Editing Beer pong (section)

{{short description|Drinking game involving ping pong balls}}
{{For|the similar drinking game involving table tennis paddles|Beer pong (paddle game)}}
{{Infobox game
| title        = Beer pong
| other_names  = Beirut,<ref name="Shott"/> Six-Cup, 10-Cups
| subtitle     = Drinking Game
| image        = Beer pong table.jpg
| caption      = 
| players      = Two teams of two players each
| setup_time   = Minimal
| playing_time = 15–30 minutes
| skills       = Accuracy, hand–eye coordination
| materials    = [[Table (furniture)|Table]], [[plastic cups]], [[ping pong balls]]
| blank_label  = Alcohol used
| blank_data   = [[Beer]]
}}

'''Beer pong''', also known as '''Beirut''', is a [[drinking game]] in which players throw a [[ping pong]] ball across a table with the intent of landing the ball in a cup of [[beer]] on the other end. The game typically consists of opposing teams of two or more players per side with 6 or 10 cups set up in a triangle formation on each side.<ref name="Shott">{{cite web|last=Shott |first=Chris |title=The Pong Arm of the Law |work=The Washington City Paper |date=October 7, 2005 |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/tell/2005/tell1007.html |access-date=2007-07-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215656/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/tell/2005/tell1007.html |archive-date = 2007-09-27 }}</ref> Each team then takes turns attempting to throw ping-pong balls into the opponent's cups. If the team "makes" a cup - that is, the ball lands in it, and stays in it - the contents of the cup are consumed by the other team and the cup is removed from the table. The first team to eliminate all of the opponent's cups is the winner.<ref name=wsj>{{cite news|last=Banjo|first=Shelly|title=Thwock, Gulp, Kaching! Beer Pong Inspires Inventors|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118834341517511527?mod=hps_us_pageone|access-date=14 February 2011|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=29 August 2007}}</ref>