Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2011 September 5

= September 5 =

Disneys Tarzan Action Game Ending
In the last Level with Clayton, I collected (TARZAN) complete, and win. Then the Screen says you have a new video de-energized, but no video comes. Why? --84.60.103.234 (talk) 08:07, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * You might have more luck getting an answer by looking at a site like GameFAQs or GameSpot. --Colapeninsula (talk) 08:34, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

The International
Hey,I am searching for an theatre called The International in London. It should have been located in Gerrard Street,Westminster. Does anyone know if there has been a place called this in London? Evt. when it existed,or if it has changed its name,all information will be usefull. Richard — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.213.89.27 (talk) 13:34, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * There's nothing matching that description in this list of the "lost theatres" of London, although there was an International Theatre circa 1883/84 in High Holborn - here. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:09, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

number of players in a football club
How many players should a football team have for starters and for reserves? I am talking about association football. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.89.40.198 (talk) 15:26, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The English Premier League allows up to 25 players, plus unlimited under-21s. For the World Cup, the maximum squad size is a total of 23 (see 2010 FIFA World Cup squads).  There's a balance between the benefits of depth and the costs of wages and other expenses, and it will depend how many games you have per season, so I don't think there's an ideal number, other than "as many as you can afford". --Colapeninsula (talk) 15:44, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The starting line-up is standard at 11. The numbers of substitutes varies between league and international matches, and again with friendly matches. The standard number of substitutes allowed in a non-international match is 3: in an international match it is any 3 from 7 previously named: and in a friendly match, it can be any number by agreement between the two sides. See Substitute (association football). --TammyMoet (talk) 17:56, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

If you mean a local club / amateur club rather than a professional one my experience would say that you need at least 16 'regulars' to compete in a league and ideally something upwards of 20 people that 'play' for the club. This is because in the amateur world you might lose 4/5 of your plays to an 'event' given that often players are friends/in the same social group (e.g. to weddings etc.). You also have to account for the reality that some players won't play every single week due to injury/illness/work or any other reason. When I used to run a 6-a-side team we had a squad of about 10 regulars and another 5 people that played for the club - that generally meant we could field a full 6-a-side + 2 subs. Oh and having some reliable 'ringers' is the best insurance policy in the world for amateur footy. ny156uk (talk) 20:03, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Top Gear (2002 TV series)
OK, I had never seen this TV show until today. The British hosts typically refer to automobile speeds in miles per hour rather than kilometers per hour as I had expected. To what extent are MPH and perhaps other "traditional" measurements still in common usage in Great Britain? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:59, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Miles per hour might be the answer. Shell (Nut Case) (talk) 00:30, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Metrication in the United Kingdom might be of more help. Dismas |(talk) 00:45, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Excellent. So much for the argument that the USA is the only country that still uses the "English System". I noticed that the show's host often refers to miles per hour as "The Queen's English" version or "The Church of England" version, and metrics as "the rest of the world" or "the Catholic" version (not sure if he meant catholic as in "Roman Catholic" or catholic as in "universal"). ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:14, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The show's host deliberately plays up his highly conservative "Little England" mentality, on TV and in press columns, more for humorous effect and to boost his earning power than with any intention of being taken seriously. It's a comedy programme, basically.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:05, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's a very funny and entertaining show. But the Metrication in the UK article makes it clear that Clarkson's continued use of the "English system" is by no means unusual. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:59, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * As much as I hate to admit it, Bugs, you are right. While I do mock the US for holding on to an illogical and archaic system in my real life, I use pounds, feet and inches to measure myself, and miles to measure distance within my hometown (blocks are measured in half-miles in my city), even while I measure my speed and the weight of everything that isn't alive with metric units. Still, for the sake of scientific consistency, a world standard probably should be used.  Mingmingla (talk) 16:43, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The USA does use metrics when necessary or appropriate, and it sounds as if the UK is pretty much the same way. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 17:42, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No. The USA uses metrics only when necessary or appropriate, but generally uses the old system.  The UK generally uses metrics, but uses the old system only when necessary or appropriate.  Huge, huge difference.  --   Jack of Oz   [your turn]  20:35, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, who should I believe... You? Or Metrication in the United Kingdom? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:15, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Our speed limits are in mph, and road-signs give distances in miles or yards (except some which are in metres). We talk about hot weather in degrees Fahrenheit, and cold weather in Celsius. We ask for half-a-pound of butter, and get 250 grammes, or two pounds of sugar and get a kilo. It's not in the least confusing, except to foreigners. DuncanHill (talk) 07:36, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * That may be amusing, but it's not informative. Yes, we generally talk about miles per hour rather than kph, and road distances are measured in miles (though some of us think that's rather strange and outdated).  But most everyday measuring of height, length, weight, etc. is done in metric units rather than imperial, and most temperature measurements are in Celsius rather than Fahrenheit.  It may confuse some older UK people, but the rest of us find it perfectly normal and unproblematic.  :-)  Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:51, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * This. People's height and weight are more often given in imperial, and speeds in miles per hour, and long distances in miles.  Other than a few "heritage" measurements - principally pints of beer - I think that's about the extent of my use of imperial measurements.  Older people are more likely to use imperial measurements such as Fahrenheit for temperature and pounds and ounces for loose goods. Warofdreams talk 09:59, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Many "older" Brits, by which I mean anyone over say 50 (a few years younger than me) may happily use metric measurements in scientific calculations and the like, or when they actually have a metric tape measure or whatever to hand, but often have to think in, or calculate rough conversions to, the Imperial measures (usually not that difficult) with which they grew up in order to grasp how quantities of everyday items (food weights and measures, temperatures, linear measurements) actually relate to themselves. My feeling is that most Imperial measures (like similar pre-metric measures elsewhere in the world) feel more useful and natural precisely because they were evolved over centuries of usage in everyday life and in some cases derive from the human body, whereas metric measurements are based on elements with less relevance to everyday experience.
 * Further factors are many British people's general preference for tradition over relentless innovation, and the association of metric measurements and their imposition with the European Union, which many of us resent (logically or not) for various reasons and would like us to leave. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.193.78.1 (talk) 20:01, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I was just in a hardware store* looking at pieces of wood: the sizes were labelled in millimetres - but they also matched up to whole numbers of feet, as if the conversion to millimetres was an afterthought. The word seems to be "store" rather than "shop" when it sells hardware. I don't know why. Card Zero  (talk) 12:22, 10 September 2011 (UTC)