Have you caught yourself watching curling for hours? Just in case you actually want to know a few facts about the game here are five things you should know: * Two teams of four players take turns sliding heavy, polished blue hone granite stone across the ice towards the house and closest to the Button (center). * The purpose is to complete each end (Olympics - Ten Stones) with the team's stones closer to the centre of the house than the other team's stones. * Two sweepers with brooms or brushes accompany each stone to help direct the stones to their resting place, but without touching the stones. * The game of curling is thought to have been invented in late medieval Scotland, with the first written reference to a contest using stones on ice coming from the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, in February 1541. * Curling has been an official sport in the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics. * Sweeping ahead of the stone reduces friction, which allows it to travel further, curl less and stay straighter. * Biter: A stone that comes to rest so that only a portion of its circumference bites the outer edge of the house (The big 6ft circle). * A Freeze is a precise draw-weight shot in which the delivered stone stops tight against another stationary stone. * A stone that is not at least touching the outside of the 12-foot ring (i.e., more than 6 feet from the center) is not in the house and therefore does not score.
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