egg and spoon race
Wobbly picnic competition
An egg and spoon race is a competition, typically at school field days or picnics, where participants race while balancing an egg on a spoon.
Dropping the egg usually means starting over or disqualification.
The event tests steadiness over speed: The kindergartners lined up for the egg and spoon race.
- eggReproductive cell in shell
- racingSpeed competition sport
- wobbleUnsteady side-to-side motion
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- balancing actManaging multiple competing priorities
steady hand · drop · finish line · winner · field day · hard-boiled · competition · loser · contest · athletic · sports day · school sports · PE class · grip · finish · dexterity · steadiness · obstacle course
- folk sportshighland games, Highland games, hurling, shinty, Gaelic football
- playground gamestag, hide and seek, hopscotch, freeze, capture the flag
- Field Daytug of war, obstacle course, sprint, dash, ribbons
- fun contestseating contest, talent show, costume contest, dance off, spelling bee
- village fetetombola, raffle, coconut shy, hook a duck, hoopla
- mounted gamesbarrel racing, gymkhana, horse games, figure eight, quadrangle
egg and spoon racesprint
Brief maximum-speed effort
100-meter dash · footrace · dash · track race · relay race
egg and spoon raceOlympic final
Decisive competition for gold
elite competition · Tour de France · Boston Marathon · championship race · qualifying heat
egg and spoon racesprint
Brief maximum-speed effort
100-meter dash · flat race · drag race · footrace · track event
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