Boat race (game)
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Each team consists of five drinkers, with at least one male and at least one female member. They sit in a line with a full ten ounce pot of beer in front of each. The exception to this is the person who drinks last, known as the anchor - three beers are placed in front of the anchor. The person in charge starts proceedings with the four-part call "Thumbs on tables... chins on tables... face the water... consume!" Then, the first drinker in each team is allowed to take his or her thumbs and chin off the table and begin to scull their beer - all other drinkers must remain in the same position. When the drinker finishes his or her pot, they place it upside-down over their head; this gives the signal for the next drinker to consume in a similar fashion. When it gets to the anchor, the anchor must scull two of the three pots in front of him or her.
If any player spills any significant amount of beer by trying to drink too quickly, they are called for spillage. For the first call of spillage, the anchor will be required to scull his third beer when it comes to him. If a second spillage call is made, the team is automatically disqualified. The first team whose anchor finishes two beers plus any extras for spillage penalties is the winner.
Variations include each player having two glasses of beer and the race going down the line and back up again, the end player having to consume two beers consecutively.
The boat race is the prestige team event in Beer Olympics.
There is also the One-Man Boat Race, where instead of two teams of five, there are two teams of one. The table is set up with five beers plus a spillage beer, and each person must individually sidestep down the table to the next beer after they have finished the previous. Never conduct a one-man boat race inside; they are notoriously munty experiences.
At The University of Melbourne, there are a few notable differences:
- The chant is "Thumbs on tables... chins on tables... face the amber... skoll!"
- The anchor just starts with 2 beers in front of him/her, with each spillage offence requiring the anchor to drink another beer. There is no limit to how many beers may be added in this way.
- "Breaking the skoll", where the beer leaves the drinker's lips before being finished, is an offence equal to spillage.
This game is also sometimes played between sports teams from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge at times when they meet (such as the annual Varsity Match). This is in honour of the famous Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, after which this game is named. As with rowing crews, this version is played with teams of eight (usually excluding the cox!), one pint of beer per person.
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See also
- [Flip Cup Tournament]
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