the kids (a five year old or so and a ten year old or so) would hang out with the rest of the gang.

As for plot points, the only story that is clear in my mind goes something like this. The black family's father was mysteriously going off in the nights, and the two kids wanted to know where. The whole gang of kids then one day followed the father along the monorails and through the city, and followed him to a nightclub, where they discovered he played a trumpet/other sort of brass instrument to make money on the side, to support his wife and sons. I think there might have been a scene where the bouncers threw him out for some reason, to the horror of the other kids who were watching in the shadows. Thats about all I can remember.

It isn't much to go on; but if someone could somehow work out the name of this cartoon/anime, I'd be very much oliged! I've been searching on and off for years. I’ve searched Wikipedia and IMDB a number of time; but since I can’t remember the title or any of the characters name’s, its somewhat impossible. Thanks! 78.147.197.128 (talk) 15:49, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

- Two questions which would narrow this down considerably: (1). Did the show have any fantasy elements at all? Like, did the kids have powers of any kind? (2). Was it primarily a boys' show or a girls' show? Also, have you looked though [5] already? 98.141.54.218 (talk) 03:13, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Nope, I don't think it had any type of supernatural elements. Just seemed like a bunch of kids having adventures; though it seemed to tackle moral issues and the like. And it didn't really seem to be either a boys or girls show. The animation style was safe and neutral; not overly macho or girly and pink. And none on that list was familiar! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.197.128 (talk) 08:37, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please provide the song name and artist for the following lyrics.

"I don't know what this is but you got me good. Just like you knew you would. I don't know whay you do, but you do it well. I'm under your spell." I've searched many lyric sughts but was not able to determine the song name or artist. Thank you for your help.Stevenh77 (talk) 16:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Mercy" by Duffy. Not sure if there are other versions. AlexiusHoratius 17:11, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Shameless

I don't watch the show at all, but now I've heard someone I've followed on Youtube has a role on the show, I'm eager to find out which episodes he's in. Unfortunately neither he nor the show's online presence are any help. In which season 7 episodes of Shameless can we see a young Frank Gallagher played by Jaime Carroll? - 87.211.75.45 (talk) 18:09, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I like these films -- are there any more like them?

Zatoichi and Gran Torino. Specifically any that meet the following criteria:

Features a civic-minded, mature, sympathetic protagonist
Who doesn't shy away from confrontation
In a well-made film.

Thanks. Vranak (talk) 18:37, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You've probably heard of it already, but High Noon would be a good fit for your criteria. AlexiusHoratius 19:10, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Both Amazon.com and IMDB have utilities which go something like "People who liked this movie ALSO liked all of these other movies". That may be helpful here. Besides High Noon, you may want to check out the Spagetti western trilogy of Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood. --Jayron32 19:12, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stand and Deliver--The lorax (talk) 19:14, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Quiet Man (Note: John Wayne seems unwilling to meet criterion 2 for a while, but the film ends in the longest fight in screen history.) -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 19:45, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stand and Deliver. Though there isn't any physical fight, the lead doesn't "shy away from" the obstacles that he encounters. There's also Dangerous Minds which is similar in plot but still pretty good on its own. Dismas|^(talk) 20:19, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if Clint in Gran Torino really counts as sympathetic, but if you liked him you might like Michael Caine in the somewhat similar Harry Brown [6]. As already mentioned, most of John Wayne's films would count, or Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.41.14.1 (talk) 22:57, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Coach Carter -- Finlay McWalter • Talk 23:02, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Falling Down -- caknuck _° needs to be running more often 02:19, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Either you're talking about Robert Duvall's character (who wasn't the protagonist) or you're talking about a completely different film than the one that your link goes to. Dismas|^(talk) 04:07, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, I was referring to Michael Douglas' character. I think he compares very well to Eastwood's character in Gran Torino: straight-laced, old fashioned, aging male who is railing against what he perceives as the collapse of American society, mixed in with some latent racism. caknuck _° needs to be running more often 21:43, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not civic minded, though. I thought you were being sarcastic. Comet Tuttle (talk) 00:01, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(Warning: Spoilers ahead!) The three criteria were "civic-minded, mature, sympathetic". I don't think he was civic minded since he, among other things, destroys a community grocery with a baseball bat. He wasn't mature due to the hostile nature that he demonstrates his point several times throughout the film. He left his maturity in his car when he abandoned it. And sympathetic? Maybe but then it's so hard to see that when he's brandishing an automatic gun in a fast food joint. He had a point and his intentions were good, I'll give you that. But the insanity that he displays goes against the OPs intentions, in my opinion. Dismas|^(talk) 12:23, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the movie may not fit exactly into the OP's request, but I think it is still a solid recommendation. I think it is somewhat implied in the plot that at one time, "D-Fens" was a "civic-minded, mature, sympathetic" character, but the movie starts at his gradual breaking point. 10draftsdeep (talk) 13:36, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Falling Down!?! Might as well put Taxi Driver on the list! —Kevin Myers 15:58, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your interesting criteria certainly fits a great number of films. Westerns especially come to mind, which is why several have been mentioned. Based on your examples I'd recommend two well-known classics: Yojimbo and Rio Bravo. —Kevin Myers 15:54, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I highly recommend Sling Blade. 10draftsdeep (talk) 17:19, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Don't forget the french fried potaters. Googlemeister (talk) 18:23, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would recommend Hara-kiri (aka Seppuku) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056058/ I've recently viewed it for the first time and it's fantastic.198.161.203.6 (talk) 00:37, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. For the record I would say that Falling Down does indeed fit the bill. Vranak (talk) 02:27, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unknown cartoon

Does anybody know of a (possibly British) cartoon (animated series) from the 1990s (or broadcasted in the 1990s) about rival gangs who fought each other (possibly using special powers)? The name of the series is (again, possibly) something like "The ...s". Sorry for the lack of details and thanks in advance. Rimush (talk) 20:24, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of animated television series. Looking through the 90s now. I'm not seeing it yet, but maybe you'll recognize the name if it's there. --Onorem ♠Dil 20:48, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a heap, but I don't think it's on there (after a not-so-quick look) :( Rimush (talk) 21:03, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If it is British and starts with "the", then I guess it's not Akira... 64.75.158.197 (talk) 07:51, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]