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5 unusual facts about archer


Archer's Lark

The grasses in their habitat, which they need to survive are being destroyed by the Parthenium hysterophorus weed.

An example of a weed that has especially killed off the original habitat is the Parthenium Weed.

Esio Trot

A 90-minute film adaptation of Esio Trot, written by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, starring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench as Mr. Hoppy and Mrs. Silver respectively, will begin filming in London in spring 2014, for release sometime thereafter.

Harold Bowden

Sir Harold Bowden, 2nd Baronet, GBE (9 July 1880 – 24 August 1960), was the chairman and chief executive of the Raleigh Bicycle Company and Sturmey-Archer Ltd from his father's death in 1921 until his own retirement in 1938.

He was also chairman of Sturmey-Archer Gears Ltd which had been taken over by his father in 1902.


174th Attack Wing

In 1998, the 174th FW deployed to Tyndall AFB, Florida, for the "Combat Archer" exercise and also to the Dugway Proving Ground, Utah to participate in exercise "Global Patriot 98".

Archer Avenue

Outside Chicago, Archer Avenue/Road passes through the villages of Summit, Justice, Willow Springs, and the southern edge of Lemont before terminating on the north side of Lockport.

Archer brothers

In 1853, Charles and William Archer were the first Europeans to discover the Fitzroy River, which they named in honour of Sir Charles FitzRoy, Governor of the Colony of New South Wales.

Archer–Hird Medal

In round 13, 2011, the medal was presented to Brent Harvey by former Australian Test cricket captain and prominent North Melbourne supporter, Ricky Ponting.

Bizarre Inc

Bizarre Inc were a house/dance-pop band from Stafford, England, that formed in 1989 as a duo of English DJs Dean Meredith and Mark "Aaron" Archer (not to be confused with the film producer of same name).

Charlotte Burgess

This gave her the 40th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced 25th seed Guo Dan in the first round, beating the archer from China with 106-104.

Cheryl Tunt

Cheryl Tunt is introduced in the Archer pilot episode, "Mole Hunt", as the secretary for Malory Archer (Jessica Walter).

Confronted animals

Human figures are often treated in the same way, often mixed in with animals in decorative schemes - archers were especially popular in the Romanesque period.

Denis Gankin

Denis Gankin (born 13 December 1989 in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakhstani archer.

Dennis Archer

Archer was a strong supporter of numerous construction projects in downtown Detroit, including two new stadiums, Ford Field for the Detroit Lions and Comerica Park for the Detroit Tigers.

Francis Archer

He had two sons, Francis Archer (1839–92), a shell collector and Samuel Archer, (1836–1902), who collected shells in Singapore.

François Vincent Latil

For the ni-Vanuatu archer of the same name, see: Francois Latil.

Geoffrey Francis Archer

Archer travelled overland from Uganda to Sudan to take up his new appointment, walking from Nimule to Rejaf and then travelling by steamer down the Bahr al Jabal to Khartoum.

Gerald Lyda

Today, sons Gerald D. and Gene Lyda, along with their sister Jo Granberg, manage the 320,000 deeded acres (1400 km²) La Escalera Ranch, which spreads across four Texas counties: Reeves, Pecos, Brewster, Archer, and Baylor.

GippsAero GA8 Airvan

Larger operators include the US Civil Air Patrol which flies 18 Airvans for Search and Rescue operations, of which 16 carry the Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance (ARCHER) system, which can be used to search for aircraft wreckage based on its spectral signature.

Gleason Archer, Sr.

Because of his interest in books, his parents allowed Archer to work for a physician near Lewiston, Maine where he could attend high school in Sabattus, Maine.

Jack Archer

Jack Archer, formally a major character in the The Archers, brother of Phil, husband of Peggy, father of Jennifer, Lillian & Tony

James J. Archer

Archer was born at Stafford, near Havre de Grace, Maryland, to John and Ann Stump Archer, a wealthy military family.

Khatuna Lorig

This gave her the 26th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Virginie Arnold in the first round, beating the archer from France with 107-105.

Laurence Archer

In 2011, Archer also began playing in the band X-UFO, alongside fellow former members of UFO, Danny Peyronel and Clive Edwards, with Rocky Newton (ex-Michael Schenker Group) on bass.

Luke Archer

It has been noted in various interviews that famous designers that inspire Archer include: John Galliano, Thierry Mugler and the late Alexander McQueen.

Mary Ellinor Lucy Archer

The Ellinor Archer Pioneer Award is one of the Australian Library and Information Association's highest awards, and is presented to a person or institution pioneering new areas of library and information science (one-off product, new service or program or development of an existing service), incorporating a future-oriented approach.

Mason City, Illinois

Vic Wunderle, archer winner of the Olympic Individual Silver Medal (2000)

Meet Corliss Archer

Like many other radio shows, Meet Corliss Archer made the leap to television with live performances in 1951 and 1952, and from 1954 to 1955, as a syndicated television show starring Ann Baker and Mary Brian.

Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum

Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (The unruly ram, 1909; Heracles Archer, 1909; Dr. Koeberle, 1914)

Millhouses railway station

It was situated on the Midland Main Line between Heeley railway station and Beauchief station, and was accessed from the Archer Road overbridge, near the junction of Abbeydale Road and Millhouses Lane.

Natalia Valeeva

This gave her the 30th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Anastassiya Bannova in the first round, beating the archer from Kazakhstan with 107–105.

Norman Painting

The character of Phil Archer developed from the lusty young romantic lead of the early episodes, working on the neighbouring Fairbrother estate, into a father and grandfather, replacing Dan Archer as the patriarch of Brookfield Farm and a senior figure in the series.

Olympig Games

Polgas' way of lighting the cauldron by using a slingshot and a dangling bottle of flammable liquid is reminiscent of archer Antonio Rebollo's way of lighting the cauldron in the 1992 Games opening ceremonies.

Park Sung-Hyun

She proceeded to defeat 33rd-ranked Russian archer Natalia Bolotova (165-148), 17th-ranked Naomi Folkard of Great Britain (171-159), 8th-ranked Evangelia Psarra of Greece (111-101), and Alison Williamson of Great Britain (110-100), to reach the final against fellow Korean Lee Sung-Jin.

Peggy Hopkins Joyce

Her first marriage to "Borax King" Everett Archer had been annulled when she was found to be underage.

Pforzen buckle

This is seen as a reference to Egil, the heroic archer of Norse mythology, who is depicted on the lid of the Auzon Runic or Franks Casket together with his wife (presumably Ailrun) engaged in battle.

Pierre Desceliers

Desceliers' father was an archer at the Chateau d’Arques and his family possibly originated from the d’Auge area, where the family name survives between Honfleur and Pont-l’Évêque.

Pork Tornado

Pork Tornado is a band co- founded in 1997 by Phish drummer Jon Fishman and Dan Archer record producer/engineer including Phishs "Lawn Boy" (guitar, vocals), Joe Moore (saxophone, vocals), Aaron Hersey (bass, vocals), and Phil Abair (keyboards, vocals).

Richard Archer

In 2006 there was a story generated by the media that Archer was having a relationship with Scarlett Johansson while she was filming Woody Allen movie Scoop in London.

Sayoko Kitabatake

This gave her the 46th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Justyna Mospinek in the first round, beating the archer from Poland and 19th seed with 103-101.

Shoot a Crooked Arrow

In Batman's first episode of the second season, Fenton Quigley, a.k.a. The Archer, a medieval enemy of Superman modeled after Robin Hood, escapes from Police Headquarters in a moving van from the Trojan Hearse Company, driven by Maid Marilyn.

The Black Rose

His friend, an archer, Tristam (Jack Hawkins) goes with him, since they are both outlaws now.

The Broken Vinyl Club

The night was attended by Gallagher, as well as his Beady Eye bandmates Gem Archer and Andy Bell, actor Martin Freeman and Acid Jazz Records boss Eddie Piller.

Toronto municipal election, 1966

Archer was the more centrist candidate, and had the endorsement of city councillors Charles Caccia, Kenneth Dear, and Hugh Bruce.

Vladimir Kryuchkov

Many historians, such as Robert Cowley and John Lewis Gaddis, believe the Able Archer incident was the closest the world has come to nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

Wake of Death

After being a gangster for many years, Ben Archer (played by Jean-Claude Van Damme) moves from Marseille to Los Angeles and decides to become legit to spend more time with his wife, Cynthia (Lisa King), and his child, Nicholas (Pierre Marais).

Walk the Straight and Narrow

The Dynamic Duo chase the villains by Batboat and rout the Archer, Crier Tuck, Big John, Maid Marilyn, and Alan A. Dale before they get the chance.

Woodsy Owl

Woodsy Owl was parodied in the 2010 South Park episode "Insheeption", as well as mentioned incorrectly as the "drug owl" the 2011 Archer episode Placebo Effect.

Zhang Juanjuan

This gave her the 27th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Tetyana Berezhna in the first round, beating the archer from Ukraine 109-97.


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