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15 unusual facts about Excalibur


Aces Go Places 5: The Terracotta Hit

Three years later, figures from the famous Terracotta Army and a Qing Dynasty bronze sword called the "Chinese Excalibur" is stolen while on the way to an exhibition in Hong Kong.

Alfred Kropp series

If Uncle Farrell could receive the Excalibur for him, Arthur Myers would give him a million dollars.

Arthur Uther Pendragon

Shortly afterward, he bought a sword, which he named Excalibur.

Bill Catambay

Bill Catambay, president and owner of ExcaliburWorld Software, is director and producer of the game project Excalibur: Morgana's Revenge.

At home, he strictly uses Macintosh for all his personal works, including the development of Excalibur: Morgana's Revenge.

Burgh by Sands

It has also been mooted as a possible site for the semi-mythical Avalon where King Arthur died and the legendary Excalibur was forged.

Cyril Joe Barton

By 30 March 1944, he had completed six sorties in LK797, which the crew had named Excalibur.

Excalibur

The name was later used in Welsh adaptations of foreign material such as the Bruts, which were based on Geoffrey.

Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur

Aelle - Father of Derfel and a Saxon king trying to take Britain.

Excalibur: Morgana's Revenge

An audio of the Charm of Making can be found in the movie Excalibur by John Boorman.

Ken Yasuda

He has been a finalist in top bodybuilding competitions like Excalibur and Superbody World Championships.

Preiddeu Annwfn

Arthur's warrior Llenlleawc the Irishman grabs Caladvwch (Excalibur) and swings it around, killing Diwrnach's entire retinue.

Special Reconnaissance Regiment

The cap badge shares Excalibur (the sword of king Arthur) in common with the other Special Forces units, in the case of the SRR placed behind a Corinthian helmet surmounting a scroll inscribed RECONNAISSANCE.

Superfantozzi

So Ugo to be more courageous and discovers the sword Excalibur to participate in a duel between knights.

Wace

In the midst of the Arthurian section of the text, Wace was the first to mention the legend of King Arthur's Round Table and the first to ascribe the name Excalibur to Arthur's sword, although on the whole he adds only minor details to Geoffrey's text.


Apache Avalon

Excalibur: Apache Excalibur houses the Avalon 4.x framework, the Fortress IoC container, and several Avalon related components and utilities such as LogKit and the Cornerstone Component Collection.

Botwood

In 1942, 11 United States military personnel died when their Sikorsky VS-44 flying boat, the Excalibur, crashed and sank in the Bay of Exploits shortly after takeoff from Botwood.

Disco Machine

In 2005, he teamed with Excalibur, Kevin Steen, and Ronin as the new S.B.S., after he and Excalibur turned on Super Dragon.

Elie and Earlsferry

An unusual feature is the periscope from the submarine HMS Excalibur.

Excalibur Almaz

An Almaz derived hull is still in use on the Zvezda ISS service module (DOS-8) in the Russian Orbital Segment of the International Space Station; Thus the Excalibur Almaz stations would be distantly related to the similarly sized Zvezda module of the ISS.

Faiza Hussain

In the aftermath of the attack, Pete Wisdom deduced that attack's aim was to keep Faiza (and Excalibur) out of the battle.

Gandasa

The use of the gandasa as a weapon was made famous by the Lollywood film Maula Jatt, in which the implement was portrayed as an Excalibur-like weapon used by the film's namesake, Maula Jatt.

Gondola lift

Examples of a lift with three stops instead of the standard two are the Village Gondola and the Excalibur Gondolas at Whistler Blackcomb.

HMS Excalibur

She is the only ship to be named as such, and was named in honour of the sword of King Arthur of the Arthurian legend.

Iron Warrior

The film pay homage to a number of popular films from the time, including the first Superman film, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Excalibur, and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Jamie Braddock

In Ultimate Marvel's Ultimate Fallout, Nick Fury is told that the European Union has reconstituted the Excalibur class-Super-Soldier Program which will be led by Brian's brother, Jamie as the new Captain Britain.

Katrine Boorman

Katrine Boorman (born 1958) is an English actress noted for her portrayal of the character Igrayne in the Arthurian legend film, Excalibur, directed by her father, John Boorman.

Kylun

Decades ago, Necrom had managed to kill this world's version of Excalibur, made up of the Black Knight, Thor, Yeoman UK and Spider-Man.

Louis Coerne

Coerne wrote a number of pedagogical pieces for piano, and also composed a number of orchestral works, one of which, the tone poem Excalibur (Op. 180), was recorded by Karl Krueger with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the late 1960s, and reissued on CD in 2006 by Bridge Records.

M982 Excalibur

The M982 Excalibur (previously XM982) is a 155 mm extended range guided artillery shell developed by Raytheon Missile Systems and BAE Systems Bofors.

Marvel Girl

Rachel Summers, a.k.a. Phoenix, member of the X-Men, Excalibur, and Starjammers; alternate timeline daughter of Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Jean Grey

Michael Garibaldi

While the Victory was destroyed in the Drakh attack on Earth, the Excalibur was able to help find the cure for the disease the Drakh spread on Earth.

Neil Marshall

The story takes place 30 years after the death of King Arthur when his sword Excalibur is stolen.

Project Excalibur

Project Excalibur was a United States government nuclear weapons research program to develop a nuclear pumped x-ray laser as a directed energy weapon for ballistic missile defence.

Sir Bedivere

Bedivere, a Knight of the Round Table, who returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake

Skull Cave

The Skull Cave includes two treasure rooms, The Minor Treasure room with gold and jewels, and the major treasure room which includes invaluable, historical treasures, like the snake that killed Cleopatra, Excalibur, sword of King Arthur, the diamond cup of Alexander The Great, Shakespeare's original Hamlet script, and much more, including one of Alfred Nobel's first sticks of dynamite.

Space dock

During the events of the movie A Call to Arms, the Excalibur and the Victory were shown in the dry dock facilities in which they were constructed.

Super Dragon

The first time Super Dragon appeared in Ring of Honor (ROH) was at Do or Die II on March 13, 2004, when he defeated Excalibur in a try-out match.

Swearingen Merlin

Ed Swearingen started the developments that led to the Merlin through gradual modifications to the Beechcraft Twin Bonanza and Queen Air business aircraft which he dubbed Excalibur.

The Excalibur Alternative

For centuries they have prepared and lay in hiding so could return at the moment of Earth's greatest need (just like the sword Excalibur in the legend of King Arthur, which gives rise to the title of the book).

The Sword and the Circle

Arthur's identity as ruler of Britain is revealed when he pulls the Sword from the Stone, but he later receives Excalibur, a different sword, from the Lady in the Lake.

Thomas Malory

Many modern takes on the Arthurian legend have their roots in Malory, including John Boorman's 1981 movie Excalibur, which includes selected elements of the book.

Vengeance of Excalibur

The game begins two years after Spirit of Excalibur left off: Britain has been reunited under King Constantine III, who succeeds King Arthur after the Battle of Camlann, and peacefully rules over the realm after killing Mordred's sons and their aunt, Morgan le Fay.

Warwolves

The Warwolves were defeated and captured by Excalibur, and were interred in a transparent cage in the London Zoo, where they became a popular attraction despite their dangerous nature.