Paul Octopus Will Predict Spain vs
Netherland FIFA World Cup 2010
FINALS Paul is reported to have correctly chosen the winner in five of
Germany’s six UEFA Euro 2008 matches, predicting that Germany would win
every match except a loss to Croatia, but incorrectly predicting that
Germany would defeat Spain in the final in 2008.
Paul the Octopus or Paul Oktopus is a
two-year-old common octopus with a history of correctly predicting the
results of major German international football matches,especially in the
2010 FIFA World Cup.
This total rate of 11 out of 12 games
correct constitutes a significant deviation from what flipping a coin
would suggest, using a Binomial test. A fair coin would guess at least
11 out of 12 games correctly only 1 time in 315.
Paul the Octopus has become an internet phenomenon for his uncanny
ability to pick winners. He has accurately picked the winner of every
game Germany has played in the FIFA World Cup.
Paul makes his choice by picking between
two containers of food, each bearing the flag of the two teams playing.
It is also unknown if Paul will bet on
the third place play-off between Germany and Uruguay.