They didn’t want to anger the big guy by abbreviating his name ... whirring and chiming mechanical timepieces: The Roman numerals on most clocks are centripetal, that is, they are not horizontal ...

Why do some analog clocks with Roman numerals have '4' as 'IV,' while others have 'IIII'? This is one of those questions where no one seems to have a definitive answer, and probably no one ever will.

It’s the only thing in life that seems to use Roman numerals besides old clocks. Roman numerals are ... NFL to ditch its method of numbering the Big Game: Roger Goodell is giving you a one ...

Referring to the big game as ... including on clocks, watches and to identify kings, queens and popes. Perhaps Lamar Hunt was onto something when he suggested Roman numerals added an aura of ...

Roman numerals, unsurprisingly, date back to ancient Rome, and while they’re no longer commonplace, they do still occur outside of the Super Bowl use case: they sometimes appear on clock faces ... and ...

In 2016, the NFL abandoned the use of Roman numerals for the 50th Super Bowl, which would have been Super Bowl L had it been used. A year later and the NFL returned with Super Bowl LI. But this ...

people will once again be forced to know a Roman numeral above the 12 they might see on a grandfather clock.

This year's version of the NFL's biggest game is Super Bowl LIX — or Super Bowl 59, if you're not well versed in Roman numerals. Unlike the other major American sports leagues, the NFL uses ...