# At what Biathlon would you excel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787 "2004-09-24T00:32:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/21 "2004-09-24T16:06:13Z")
**Procrastination** and **I’ll think about the other one, maybe tomorrow** ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/22 "2004-09-24T16:15:18Z")
**Book Shelving** (in correct LC Call# order). Scoring based on time, accuracy, and efficiency of trips down the stack. Hm, or maybe Shelf-Reading instead of shelving. and 80s New Wave Music trivia ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/23 "2004-09-24T16:23:01Z")
**Tears For Fears trivia** and **Super Smash Bros.** (either incarnation, but I’m better at the N64). There are two people in the world (well, four, but Roland and Curt don’t count) that may possibly know more about Tears For Fears than I (those two being KMK and Donyo, as if that means anything to anybody here). If my best friend Ben, who is also a, uh, _devoted_ TFF fan, is with me at the time, we are undefeatable…provided, of course, that the questions are restricted to band-related material only. Neither of us obsesses over the personal lives of Roland and Curt as rabid fans of some celebrities seem to. I could tell you the names of their wives, and I can name Roland’s children, but that’s about it. Smash Bros.? I kick ass at Smash Bros. Bring it. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/24 "2004-09-24T16:39:45Z")
Competitive metro riding and the hundred metre mosey. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/25 "2004-09-24T16:53:15Z")
Should have said: Competitive metro riding and Capitals of Countries. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/26 "2004-09-24T17:57:26Z")
**Pop Culture Trivia** (including Movies, TV, Comic Books) and… uhh… Hm… **Freestyle RPG Plotting** , in which the competitors are given a number of random plot elements and must assemble them into a coherent and plausible narrative. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/27 "2004-09-24T18:03:25Z")
Running into doors and eating cookies. Every damn time I get an injury it’s due to running into a door while sprinting through the condo, shrieking at the top of my voice, to avoid my husband’s tickling. I’m sure our neighbors love us. Also, since I run a lot (both in the house and as a sport because it’s one that doesn’t require too much coordination), I’m always hungry, and cookies are my favorite food group. Especially the homemade chocolate chip variety. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/28 "2004-09-24T18:39:17Z")
**Extreme Organizing** and **Cooking with whatever is in the kitchen**. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/29 "2004-09-24T18:49:28Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > I think its fairly obvious- whoever finishes first is the winner. Maybe obvious to you – I was envisioning some sort of “target shooting” event… ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/30 "2004-09-24T20:16:03Z")
> [@](#): > > I think its fairly obvious- whoever finishes first is the winner. > [@](#): > > Maybe obvious to you – I was envisioning some sort of “target shooting” event… Wanking into the bull’s eye? Sounds dangerous. I was thinking maybe a distance competition. It’s all about windage and elevation. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/31 "2004-09-24T20:29:37Z")
> [@Doctor Jackson](#): > > Wanking into the bull’s eye? Sounds dangerous. It’s really not that dangerous, as long as the bull is properly restrained. Expect some protests from PETA, though. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/32 "2004-09-25T12:48:47Z")
I’m good at rubber-band target shooting, and staying awake a really long time. ---
**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/33 "2004-09-25T17:39:01Z")
**eating ice cream** and **stinky farts** Preferably in that order as one begats the other. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/34 "2004-09-25T21:45:59Z")
Me for **stacking up papers** (height x frequency) and **stubbing my toes** (velocity x frequency). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/35 "2004-09-25T23:56:15Z")
**Loafing in my easy chair** and **Finishing 10-12 page essays in two days, two days before they are due and still getting an A++++** ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/36 "2004-09-26T00:07:49Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Video game playing and beer drinking. For me its Video Game Playing and Sleeping. I get drunk off 2 beers. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/37 "2004-09-26T02:12:34Z")
My events are: Spilling things and Giggling obnoxiously. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/38 "2004-09-26T22:55:59Z")
getting rid of the hiccups and Jude Law worship (not measurable, but worth mentioning) ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/39 "2004-09-26T23:09:11Z")
**Typing** - I average 130 WPM when I am listening to a tape or reading from paper, and much faster in conversation. **Getting out of bed in the morning** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-biathlon-would-you-excel/265787/40 "2004-09-27T15:04:03Z")
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