New Zealand grasses

A list of New Zealand grasses, from The New Zealand Flora Database

Bigtop love grass
Great quaking grass
Purple-eyed grass
Fringed signal grass
Spangle grass
Fountain grass
Shivery grass
Gulf barnyard grass
Paradoxa grass
Polargrass
Pincushion grass
Radiate fingergrass
Reflexed salt grass
Coastal immorality grass
Star grass
Gopher-tail love grass
Floating sweet grass
Early hair grass
Molasses grass
Himalaya fairy grass
Switchgrass
Paddle grass
Perrenial beard grass
Tumble windmill grass
Japanese carpet grass
Yellow nut grass
Unbranched umbrella grass
Whiskey grass
Woolly cup grass

Pindar's Victors

A list of victors (and their respective events) celebrated by Pindar in his Victory Odes. From Wikipedia

Hippocles of Thessaly - Boy's Long Foot-Race

Xenocrates of Acragas - Chariot-Race

Midas of Acragas - Flute-Playing

Asopichus of Orchomenos - Boys' Foot-Race

Megacles of Athens - Chariot-Race

Timodemus of Acharnae - Pancration

Sogenes of Aegina - Boys' Pentathlon

Pythias of Aegina - Youth's Pancration

Phylacides of Aegina - Pancration (celebrated in two odes)

Cleandrus of Aegina - Pancration

Hieron of Syracuse - Horse-Race

Theron of Acragas - Chariot-Race

Agesidamus of Epizephyrian Locris - Boys' Boxing Match

Chromius of Aetna - Chariot-Race

Hieron of Syracuse - Chariot-Race

Aristocleides of Aegina - Pancration

Agesidamus of Epizephyrian Locris - Boys' Boxing Match

Hieron of Syracuse - Horse-Race

Telesicrates of Cyrene - Foot-Race in Armour

Thrasydaeus of Thebes - Boys' Short Foot-Race

Chromius of Aetna - Chariot-Race

Melissus of Thebes - Chariot Race & Pancration

Timisarchus of Aegina - Boys' Wrestling Match

Hieron of Aetna - Chariot-Race

Xenocrates of Acragas - Chariot-Race

Agesias of Syracuse - Chariot-Race with Mules

Epharmus of Opous - Wrestling-Match

Ergoteles of Himera - Long Foot-Race

Alcimidas of Aegina - Boys' Wrestling Match

Diagoras of Rhodes - Boxing-Match

Xenophon of Corinth - Short Foot-Race & Pentathlon

Arcesilas of Cyrene - Chariot-Race

Alcimidas of Aegina - Boys' Wrestling-Match

Deinis of Aegina - Foot-Race

Herodotus of Thebes - Chariot-Race

Psaumis of Camarina - Chariot-Race with Mules

Strepsiades of Thebes - Pancration

Aristomenes of Aegina - Wrestling-Match

Aristagoras of Tenedos - Inauguration as Prytanis

Theaius of Argos - Wrestling-Match

The Lost Pubs of Shropshire

A list of closed pubs in Shropshire. For many more closed pubs, see The Lost Pubs Project

Fox & Duck
Three Horseshoes
Fox
Queens Arms
Boot
Flag
Swan
Lion Inn
Old Rodney
Golden Lion
Kynnersley Arms
Red Lion
Smithfield Inn
Tontine Inn
Swan
Fox & Hounds
Castle Inn
Crow
Exchange
Harlescott
Monk Moor
Old Bush Inn
Shropshire Lad
Station Hotel
String of Horses
Unicorn Hotel
Wheatsheaf
Barley Mow
Bell and Bails
Black Horse
Charlton Arms
Champion Jockey
Dun Cow
Fighting Cocks
Fox & Hounds
Greyhound Inn
Kings Arms
Pear Tree Bridge Inn
Pigeon Box
Robin Hood
Swan
Talbot
Unicorn
Albion
White Horse Hotel
Cross Keys
Three Horseshoes
Kynaston Arms
White Horse

Hot air balloon festivals

A list of hot air balloon festivals, from Wikipedia

Sevier County "Eyes to the Sky" Balloon Festival Utah
Sandy City Balloon Festival Sandy Utah
The Great Mississippi River Balloon Race
Delta Air Balloon Festival Mississippi
Metro NY Balloon & Music Festival
2008 Novotel Balloon Fiesta Australia
US National Hot Air Balloon Championship
National Balloon Classic Indianola, Iowa
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
National Balloon Rally Statesville, North Carolina
World Hot Air Balloon Championship
Adirondack Hot Air Balloon Festival
Great Forest Park Balloon Race
Helen to the Atlantic Balloon Race
Thunderbird Balloon Classic Glendale, Arizona
Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic
Colorado Balloon Classic
Great Pershing Balloon Derby
Great Texas Balloon Race
International Balloon Festival
Bristol International Balloon Fiesta Bristol, UK
Ravenna Balloon A-Fair Ravenna, Ohio
Ashland Ballonfest Ashland, Ohio
Blossom Time Balloon Festival Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival Battle Creek, Michigan
Plano Balloon Festival Plano, Texas
Eyes to the Skies Festival Lisle, Illinois
Great Reno Balloon Race
New York State Festival of Balloons Dansville, New York
Freedom Weekend Aloft Anderson, South Carolina
Ballonfiësta Barneveld Barneveld, The Netherlands
London International Hot Air Balloon Festival London, Ontario
Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning Readington Township, New Jersey
Michigan Challenge Howell, Michigan
Hot Air Jubilee Jackson, Michigan
St. Patrick's Day Balloon Rallye Los Lunas, New Mexico
Kinsmen Cornwall Lift Off Cornwall, Ontario
Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival Temecula, California
Atlantic Balloon Fiesta Sussex, New Brunswick
Spiedie Fest and Balloon Rally Binghamton, New York
Hot Air Balloons Championship of Poland
University Motors Mountaineer Balloon Festival Morgantown, West Virginia Breda Balloon Fiësta Breda, The Netherlands
High Hopes Hot Air Balloon Festival Milford, New Hampshire
Warsteiner Internationale Montgolfiade
Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival Gatineau, Quebec
Kiwanis Balloonfest Valparaiso, Indiana
The Great Prosser Balloon Rally Prosser, Washington
Colorado River Crossing Balloon Festival Yuma, Arizona
Centralia Balloon Festival Centralia, Illinois
European Hot Air Balloon Championships
Mid-Hudson Valley Balloon Festival Poughkeepsie, New York
Great Falls Balloon Festival Lewiston / Auburn, Maine
RE/MAX Ballunar Liftoff Festival Houston - Johnson Space Center, Texas
Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta Clark Field, Pampanga, Philippines
Mansfield Balloon Festival Victoria, Australia
Northwest Connecticut Balloon Festival Connecticut
Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta Leipzig, Germany
Great Northern Balloon Festival & Air Show Greenville, New York
Bluegrass Balloon Festival (formerly called Adam Matthews Balloon Festival)
US NABA National Championships Varies (Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2006) Warren County Farmers' Fair Balloon Festival New Jersey
Big Bear Balloon Festival Ohio
Guanajuato International Air Balloon Festival Mexico
Northwest Art and Air Festival Albany, Oregon
Dubai Balloon Festival Dubai, UAE
Ferrara International Balloons Festival Ferrara, Emilia Romagna, Italy
Genesis Wairarapa International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand
Balloons over Waikato Hamilton, North Island, New Zealand
Menlo Foothills Festival of Balloons Menlo, Georgia
Bluff Balloon Festival Bluff, Utah
International Balloon Grand Prix Todi, Todi, Umbria, Italy
Thurston Classic Meadville, Pennsylvania
Sierra Vista Festival of Color Sierra Vista, Arizona
Meetjeslandse Balloonmeeting Eeklo, Belgium
Arizona's SalsaFest Balloon Festival

Undersea features

A list of undersea features, from the GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans) Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names

Animal Basin
Betty Guyot
Black Hole
Bulldog Bank
Cap Ferret Canyon
Coral Patch Bank
Dreadnought Bank
Earthwatch Seamount
Fifteen-Twenty Fracture Zone
Four Ladies Bank
Golden Bo'sunbird Seamounts
Hotspur Fracture Zone
Ice Sphinx Hole
Investigator Canyon
Invisible Bank
Karma Seamounts
Little Bahama Bank
Lousy Bank
Mathematicians Seamounts
Mount Error Guyot
Mozart Seamount
Musicians Seamounts
Northern Holiday Seamount
Popcorn ridge
Porcupine Abyssal Plain
Prunes Seamount
Rat Island Canyon
Researcher Ridge
Rude Knoll
Rumble III Seamount
Shackleton Canyon
Speakers Bank
Stalemate Canyon
Three Points Spur
Tongue of the OceanTrough
Topgallant Canyon
Unicorn Bank
Wallaby Saddle
Wildcat Canyon

Travelling Carillons

A list of travelling carillons (including countries of origin and numbers of bells). For more details see the World Carillon Federation website here
Carillon Reine Fabiola (Belgium, 49)
O.L. Vrouwe van Hanswijk (Belgium, 30)
The Travelling Carillon of Prague (Czech Republic, 57)
Det Transportable Klokkespil (Denmark, 50)
Carillon Christophe (France, 48)
Carillon ambulant de Douai (France, 5)
Un-named carillon (Germany, 37)
Concert Carillon (Netherlands, 50)
Mobiel Carillon Frank Steijns (Netherlands, 41)
De Paltz (Netherlands, 59)
Un-named carillon (Japan, 50)
Un-named carillon (Japan, 37)
Mobile Millennium Carillon (USA, 48)
Cast in Bronze (USA, 35)

Gardens

A list of gardens, from the Wikipedia page here
Back garden
Bog Garden
Cactus garden
Fernery
Flower garden
Front garden
Herb garden
Orangery
Orchard
Potager
Rose garden
Vegetable garden
Vineyard
White garden
Wildflower garden
Winter garden
Alpine or rock garden
Bonsai or miniature garden
Children's Garden
Chinese garden
Dutch garden
English landscape garden
French formal garden
Italian garden
Japanese garden
Knot garden
Mughal garden
Native garden
Persian garden
Roman gardens
Terrarium
Trial garden
Tropical garden
Water garden
Wild garden
Xeriscaping
Zen garden
Botanical garden
Butterfly Garden
Butterfly zoo
Cold Frame Garden
Community garden
Container garden
Cottage garden
Cutting garden
Garden conservatory
Greenhouse
Forest garden
Hydroponic garden
Rain garden
Raised bed gardening
Residential garden
Roof garden
Sacred garden
Sensory garden
Square foot garden
Vertical garden
Walled garden
Windowbox
Zoological garden

5-syllable trees

A list of 5-syllable trees, created using the online rhyming dictionary Rhymezone

Anchovy pear tree
Australian grass tree
Avocado tree
Bitter orange tree
Chinese lacquer tree
Chinese scholar tree
Common coral tree
Common spindle tree
Coniferous tree
Custard apple tree
English walnut tree
Eucalyptus tree
Golden shower tree
Orchard apple tree
Para rubber tree
Pencil cedar tree
Pistachio tree
Sour cherry tree
Spanish cedar tree
Temple orange tree
White cinnamon tree

Upside-down scholarship

A list of upside-down scholarship, found via Google Scholar

1. Upside-down ideas vindicated (BLM Hogan - 1995)

2. The baobab: Africa's upside-down tree (GE Wickens - Kew Bulletin, 1982)

3. Motor patterns for horizontal and upside down walking and vertical climbing in the locust (C Duch, HJ Pfluger - Journal of Experimental Biology, 1995)

4. Upside down: The paradox of servant leadership (S Rinehart - 1998 - NavPress Publishing Group)

5. Upside-down pendulums (DJ Acheson, T Mullin - 1993)

6. Looking at upside-down faces (RK Yin - Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1969)

7. Why swim upside down?: A comparative study of two mochokid catfishes (LJ Chapman, L Kaufman, CA Chapman - Copeia, 1994)

8. Whatever happened to the Kuznets curve? Is it really upside down? (G Glomm - Journal of Income Distribution, 1997)

9. Is computer technology taught upside down? (SP Maj, D Veal, P Charlesworth - Proceedings of the 5th annual SIGCSE/SIGCUE …, 2000)

10. Antipodean literature: A world upside down? (J Docker - 1986 - Overland)

11. Upside-down brilliance: The visual-spatial learner (LK Silverman - 2002 - qagtc.org.au)

12. The parametrically excited upside-down rod: an elastic jointed pendulum model (J Galán, WB Fraser, DJ Acheson, AR Champneys - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2005)

13. Turning the library upside down: reorganization using total quality management principles (DK Fitch, J Thomason, EC Wells - The Journal of Academic Librarianship)

14. Have We Been Thinking Upside-Down? (E Huffer, R Qalo - The Contemporary Pacific, 2004)

15. Why bats hang upside down: a biomechanical hypothesis. (DJ Howell, J Pylka - Journal of theoretical biology, 1977)

16. Can a Novice Be Viewed as an Expert Upside-Down? (IM Kinchin - School Science Review, 2001)

17. Trader Down Under: Upside down and inside out (M Bearman, K Duddy, K Raymond, A Vogel - Theory and Practice of Object Systems, 1997)

18. Don Quixote, the Hero Upside-Down (JM Sobre - Hispanic Review, 1976)

Peculiar galaxies

A list of categories of galactic peculiarity, from 'A Catalogue of Southern Peculiar Galaxies and Associations' here
1. Galaxies with interacting companions
1a.Strong Interaction with Spiral Arms
1b.Strong Interaction with Main Body
1c.Wider Interactions
1d.Less Strong Interaction
2. Interacting doubles
2a.E + E Interaction
2b.E + S Interaction
2c.S + S Interaction
3. Interacting triples
3a.Simple Interacting Triples
3b.Interacting Triples which are Aligned
4. Interacting quartets
5. Interacting quintets
6. Ring galaxies
6a.Empty Rings and Displaced Nuclei
6b.Thin Rings and Centered Nuclei
6c.Irregular Rings and Possible Ring-Like Forms
7. Galaxies with jets
7a.Jets from E or E-Like Galaxies
7b.Jets from Spirals
7c.Jets from Various Kinds of Galaxies
7d.Jets from Companion Galaxies
8. Galaxies with apparent companions
8a.Galaxies with Single Apparent Companions
8b.Galaxies with Diametric Apparent Companions
8c.Galaxies with Apparent Companions which are DoubleGalaxies with Numerous Apparent Companions
9. M51-types
10. Galaxies with peculiar spiral arms
10a.E's with Faint Rings
10b.Circular (Ring) Spiral Arms and One-Armed Spirals
11. Three-armed spirals and multiple-armed spirals
12. Peculiar disks
13. Compact galaxies
14. Galaxies with prominent or unusual dust absorption
15. Galaxies with tails, loops of material or debris
16. Irregular or disturbed galaxies
17. Chains
18. Groups
19. Clusters
20. Dwarf galaxies
21. Stellar objects with associated nebulosity
22. Miscellaneous
23. Close pairs
24. Close triples
25. Planetary nebulae

Insect Examples of Island Gigantism

A list of insect examples of island gigantism, "a biological phenomenon where the size of animals isolated on an island increases dramatically over generations." From the Wikipedia page here
Madagascar hissing cockroach
Saint Helena Giant Earwig
Conant's Giant Nihoa Tree Cricket
Lord Howe Island phasmid
Giant weta of New Zealand

Singing sand dunes

A list of "singing" sand dunes. For more info, see the Wikipedia page here
Kelso Dunes (California)
Eureka Dunes (California)
Sugar sand beaches and Warren Dunes (Southwestern Michigan)
Sand Mountain (Nevada)
The Booming Dunes (Namib Desert)
Porth Oer (also known as Whistling Sands, near Aberdaron, Wales)
Indiana Dunes (Indiana)
Barking Sands (Hawaii)
Singing Beach (Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts)

Lear's coloured birds

A list of Edward Lear's "coloured birds" from Queery Leary Nonsense, A Lear Nonsense Book, 1911, edited by Lady Strachey of Sutton Court, with an introduction by the Earl of Cromer G.C.B., G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I. From the Edward Lear Homepage here
The Light Red Bird
The Black Bird
The Scroobious Bird
The Dark Blue Bird
The Gray Bird
The Runcible Bird
The Purple Bird
The Pink Bird
The Light Green Bird
The White Bird
The Lilac Bird
The Brown Bird
The Spotty Bird
The Stripy Bird
The Light Blue Bird
The Dark Green Bird
The Orange Coloured Bird
The Crimson Bird
The Dark Red Bird
The Yellow Bird

Dr Who items

A list of Doctor Who items starting with T - from the Wikipedia page here
TARDIS
TARDIS comparator
TARDIS shields
Temporal Limiter
Terraforming device
Time Cabinet
Time Destructor
Time Log
Time Ring
Time scoop
Time/Space Visualiser
Timelash
"Timey-wimey" detector
Tissue Compression Eliminator
TOMTIT machine
Transmat
Travel dial
Tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator
Trilogic game
Trisilicate

Hollerin' Contest

Entry divisions for the 41st Annual National Hollerin' Contest 2009. From the Contest's webpage here

Conch Shell Blowin’ (open to all ages)
Junior Hollerin’
Teen Hollerin’
Ladies’ Callin’
National Hollerin’ Contest

Penny Dreadfuls

A list of series titles of penny dreadfuls/dime novels starting with L, from Stanford's Dime Novel and Story Paper Collection here

Larks
Leisure Hour
Liberty Boys of '76
Library of Adventure and Romance
Life and Adventures of Mervyn Clitheroe
Lives of the Ford Boys
Lloyd's Boy's Adventure Series
Log Cabin Library
Log Cabin Library. Pocket Ed.
London Library
Lot-o'-Fun

Jigs

A selection of jigs, from Nottingham Folk Music Database's permuted index for "jigs" here

Backstairs Jig
The Leaking Bagpipe
Jan Martindale's Trip to the Bathroom
Bean setting (North Skelton)
Belfast Almanac
Miss Bennet's Jig
The Bent Pin
Biddy the Bowl Wife
Bung your Eye
Little Burnt Potato
Danny MacPhail's Dilemma
Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself
Dancing the Dustman
Flirtation!!!
Manor Gardens
Goat on the Hill arrangement
Grandfather's Pet
Swimming in the Gutter
Haste to the Wedding
The Weaver and his Wife 1
The Weaver and his Wife 2
The Old Horned Sheep or The Humours Of Donnybrook
Northern Hospitality Jig or Seamus Plagiarism
Hot Punch
Icy Jig
Ingalls' Jingle
Irish Washerwoman standard
Irish Washerwoman variation
Life is all Chequered
Island Spider
Rake Maker's Jig
Workshop Jig
Kilty Lads
Cherish the Ladies
Princess Margaret
My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing
The Naughty 'Noochie
Starry Night for a Ramble
On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Pete's Peerie Boat
Pizza and Apple Pies
Pine Cones
Red Cigar
Red Stocking Sam
Orange Rogue
Scrabble on Sunday?
Sir Watkin's Jigg
Smash the Windows
The Family's Pride
The Self
The Spaceman
Tripping Upstairs

Ballroom dances beginning with K

A list of ballroom dances beginning with K, from The Christchurch Ballroom Dancing Club Script Library here

Kade's Saunter (Kady's)
Kahala Quickstep
Kandy Jive
Kantaoui, Tango
Karand Jive
Kareen Quickstep
Karen Foxtrot
Karena, Waltz
Karina Cha Cha Cha
Kariokee Cha Cha Cha
Karsha Anne's Waltz
Katie Cha Cha Cha
Katrina Saunter
Katrina, Samba
Katrina, Tango
Katy Quickstep
Kaybee Saunter
Kaymar Sway
Kay's Quickstep
K.D.C. Blues
Keaki Quickstep
Kelly Quickstep
Kelmore Foxtrot
Kempston Quickstep
Kendray Quickstep
Kennies Waltz
Kensway Tango
Kentucky Blues
Kenwyn Tango
Keresley Quickstep
Kerry Lee March
Kerry Quickstep
Kestral Quickstep
Key Quickstep
Khyber Quickstep
Kia Ora Schottische
Killarney Quickstep
Killarney Vale Waltz
Killarney Waltz (Version 1)
Killarney Waltz (Version 2)
Kingfisher Saunter
Kingfisher Swing
Kingfisher Tango
Kingston Quickstep
King Tut Three Step
Kinnear Foxtrot
Kintyre, Waltz of
Ki-oti Quickstep
Kira Quickstep
Kirralee Swing
Kirsty Quickstep
Kirsty Saunter
Kirsty's Waltz
Kittle Jive
Kiwi Quickstep New Zealand
Klaxon Jive
Klaxon Swing
Knightsbridge Quickstep
Koala Quickstep, The
Kontiki Quickstep
Kookaburra Quickstep
Kopaz Waltz
Kouros Tango
Kristen's Saunter
Kumala Quickstep
Kuranda Waltz
K-Zee Quickstep

Toys of the year

A list of winners of "Toy of the Year" 1965-2008, from the Toy Retailers Association webpage here

1965 James Bond Aston Martin die-cast car
1966 Action Man
1967 Spriograph
1968 Sindy
1969 Hot Wheels cars
1970 Sindy
1971 Katie Kopykat writing doll
1972 Plasticraft modelling kits
1973 Mastermind - board game
1974 Lego Family set
1975 Lego Basic set
1976 Peter Powell kites
1977 Playmobil Playpeople
1978 Combine Harvester (Britains)
1979 Legoland Space kits
1980 Rubik's Cube
1981 Rubik's Cube
1982 Star Wars
1983 Star Wars toys
1984 Masters of the Universe
1985 Transformers (Optimus Prime)
1986 Transformers (Optimus Prime)
1987 Sylvanian Families
1988 Sylvanian Families
1989 Sylvanian Families
1990 Teenage Mutant Turtles
1991 Nintendo Game Boy
1992 WWF Wrestlers
1993 Thunderbird's Tracey Island
1994 Power Rangers
1995 POGS
1996 Barbie
1997 Teletubbies
1998 Furby
1999 Furby Babies
2000 Teksta
2001 Bionicles
2002 Beyblades
2003 Beyblades
2004 Robosapien
2005 Tamagotchi Connexion
2006 Dr Who Cyberman Mask
2007 In the Night Garden Blanket Time Igglepiggle
2008 Ben 10 Action Figures 10” and 15”

Carousel figures

A list of figures on the carousel (Looff carousel, classic wood, built 1895) located at Seaport Village, San Diego, California.

30 Jumping Horses
12 Standing Horses
13 Menagerie Animals
- 1 Bear
- 3 Camels
- 1 Dog
- 1 Dragon
- 3 Giraffes
- 1 Goat
- 1 Lion
- 1 Burro
- 1 Elephant
2 chariots

From the National Carousel Association Census Database here