Can you name the Big Four sports teams not named after solid objects? by JayHankEdLyon

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Non-Solid Big Four Teams Quiz

by JayHankEdLyon

Created Feb 4, 2011 in Sports
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	JayHankEdLyon:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 14:20 GMT	2 points
	Comments about what should and shouldn't be included are welcome; some names, like the Cardinals, began as colors but came to mean physical objects, so they're out. Others, like the Browns and Bills, are named after people and are thus considered solid objects. But anything is up for debate; adjectival teams are difficult to classify!

	awix:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 14:29 GMT	1 point
	I liked it. Maybe angels as an answer? or at least a bonus. I don't know many angels that are "solid", but I am just nitpicking. I could see it both ways.

	hollabackitsobi:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 14:44 GMT	3 points
	The Phillies aren't a solid object, but Angels are? Phillies = slang for people in Philadelphia, right?

	JayHankEdLyon:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 14:59 GMT	1 point
	The question is whether Philly short for 'Philadelphia' (which isn't a solid object but a whole city) or 'Philadelphian' (or a person) in this context. According to the source I used for my sports etymology stuff it's the city, not the people, but if enough people agree with you via comments or upvotes I'll gladly make it a bonus instead.

	Etheridge2:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 15:26 GMT	2 points
	This is a nice idea, but there are too many iffy ones, I mean what is a National? Phillies can go either way, the elemental team s (Heat, Thunder, Lightning, Flames, etc) are easy, but the others I don't know..nice idea, but not my favorite and you make some outstanding quizzes so don't be offended.

	mrormiston:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 15:34 GMT	2 points
	Tampa bay rays. When they went from the devil rays to just the rays, it changed from being a sting ray to a ray of sunshine.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 15:42 GMT	1 point
	I'll make Rays a bonus, as they still have semblances of manta rays on their uniforms and such. As for the Nationals, a National is quite simply a person from a nation. In any case, no offense taken, I literally thought of this quiz on the way to class and wrote it up during, hardly a labor of love over here.

	BlueOx:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 16:17 GMT	2 points
	I'm not sure I follow why Phillies are not solid, but 76er's are. And Lakers originally referred to the lakes of Minneapolis.

	JayHankEdLyon:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 16:42 GMT	2 points
	http://www.thefreedictionary.com/laker. Meanwhile, 76er is an oversight on my part (lumped it with 49ers, which is a term for prospectors.)

	sbshuffler85:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 16:59 GMT	-1 points
	aren't the suns a solid object?

	potatoesandpants:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 17:56 GMT	-2 points
	the sun (as well as a star)is a pretty solid object

	JayHankEdLyon:	Feb 4th, 2011 at 18:01 GMT	2 points
	Stars are plasma, not solid. The dreaded fourth state of matter.

	BlueOx:	Feb 6th, 2011 at 05:02 GMT	3 points
	Trust me, the term "laker" has nothing to do with fish or cargo vessels. Minneapolis is the City of Lakes, located in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Even in Minnesota, water is not a solid - well, at least not all of the time...

	JayHankEdLyon:	Feb 6th, 2011 at 16:46 GMT	-1 points
	The dictionary says otherwise. I'm fully aware of the history of the Lakers in relation to Minnesota, but regardless of what your opinion is on the matter it's a fact that a laker is a solid object.

	fordefr:	Mar 11th, 2011 at 18:54 GMT	2 points
	List a source please. I disagree with the lakers not being here. Lakers are named after the lakes. If you are basing other ones off the etymology (like phillies) then you should have the lakers on here. Even though the word lakers might mean something else, it was named after the lakes.

	LeoDaVinci:	Sep 21st, 2011 at 21:12 GMT	1 point
	If this is 'Big 4' then the 49ers deserve a mention if the 76ers get one. Stars and the sun are usually plasma, but can also be degenerate matter, therefore a solid. The phrase "like a diamond in the sky" is more accurate than you might think, as carbon is often one fo the last stages of the matter in a star.