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14 unusual facts about Dragons' Den


Adam Hildreth

Hildreth was named the CBI's Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the end of 2006, which was awarded to him by Duncan Bannatyne and Peter Jones from BBC's Dragons' Den programme.

Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder

A parody of Dragons' Den, where the only ever contestant is hapless divorcee Carole Price, interviewed by host (Murray).

Christopher Eves

Eves, and his nephew Luke Booth, successfully participated in the BBC television show, Dragons' Den and received investment to launch their packaging solutions for the FMCG, Retail & Leisure markets.

Concentrate Design

Founded in 2004, the company came to public note when its products were pitched on BBC's Dragons' Den, and won investment from entrepreneur Peter Jones.

Horace Ové

In November 2011, three young filmmakers competing on Dragons' Den as part of the 55th BFI London Film Festival Education Events, First Light, won £2000 funding and professional mentoring having successfully pitched their idea to make a short documentary about Horace Ové.

Luke Booth

Booth, and his uncle Christopher Eves, successfully participated in the BBC television show, Dragons' Den and received investment to launch their packaging solutions for the FMCG, Retail & Leisure markets.

Manabu Oshio

Mika Noguchi is a well known Japanese female entrepreneur and she appeared in the Japanese TV show "Dragons' Den"(Japanese title was "Tigers of Money") during 2002 and 2003.

Rachel Lowe

She appeared on the BBC Two television show Dragons' Den in the UK where her pitch for investment was rejected.

Razzamataz Theatre Schools

In 2007, Denise Hutton-Gosney took Razzamataz to the BBC business programme, Dragons' Den.

Richard La Ruina

On 5 August 2009, La Ruina appeared on UK Dragons' Den and sought an investment of £100,000 but was unsuccessful.

Seán Gallagher

He is the founder of the company Smarthomes and has featured as a panellist on RTÉ's Dragons' Den.

Summerton Mill

The iTeddy children's media player, featured on the British TV series Dragons' Den, was distributed throughout the United Kingdom via the Argos chain of stores and came loaded with an episode of Summerton Mill, with others available from the iTeddy website.

Tomio Okamura

Okamura has been a judge on the Czech version of television programme Dragons' Den, known as Den D.

YrWall

The inventor of YrWall, Tom Hogan, and his business partner, Tim Williams, appeared on Episode 4 of Series 8 of the BBC show Dragons' Den.


2012 Oneonta State Red Dragons women's soccer team

In 2012 edition of the Red Dragons played non-conference games against Skidmore and Williams, they also took part in the Nazareth Tournament to start the season against RIT as well as host school Nazareth.

405th

405th Tactical Missile Squadron ("Green Dragons"), an inactive United States Air Force unit

Adi Ezroni

Ezroni has appeared in Israeli commercials for Bezek, Elite and Spring, and appeared alongside many other participants in "Festigal 2001", where she sang "Riding on Dragons".

Age of the Dragons

Age of the Dragons is a 2011 fantasy film starring Danny Glover and Vinnie Jones, directed by Ryan Little.

Aimé Maillart

Les dragons de Villars premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique; it was also popular in Germany (under the title Das Glöckchen des Eremiten) and received a performance in New York City.

American Dragons

American Dragons (also known as Double Edge) is a 1998 action adventure film starring Michael Biehn, Park Joong-hoon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Don Stark and Byron Mann.

An Instinct for Dragons

Jones then argues against the common hypothesis that dragon myths might be motivated by primitive discoveries of dinosaur fossils (he argues that there are widespread traits of dragons in folklore which are not observable from fossils), and claims that the common traits of dragons seem to be an amalgam of the principal predators of our ancestral hominids, which he names as the raptors, great cats (especially leopards) and pythons.

Balaur

In the MMORPG Aion, the Dragons that once ruled the world and are the enemy are called the Balaur.

Chinese knotting

There are many different shapes of Chinese knots, the most common being butterflies, flowers, birds, dragons, fish, and even shoes.

Daniel in the lions' den

David Syme Russell notes a number of parallels between the two chapters, including the trials suffered, the jealousy of conspirators, rescue by an angel, accusers meeting the same fate they had intended for the protagonists, and the fact that the king praises God and issues a royal decree protecting Jewish worship.

Deltora Quest

Deltora Quest 3 (Dragons of Deltora), the third and final series (four books)

Dragons in the Waters

Another passenger, Mr. Theo, calls for Poly's godfather, Canon Tallis, to come and investigate, but Tallis and Simon are both kidnapped by the local police chief upon arrival in Port of Dragons, Venezuela, and left stranded in the jungle.

Dragons of Desolation

DL4 Dragons of Desolation was written by Tracy Hickman and Michael Dobson with Harold Johnson and Bruce Nesmith, with a cover painted by Keith Parkinson and interior illustrations by Larry Elmore and Jeff Butler, and was published by TSR in 1984 as a thirty-two page booklet with an outer folder and a large map.

Dragons of Despair

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance is a video game based on Dragons of Despair released in 1988.

Dragons of Spring Dawning

Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman along with Andrew Dabb adapted Dragons of Spring Dawning to a comic format, with Julius Gope as the artist.

DuPage Dragons

The Dragons season ended when they were defeated by the Regular Season Champions Dubois County Bombers in the Championship Game by a final score of 5-2.

Eddie Gaillard

He was one of the best closers in Japan in the early 2000s, ranking third among Chunichi Dragons players in saves, after Kaku Genji and Hitoki Iwase.

Elmore

Larry Elmore, a fantasy artist and an illustrator of Dungeons and Dragons

Empire of Ivory

Scarcely has this realization set in that the Aerial Corps are beset by Tswana humans and dragons; the British beasts, who have been sent back to the Cape with their precious cargo, are unable to prevent their aircrews from being captured, and Rev. Erasmus' attempts to intercede only lead to his death, as the Lunda are known slavers.

Gray Waste

It is one of a number of alignment-based Outer Planes that form part of the standard Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) cosmology, used in the Planescape, Greyhawk and some editions of the Forgotten Realms campaign settings.

Hermocrates

In the comic book Yu-Gi-Oh! by Shonen Jump, Hermocrates (here named Hermos) is one of the three warriors of Atlantis turned into dragons along with Critias and Timaeus in the Waking the Dragons arc of the series.

John Dallaire

He has also done art for Lasers Dragons and Lies with John Zakour and Intergalactic Law: Grey Squad with Lisa Fary on Zuda as well as Intergalactic Law on Pink Raygun where he is the art director.

Jon Sharp

After a 48-0 loss to Catalan Dragons and a run of disappointing results, Sharp's contract was terminated by the Giants and for the 2009 season, Nathan Brown, former coach at St. George Illawarra Dragons, took over the helm.

Kalinga Park

Although suburban, the park is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including ducks, cockatoos, rainbow lorikeets, possums, Eastern water dragons, and the occasional koala.

Kickin' It

Frank (Wayne Dalglish), a student at Seaford High School who trains with the Black Dragons.

Live at Independent Records

The album consists of acoustic versions of Imagine Dragons' first three singles and was released on Record Store Day as one of the event's many exclusive releases.

March of Cambreadth

John Ringo has (mis)quoted March of Cambreadth in his novels Hell's Faire, Ghost and There Will Be Dragons as well as in the second Looking-Glass book, Vorpal Blade.

Mattias Livf

In March 2008 he signed a two year contract extension with the Dragons.

Michel Rubini

In 1992 he wrote and performed music for the Merlin & The Dragons audiobook by Jane Yolen (read by Kevin Kline).

Missing Dragons

Missing Dragons is a studio EP from American instrumental hip hop producer A Grape Dope (born John Herndon).

Musselman High School

The original mascot chosen for Musselman High School was the "dragons" and the football team wore borrowed burgundy-colored uniforms from nearby Stonewall Jackson High School.

Piercer

The piercer appeared in first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the original Monster Manual (1977).

Raymond Depardon

At the 2000 Kraków Film Festival, Depardon received the Dragon of Dragons, a lifetime achievement award.

Ron Spencer

Ron Spencer has also actively worked with Toy Vault, Inc. in creating plush toys and slippers, with various designs under their horror and fantasty brands such as Cthulhu, "Here Be Monsters", and dragons.

Ryman

Theo Paphitis, who was formerly a 'Dragon' on BBC's Dragons' Den, acquired Ryman in 1995 and has since turned it into successful and profitable businesses comprising 236 stores with a group turnover of more than £120m.

Saint-Ferme

The church features a 12th century nave and remarkably well-preserved Romanesque capitals, with themes such as Daniel in the Lions' Den and the Fall of Adam and Eve.

Sir Nobonk and the Terrible Dreadful Awful Naughty Nasty Dragon

The story of Sir Nobonk is a generic parody of Medieval-type stories about knights and dragons (similar to Don Quixote or the much-later Shrek), set within a Medieval world with modern anachronisms for comic purposes (such as garden hoses for knights to wash out their armour).

Slices of Life

"Sexual parasites, disembowelment, zombies, serial killers, demon children, violent vixens, rabid office workers, aliens, mummies, skeleton warriors, vampires, werewolves, dragons, medusa, beasts, giants, robots, cyclops' and angry mmbryos all spring to life from the flesh covered sketch books featured in Anthony G. Sumner’s (Gallery of Fear) Slices of Life.

South Dragons

A neck injury which sidelined crowd favourite Cortez Groves saw the Dragons move on quickly, releasing Groves and signing Donta Smith.

State Temple of the Martial God

Looking up above the entrance, you can see carving of a number of animals, including elephants, dragons, and the mythical Chinese flying creature the “Qi-Lin”(麒麟), which has a head like a dragon, and the body of a winged horse.

Sverok

The title translates to "Dragons and Demons", and in Sweden, it has the same status and recognition as "Dungeons & Dragons" has in English-speaking countries.

The Saint of Dragons

Venemon is regarded as highly ruthless and sadistic even by the standards of Dragons and is the one responsible for the death of Simon's mother, the Magician, Maradine.

Tutankham

Tutankham is a combination of maze and shoot 'em up. Taking on the role of an explorer grave robbing Tutankhamun's tomb, the player is chased by creatures such as asps, vultures, parrots, bats, dragons, and even curses, all that kill the player on contact.

Whiting, Indiana

Patrick Lucien Price - video game designer and editor; worked on Dungeons & Dragons game.