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Bont is a ball game originating from Southern France. Alternate uses: See Ball (disambiguation) A ball is a round object that is used most often in sports and games. ... This region consists of the southern part of France. ...


The game, a cross between croquet and hockey, is a competitive sport that involves all six players (the maximum allowable number of players) to hit a plastic ball, similar to a hockey ball, through a single hoop erected on the grass playing field. The player to score the most 'hoops' is declared the winner after a period of two 20 minute halves. Winslow Homer: Croquet, 1864 Croquet is a recreational game and, latterly, a competitive sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops embedded into the grass playing arena. ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ...


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Jan de Bont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (185 words)
Jan de Bont (born October 22, 1943) is a Dutch cameraman, film director and producer.
De Bont was born, one of 14 children, to a Roman Catholic family in Eindhoven.
De Bont made his directorial debut with Speed in 1994, which was a success.
Alexander Bont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (466 words)
Alexander Bont is a fictional villain in the Marvel Comics' universe, appearing in the series Daredevil.
When Bont was released from jail, he was now a bitter old man. He had found out that Daredevil was really Matt Murdock from The Globe and had recently acquired a possession of Mutant Growth Hormone.
When the new White Tiger arrived on the scene and defeated Melvin Potter, Bont took some MGH and threw Matt into a window, savagely beating him and telling him that this was where his father was killed.
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