“Yes. That's how we decide who serves first in practice, and I know people who are great at it. So there must be something to it.”

— Mary Hedges, teacher/volleyball coach, Overland Park

“Yes. It is a game of random chance to a degree, but psychology becomes an increasing factor starting with the second game played with the same opponent. And it is a psychological fact that most men will choose rock on the first try.”

— Robert Meyers, commercial real estate, Lawrence

“Yes. If you can read people well, you can sometimes tell what they're going to throw. Some people just don't have a rock, paper, scissors face.”

— Erica Voetsch, customer service representative, Leawood

“Yeah, there is definitely a good amount of psychology involved. Like when you both throw the same thing, are they going to keep it the same or change it? It's all about reading your opponent.”

— Ehren Starks, musician, Lawrence