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5 unusual facts about Wizard


Greenmachine

They played The Wizard's Convention in 2005 and are featured on the DVD along with fellow Japanese artists Boris, Church of Misery and Eternal Elysium.

Kenneth Biller

In 2008, he was linked with a series based on the Terry Goodkind fantasy novel series Wizard's First Rule.

Wizard, the Life and Times of Nikola Tesla

The Wizard, the Life and Times of Nikola Tesla (ISBN 0806519606) is a 1998 biography book by Marc Seifer detailing the life of Nikola Tesla.

Wizard's Convention: Japanese Heavy Rock Showcase

Eternal Elysium play stoner metal, and Greenmachine play sludge metal, mainly material from The Archive of Rotten Blues.

Wizard's First Rule

Starring Craig Horner as Richard and Bridget Regan as Kahlan, the series was produced by Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert, and expanded upon some of the themes of the book's storyline, but bore only a passing resemblance to the book on a grander scale.


3-D Film Preservation Fund

Expo II was announced as being the local for the world premiere of several films never before seen in 3-D, including The Diamond Wizard and the Universal short subject, Hawaiian Nights with Mamie Van Doren and Pinky Lee.

A Touch of Magic

The film begins with a designer at the drawing board, daydreaming about a 1920s couple who travel to the Middle Ages; the Man saves the Woman from a wizard ("an evil charmer") and a dragon, only to abruptly discover that they are all performing for an audience in the 1960s.

Aberavon RFC

One theory of the nickname 'The Wizards' is thought to have been based on the many workers who came to Port Talbot in the 19th century from the Carmarthen area, strongly associated with the legendary wizard Merlin.

Action Synthese

The studio is currently working on a movie based on the popular novel The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and a sequel to the feature film The Magic Roundabout.

Avery County, North Carolina

Oz Days at the former Land of Oz theme park on Beech Mountain in the fall also attracts visitors who love the legacy of the famous Judy Garland movie "The Wizard of Oz" based on Frank Baum's famous book.

Barnard Hughes

He was the central character in three sitcoms: Doc, which ran on CBS from 1975–77, where he played a physician; Mr. Merlin, in which he played Merlin, a magician mentoring a 20th-century teenager; and The Cavanaughs, co-starring Christine Ebersole, in which he played the family patriarch (Art Carney played his brother, and Glynis Johns made guest appearances).

Canadian Music Week

Cassius Khan, Indian Classical Musician; The Ghazal Tabla Wizard

Chumak

Their trade is mentioned in the literal as well as artistic works of Taras Shevchenko, the Crimean-Armenian Ivan Aivazovsky, the motion movie Moskal, the Wizard (1995), song of Taras Petrynenko Ukraina.

Circle of Eight

For instance, Rary was a low-level wizard created by Brian Blume and played only until he reached 3rd-level, at which point Blume retired him, having reached his objective, which was to be able to introduce his character as "Medium Rary".

Curse of the Azure Bonds

The remaining four bonds are controlled by Mogion, leader of the cult of Moander, Dracandros the Red Wizard, Fzoul Chembryl and his beholder allies, and Tyranthraxus, the main antagonist from Pool of Radiance.

Diablo III

In the game, players choose one of five character classes—Witch Doctor, Barbarian, Wizard, Monk, or Demon Hunter—and are tasked with defeating the Lord of Terror, Diablo.

Dona Massin

In Dona's later years, she and daughter Jodie would visit the Wizard of Oz Festivals in Chesterton, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Chicago.

Dr. Loveless

Loveless was introduced in the 1965 episode "The Night the Wizard Shook The Earth," which was the show's third televised episode (although it was produced sixth).

Dragons: Fire and Ice

Xenoz (Mark Oliver) is an evil Wizard who cryokinetically creates, controls, molds, and manipulates solid ice to his every whim and desire.

Ebenezer Ekuban

Ekuban has been said to have "the perfect name for an evil wizard" by BioWare video game writer Brad Prince.

Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), American author of children's books, notably The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Frequencies from Planet Ten

Saruman is an evil wizard and Lothlórien is a mythical forest which is home to a race of elves.

Gandalf Ridge

The discovery of very hard volcanic rock at this ridge led to the naming: Gandalf, after a crusty character (a wizard) in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

George Bugatti

Wizard is a labor of love for Bugatti who has written, directed and stars in this tribute to one of his favorite songwriting heroes, Harold Arlen.

Hallandale Beach, Florida

Meyer Lansky (1902–1983), Jewish gangster; financial wizard of the National Crime Syndicate

Hedge wizard

In Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of novels, the term 'hedge wizard' is used to describe a wizard who specializes in the magical properties of plants.

Howl's Moving Castle

The less obvious choice of Brett Anderson (singer/songwriter in the indie band Suede) was rumoured as playing the role of wizard Howl.

HTML-Kit

HTML-Kit enables running batch actions such as global search and replace in multiple files, Internet Explorer and Mozilla / Netscape side-by-side previewing, W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines checking through HTML Tidy, internal Command Prompt, TimeTracker, translations, Text to Speech Wizard and UnicodePad.

It's Complicated Being a Wizard

The name of the album 'It's Complicated Being a Wizard' is in reference to former NBA player, Michael Jordan, whose number was famously 23 (the length in minutes of the title track).

IWZ

InstallShield WiZard (Project file extension used by InstallShield Express 1.0 and 2.x)

Joseph M. Finotti

His last literary effort, which he did not live to see published, entitled "The Mystery of the Wizard Clip" (Baltimore, 1879), is a story of preternatural occurrences at Smithfield, West Virginia, involving Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin.

Mark Bouris

Wizard Home Loans was founded by Bouris in 1996 and was sold to GE Money in 2004 for $500 million.

Mary MacPherran

However, this stay in The Vault was as permanent as earlier ones – a conspiracy between Loki and the Wizard saw Titania free once more, in Loki's Acts of Vengeance plan.

Merlin: The Quest Begins

Merlin: The Quest Begins was created by Eamonn Maguire and is a 1998 television movie about a young Merlin (Jason Connery).

Merlin's Apprentice

It is a sequel to the hit 1998 television miniseries Merlin with Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson reprising their roles as Merlin and the Lady of the Lake, albeit slightly different versions of their characters.

Pascal Script

Using Pascal Script, users can customize almost all parts of the setup, add new wizard pages, call into DLLs to add advanced features and provide custom behavior and install conditions.

R. T. Alderman Junior High

In the 2009-2010 year, the production was "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", in 2010-2011 "Little Shop of Horrors", in 2011-2012 "Grease and in 2012-2013 The Wizard Of OZ (musical).

Rubeus

Rubeus Hagrid; a half-wizard, half-giant serving as a Hogwarts teacher in the Harry Potter novels and films

Ruma National Park

It was later renamed “Ruma” after one of Kenya’s most powerful wizard, the much feared Gor Mahia who lived around the park (affiliated to Gor Mahia F.C.).

Santo Niño de Atocha

In Wizards of Waverly Place, they have a candle in their wizard lair with the Santo Niño de Atocha's image.

Studebaker Commander

In Australia, a crew of three drivers led by Norman "Wizard" Smith tackled overland records using a Commander roadster.

The Making of The Wizard of Oz

The Making of the Wizard Of Oz, written by film historian Aljean Harmetz, is a book about the production of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

The Shadow of Night

These were Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, well known as the patron of the acting company Lord Strange's Men; Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland, the so-called "Wizard Earl;" and George Carey, who succeeded his father as Lord Hunsdon in 1596 and as Lord Chamberlain of England in 1597.

They shall not pass

In J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, the wizard Gandalf declares repeatedly, "You cannot pass!" when he blocks the pursuing demon called a Balrog.

Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring

Meanwhile, in the basement, a wizard named Chip is making a magical potion, using these ingredients: warts from a bullfrog, one stick of butter, and milk from a cow that lives in Kolkata, India.

Winged monkeys

At this remark, the Asgardian hero Thor is confused, not knowing what a monkey is (and not having read or seen The Wizard of Oz) whilst Captain America excitedly announces that he understood the reference, having come from a source from before when he was frozen during World War II.

Wizard Cup

Queensland Cup, a rugby league football competition formerly known as the Queensland Wizard Cup

Wizard of Oz experiment

John F. (“Jeff”) Kelley coined the phrases “Wizard of OZ” and “OZ Paradigm” for this purpose circa 1980 to describe the method he developed during his dissertation work at Johns Hopkins University.

Xaltotun

He appears in The Hour of the Dragon as an ancient resurrected wizard, and serves as the main enemy to Conan.


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