Queen (chess) to the announcement of "check". Some published rules even required this announcement before the queen could be legally captured. This custom was largely abandoned in the 19th century. In Russia for a long time the queen could also move like a knight; some players disapproved of this ability to "gallop like the horse" (knight). The book "A History of Chess" by H.J.R. Murray, page 384, says that William Coxe who was in Russia in 1772 saw chess played with the queen also moving like a knight. Such an augmented queen piece is now known as the fairy chess piece "amazon".
Horse head mask distract opposing free throw shooters. Although the modern horse head mask meme began with the Archive McPhee rubber mask in 2003, there have been earlier antecedents. In 1997, the British satirical news miniseries "Brass Eye" briefly showed a horse head mask in the second episode titled "Drugs". Horse head mask The horse head mask is a latex mask representing a horse head originally manufactured by novelty purveyor Archie McPhee, and now widely available from other manufacturers. The mask covers the entire head and is typically part of a Halloween costume, or at other times to be funny, shocking, incongruous, or