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June 4

POTC - On Stranger Tdes

Who is the very pretty young actor in POTC - On Stranger Tides? DuncanHill (talk) 01:01, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

If you refer to the actress on the posters, ads, etc. next to Jack Sparrow, I believe that's Penelope Cruz... Cantankerous giganticus (talk) 01:27, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

The young actor is Sam Claflin. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 19:08, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

tour de france

Can Isee the tour de france caravan in the city of Grenoble and where is the best place to see the caravan and the time trials — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.100.83.127 (talk) 02:14, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

According to the article 2011 Tour de France the time trial will be there on 23 July. The route is here. HiLo48 (talk) 03:49, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

The Grenoble Maison de Tourisme should be able to provide you with a more detailed route within the city. Unfortunately, that website does seem very reluctant to tell you the actual street address of the Maidon de Tourisme. A search on Google maps suggests it is here. Astronaut (talk) 11:29, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Question about highest grossing film for the week of June 24, 1949

What was the highest grossing film for the week of June 24, 1949? 98.234.170.202 (talk) 05:28, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Highest grossing where? In any case, all the highest grossing films of the year (according to 1949 in film) were released after that, except Little Women, which was released much earlier in the year. I see that Kind Hearts and Coronets was released that week, at least in the UK...maybe that is helpful. Adam Bishop (talk) 19:46, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Tennis score

The tie-break section reads: "Only one more game is played to determine the winner of the set; the score of the set is always 7–6 (or 6–7)." But it goes on to say, "if the score is listed as 7–6 (8), the tiebreak score was 10–8 (since 8 is the loser's points, and the winner must win by two points)."

Why can't the tie-break end 8-6 or 6-8, and how can it go to 10-8 if 7-6 ends it? Thanks. 66.108.223.179 (talk) 16:17, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

As I understand it, if one person gets to 7 by 3 clear points in a tie-break they win the set. If not, they have to win by two clear points. So a score of 7-4 wins a tie-break, but 7-5 doesn't: 8-5 would win it, as would 8-6. (If nobody else consults the laws of tennis to confirm this in a few hours then I will, but I'm going to be a little busy for the next few hours.) --TammyMoet (talk) 16:51, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Found it. Here is a very concise statement of the tie-break scoring system. --TammyMoet (talk) 19:01, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

You're getting confused between the score of the set and the score of the tie-break. 7-6 is the score of the set, i.e. the number of games won by each person in the set. A tie-break only happens when the score of the set is six games all, so the score of the set after a tie-break must always be 7-6. 10-8 or 8-6 is the score in the tie-break, i.e. the number of points in it. As for why a listed score of 7-6 (8) reflects a tiebreak score of 10-8 rather than 8-6, I'm not sure. --Viennese Waltz 05:11, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

A tiebreak CAN end 8-6, but then the set score would be written 7-6 (6). It's always the loser's points that are written, because you can deduce the winner's points from them (like this: if the loser's score is between 0 and 5, the winner's score is 7. If the loser's score is greater than 5, the winner's score is the loser's score plus 2). 80.123.210.172 (talk) 17:54, 5 June 2011 (UTC)