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Mark Twain's jumping off point (pardon the cheesy pun): The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. It was originally titled "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
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Hoppity Hooper - 1964 The Jumping Frog Contest 1-10 was released on: USA: 1964
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Show jumping, in the Equestrian sport.
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To be able to jump a set of jumps without going bonkers.
In the story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain, the outcome of the contest between Smiley's frog and the stranger's frog is that the stranger's frog wins because it has been secretly filled with lead pellets, making it unable to jump. This results in Smiley losing the bet and the stranger leaving with the winnings.
The narrator describes Smiley to the reader in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." Smiley is portrayed as a character who is always betting on something, full of confidence, and deeply competitive in his frog-jumping contests.
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Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was first published in November 1865.
The movement of a frog is a jump, that is where the idea for the Calavares frog jumping contest came from.