I was watching the Championship League snooker competition where the commentator used a term several times that I had never heard before. It was a round robin competition, so there was a definitely a player at the bottom of the pile. It sent me searching:
Wooden Spoon
In some regions, particularly British-influenced ones of the Commonwealth and the United States, "wooden spoon award" is a booby prize for the team or individual finishing a competition in last position.
Then on a show about the Iditerod:
Widow's Lantern
The musher finishing last in Nome has the dubious honour of extinguishing the lantern.
And as anyone who followed Lance knows:
Lantern Rouge
The last man in the peleton on the Tour de France, from the red lantern that was hung from the back end of the caboose of a train.
Wooden Spoon
In some regions, particularly British-influenced ones of the Commonwealth and the United States, "wooden spoon award" is a booby prize for the team or individual finishing a competition in last position.
Then on a show about the Iditerod:
Widow's Lantern
The musher finishing last in Nome has the dubious honour of extinguishing the lantern.
And as anyone who followed Lance knows:
Lantern Rouge
The last man in the peleton on the Tour de France, from the red lantern that was hung from the back end of the caboose of a train.
