<Table> Curling <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Curling games taking place during the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Highest governing body </Th> <Td> World Curling Federation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nicknames </Th> <Td> Chess On Ice , The Roaring Game </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First played </Th> <Td> Approximately late medieval Scotland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Registered players </Th> <Td> est . 1,500,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Characteristics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Contact </Th> <Td> No </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Team members </Th> <Td> 4 or 3 per team ( 2 in mixed doubles ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mixed gender </Th> <Td> Yes ; see mixed curling </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> Precision and accuracy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Equipment </Th> <Td> Curling brooms , stones ( rocks ) , curling shoes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Venue </Th> <Td> Curling sheet </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Glossary </Th> <Td> Glossary of curling </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Presence </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Olympic </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> First event in 1924 ( retroactively made official in 2006 ) . </Li> <Li> Demonstration sport in 1932 , 1988 and 1992 . </Li> <Li> Officially added in 1998 . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Paralympic </Th> <Td> Wheelchair curling officially added in 2006 . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> Curling <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Curling games taking place during the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Highest governing body </Th> <Td> World Curling Federation </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nicknames </Th> <Td> Chess On Ice , The Roaring Game </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First played </Th> <Td> Approximately late medieval Scotland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Registered players </Th> <Td> est . 1,500,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Characteristics </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Contact </Th> <Td> No </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Team members </Th> <Td> 4 or 3 per team ( 2 in mixed doubles ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mixed gender </Th> <Td> Yes ; see mixed curling </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> Precision and accuracy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Equipment </Th> <Td> Curling brooms , stones ( rocks ) , curling shoes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Venue </Th> <Td> Curling sheet </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Glossary </Th> <Td> Glossary of curling </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Presence </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Olympic </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> First event in 1924 ( retroactively made official in 2006 ) . </Li> <Li> Demonstration sport in 1932 , 1988 and 1992 . </Li> <Li> Officially added in 1998 . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Paralympic </Th> <Td> Wheelchair curling officially added in 2006 . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
where did the sport of curling originate from
where did the sport of curling originate from
Scotland
Scotland