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6 unusual facts about Knock


Knock, County Mayo

Pope John Paul II, a supporter of devotion to the Virgin Mary, visited Knock in 1979 to commemorate the centenary of the apparition.

Knock, Knock Who's There?

Maessen's version reached #2 on the Australian charts, after her debut single "The Love Moth" only made it to #40.

"Knock, Knock Who's There?", written and composed by John Carter and Geoff Stephens, produced by Mickie Most, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1970, performed by the Welsh singer Mary Hopkin.

Knock, Knock, Ginger

However, under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, it is a criminal offence to "wilfully and wantonly disturb any inhabitant, by pulling or ringing any door bell, or knocking at any door" punishable with up to 14 days imprisonment.

Lady of Knock

The song tells of the story of Knock in County Mayo, Ireland when the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist appeared at the south gable of Knock Parish Church.

Mayo, Quebec

In County Mayo, Ireland there is a town called Knock where, in 1879, there were reports of an apparition of the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St. John.


2001–02 Celtic League

The top four teams from each group proceeded into the knock-out phase until a champion was found.

2004 Copa do Brasil

The competition was played by 64 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, but in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.

2005 Copa do Brasil

The competition was contested by 64 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds were played over two legs and the away goals rule was used, but in the first two rounds if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least two goals, the second leg was not played and the club automatically qualified to the next round.

2011 attack on the British Embassy in Iran

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told the BBC's Sarah Rainsford that the UK's relationship with Iran had "taken a very serious knock" but that "It doesn't mean we're cutting off all diplomatic relations with Iran. It doesn't mean we are in any way lessening our determination to try to find a diplomatic solution to the nuclear question, which is immensely important to Europe and the whole world, and we will continue to work tirelessly to find a negotiated solution".

2011 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The competition was contested by 32 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds will be played over two legs and the away goals rule will be used, but in the first three rounds, if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least three goals, the second leg will not be played and the club will be automatically qualified to the next round.

2011–12 Irish League Cup

The 2011–12 Irish League Cup (known as the Irn-Bru League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition.

2012–13 Coppa Italia Serie D

Coppa Italia Serie D (Italian for Serie D Italian Cup) is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie D in Italian football.

2013 Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino

The competition is contested by 32 clubs in a knock-out format where all rounds will be played over two legs and the away goals rule will be used, but in the first three rounds, if the away team won the first leg with an advantage of at least three goals, the second leg will not be played and the club will be automatically qualified to the next round.

Alexander Hleb

His father had volunteered to help knock down uninhabitable houses in Ukraine as the result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Australian Motor Industries

Complete knock down kits were shipped from AMC's Kenosha, Wisconsin facility (all knock-down kits to all assembly operations were from Kenosha), but the Australian cars were assembled with a percentage of "local content" to gain tariff concessions.

Child Abduction Is Not Funny

After he is finished a band of Mongols appear out of nowhere and attack the wall because: "Every time us Chinese put up a wall stupid Mongolians have to come and knock it down," as he puts it, in a reference to Chinese history.

Coming Together

It contained two tracks ("Don't Knock My Love" and "I Don't Want To Do Wrong") by its subgroup, Love, Peace & Happiness, which featured Ann Bogan.

Curtilage

In Jardines, the Court specifically named a front porch as a prime example of curtliage; even though Girl Scouts or salespersons can knock on the front door, they must leave immediately if there is no answer.

Dance Vault Remixes: Get It Off/Knock Knock

Dance Vault Remixes: Get It Off/Knock Knock- Remix EP is the first EP by American R&B singer Monica, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music).

Danish XI cricket team in Bangladesh in 1989–90

Akram Khan played a cracking knock for Abahani, blasting 4 sixes on his way to 53.

Dufton

Other local geographic features include Dufton Pike, Knock Pike, Cross Fell and High Cup.

Eugene Chadbourne

A notable solo album, Songs (Intakt 026: 1993), features politically oriented originals, such as "Knock on the Door" and "Hello Ceausescu", and covers, such as Nick Drake's "Thoughts of Mary Jane", and Floyd Tillman's "This Cold War With You".

FIBA EuroBasket 2009 Division B

The winner of each group and the best second-placed team played one knock-out series, with the winners qualifying for the FIBA EuroBasket 2011 Division A qualification.

Gene Ahern

:Knock-offs, such as Associated Press's Mister Gilfeather (which, by the way, was handled at various times by both Al Capp and Milton Caniff, before they hit it big with Li'l Abner and Terry & the Pirates, respectively), began to proliferate.

Jimmy Barrett

Barrow wrote that, on one occasion, Barrett complained to Barrow that "your methods take all the individuality away from a ballplayer." Barrow responded, "Young man, if you ever speak to me that way again I will take more than your individuality away from you. I will knock your block off." ("The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract" (2001), p.

John Keeton

He faced Bruce Scott in the first round, Keeton scored a knock down and won on points over three rounds.

Jonathan Cooper

Against William & Mary, he played all 71 snaps and graded out at a season-best 92 percent with seven knock-downs.

José Antonio Rivera

On January 6, 2007, Jose defended his new WBA title against Travis Simms but lost in a ninth round TKO (Technical Knock Out).

José Luis Ramírez

In his first title defense, he defeated former champion Cornelius Boza Edwards by fifth round knock out.

Knock on Wood – The Best of Amii Stewart

Knock on Wood - The Best of Amii Stewart also contains two tracks from 1981's Images/I'm Gonna Get Your Love and finishes with 1985's European hit single "Friends".

Lancashire Cup

Lancashire County Cup, a knock-out rugby league competition for teams in the traditional county of Lancashire.

Lincoln's Ghost

Perhaps the most famous incident was in 1942 when Wilhelmina of the Netherlands heard footsteps outside her White House bedroom and answered a knock on the door, only to see Lincoln in frock coat and top hat standing in front of her (she promptly fainted).

Lisa Lashes

Raised a Jehovah's Witness, on Sundays Lisa would attend meetings and knock on neighbors' doors with her parents to hand out The Watchtower and occasionally read from the Bible but her interest waned soon after her parents separated.

Me and the Big Guy

In much the same manner as an imaginary friend acts, 'The Big Guy' never responds until he finally becomes fed up with Citizen 43275-B and declares that he does not like being called 'The Big Guy' - but this intervention serves only to worsen Big Brother's predicament, as 43275-B enthusiastically hugs the telescreen and goes on to "amuse" him through a variety of ways: sock puppets, Boggle, hide and seek, one-sided pillow fights, and knock-knock jokes.

Michael Dokes

His career faltered slightly after fighting to a draw with Ossie Ocasio, but Dokes returned to knock out Ocasio in one round soon thereafter.

Mike Western

In the early 1950s he joined fellow former GB Animation artists Ron "Nobby" Clark and Eric Bradbury at Amalgamated Press, drawing adventure strips for Knock-Out, including the western "Lucky Logan" and the aviation series "Johnnie Wingco".

Nick Falco

The leader of the gang, the wife of an incarcerated criminal, had asked the woman to go home with Falco and put Rohypnol in his drink to knock him out.

Nuclear fratricide

This theory was put forward as a defense mechanism for the LGM-118 Peacekeeper missile deployment, reasoning that multiple detonations would be required to knock out an entire battery of missiles if sufficiently protected.

Princess Python

Unlike her Earth-616 version, this Princess Python has super-strength and was able to knock a piece of the Thing's body off him.

Rufus and Carla

Carla Thomas was also part of a string of successful duets ("Tramp", "Knock On Wood", "Lovey Dovey", "New Year's Resolution") with the label's biggest star, Otis Redding.

Rugby union in England

The EDF National Trophy was founded in 2005–06 as a new knock-out competition solely for English clubs, but Premiership sides do not take part.

Simon Day

He has an altercation with a patient's relative and receives a bang on the head, and he becomes increasingly lary during the episode, at one point making a pass at Connie Beauchamp; people assume he is drunk, but it transpires that he has a developed a Subdural hematoma as a result of the knock on the head.

Star Wars Trilogy Arcade

The first has the player deflecting blaster shots from Boba Fett back at him with a lightsaber in order to knock him into the Sarlacc pit behind him.

Taiwo Atieno

Islanders overcame a 2–1 deficit to knock out the Primera División de Costa Rica L.D. Alajuelense.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee

Knock Out challenges the player to KO the most players in a set time or to reach a set amount of KO first.

W. A. Harbinson

This was followed by an avant garde novel, KNOCK (1975), described in the Foreword by Colin Wilson as a work that "belongs to an Irish tradition that runs from Charles Lever and Samuel Lover, down through Joyce, Beckett and Donleavy".

Willim Welsyn

The footage was shot by Welfare and Gray on a GoPro knock-off camera while they were both covering the festival for Rolling Stone SA Magazine in August 2013.

Women's World Chess Championship 1986

In a change from the knock-out system used in the last five championship cycles, the Candidates Tournament in this cycle was contested as a double round-robin tournament in Malmö in February 1986.

Woody Dines Out

Frédéric Chopin's "Funeral March" can be heard in the background score as the taxidermist places the knock-out drops into Woody's food.

X-Men: Die by the Sword

Back at the party Pete Wisdom gives Dazzler a brand new motorcycle, Thunderbird and Nocturne have a long conversation as they restart their relationship, and Captain Britain goes to answer another knock at the door where he is stabbed by Rouge-Mort, who is accompanied by multiple figures in black military gear.


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