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Big Ben

clock in the Parliament tower in London, generally said to have been named for Sir Benjamin Hall (1802-1867), first Chief Commissioner of Works, under whose supervision the bell was cast.

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Big Ben (horse)

Big Ben (April 20, 1976 – December 11, 1999) was a world champion show jumping horse.

Big Ben (Heard Island)

Big Ben is a volcanic massif that dominates the geography of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. It is a composite cone with a diameter of approximately 25 kilometres. Its highest peak is Mawson Peak, which is 2,745 m above sea level. Much of it is covered by ice, including 14 major glaciers which descend from Big Ben to the sea. Big Ben is the highest mountain in Australian Territory, except for those in the Australian Antarctic Territory. A smaller volcanic headland, the Laurens Peninsula, extends approximately 10 km to the northwest, created by a separate volcano, Mount Dixon; its highest point is Anzac Peak, at 715 m.

Big Ben (solitaire)

Big Ben (or known in other solitaire brands as Clock) is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of playing cards mixed together. It is basically a large-scale, two-deck version of Grandfather's Clock and is probably named after Big Ben, the colloquially used nickname for the clock face at the tower of the Palace of Westminster in London.

Before the start of the game, the following cards are separated from the decks: 2♣, 3♥, 4♠, 5♦, 6♣, 7♥, 8♠, 9♦, 10♣, J♥, Q♠, K♦. These cards are used to form a circle arranged like numbers on a clock face with the 2♣ on the "9 o' clock" position, the 5♦ at the "12 o' clock" position, and the K♦ at the "8 o' clock." This will be the foundations, or the "inner circle" (otherwise known as the "clock").

Twelve piles of three cards are then dealt around the inner circle. These piles form the tableau, or the "outer circle." The top cards of the outer circle are available for play to the inner circle or around the outer circle. Building on the outer circle is down by suit, while the foundations in the inner circle are built up by suit until the last card corresponds to the its position on the clock (i.e. the Q♠ should be built up to 7♠, for instance). Building is also continuous, with Aces placed over Kings in the inner circle and vice versa in the outer circle.

The minimum number of cards in each pile in the outer circle is three. A pile containing less than three cards is said to have gaps; an empty pile has three "gaps," a pile having one card has two "gaps," and a pile with two cards has one "gap." As cards are built, "gaps" are formed and the only way these are "filled" is by dealing cards from the stock. Building on a pile having cards less than three is like "filling a gap" from the tableau and is therefore not allowed.

It is the player's discretion when to fill the "gaps," but when the player decides to do so, one has to fill all "gaps," i. e. replenish all piles with less than three cards so each of them contains three cards once again. For example, two piles are empty, one pile has one card left, and two piles have two cards left. So the player has to fill a total of 10 gaps. He does this by dealing cards one card per pile at a time clockwise starting from the pile above the "12 o' clock" foundation. No building is done until this process is complete. The player can do this as long as there are "gaps."

Sometimes, the player cannot make any moves even when all piles contain three cards each. So the player can deal cards from the stock one at a time. Cards that cannot be built either onto the inner or outer circles are placed on the wastepile (as a suggestion, one can place the waste pile at the center of the inner circle for convenience). Again, cards at the wastepile cannot be used to fill "gaps." But once the stock is exhausted, there are no re-deals; the game ends sooner after this or later.

The game is won when all foundations show cards corresponding to their positions in the clock (J♠ on "11 o' clock," Q♦ on "12 o' clock," A♣ on "1 o' clock," and so on.)

Solsuite deviates from the rules above by implementing these rules 1:

  • When filling "gaps" it starts from the pile over the "1 o' clock" foundation.
  • The cards at the waste pile can be used as a new stock (this can be done only once).

In addition, JSolitaire's version of Big Ben (as well some rule sets) also allows building on piles with less than three cards. 2

Big Ben (comics)

Big Ben is a comic book character who first appeared during Alan Moore's run on Marvelman in Warrior and then went on to star in an eponymous series in the same title, written by the character's creator Dez Skinn.

Big Ben (album)

Big Ben is the fourth album by Brazilian artist Jorge Ben, originally released in 1965.

Big Ben (disambiguation)

Big Ben is the popular name for the bell and the clock in the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, England.

Big Ben may also refer to:

  • Big Ben (Heard Island), a volcanic massif on Heard Island, in the southern Indian Ocean
  • Big Ben (horse), a Canadian show jumping horse
  • Big Ben (solitaire), a solitaire card game resembling Clock Patience
  • Big Ben (comics), a fictional British superhero featured in comic books and a planned animated TV show
  • Big Ben (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
  • Big Ben (album), a 1965 album by Brazilian musician Jorge Ben
  • Big Ben Aden, a clock tower in Aden, Yemen
  • Project Big Ben, a British WWII operation to reconstruct and evaluate captured missiles such as the V-2
  • Clock Tower of Murshidabad, popularly known as the Big Ben of Murshidabad
  • West Virginia Route 193, also called the "Big Ben" Bowen Highway
  • Big Ben, a whale in the stop-motion animated special Rudolph's Shiny New Year
  • A model of alarm clock manufactured by Westclox
  • A series of 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles, made by Milton Bradley
  • A brand of meat pies sold in Australia and New Zealand
  • A brand of chewing tobacco in the 1930s
  • Big Ben a weekly magazine of political comment published from 1893 to 1894

As a nickname, it may refer to:

  • Ben Bowen (2002–2005), American cancer patient
  • Ben Dunkelman (1913–1997), Canadian veteran of the Second World War and other conflicts
  • Ben Gordon (born 1983), British-American basketball player
  • Ben Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
  • Ben Maller, American national sports radio host
  • Ben McDonald (born 1967), former Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Ben Roethlisberger (born 1982), American football player
  • Ben Wallace (born 1974), American basketball player
  • The 100 US dollar banknote, after 1996 when the portrait of Benjamin Franklin was enlarged
Big Ben

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower. The tower is officially known as Elizabeth Tower, renamed to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2012; previously it was known simply as the Clock Tower. The tower holds the second largest four-faced chiming clock in the world (after Minneapolis City Hall). The tower was completed in 1859 and had its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009, during which celebratory events took place. The tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of the United Kingdom and is often in the establishing shot of films set in London.

Big Ben (locomotive)

The locomotive locally known as "Big Ben" was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works as an 0-6-0 ST type in 1919 as their works number 5212. The locomotive was exported in a new condition on a steamer from New York to Tasmania, Australia, where it was used by the Public Works Department on the Marrawah Tramway in Tasmania's far north west running between Smithton and Marrawah.

On the Marrawah Tramway, the locomotive was locally known as "Big Ben", however it was also referred to as Marrawah tramway No. 3. When the Tasmanian Government Railways taken over the Marrawah tramway in 1929, the engine passed into their ownership. "Big Ben" was apparently light on the front wheels and as a result, the front was often prone to rise above the wheels when running front first. On the 6 September 1938 when running with a load of logs the wheels risen up again but when they came down they didn't find the rails resulting in a derailment which caused the driver to die from injuries the next day. After this incident, a load of old rails where tied to the front of the engine to weigh it down.

In April 1946, "Big Ben" was sent to Launceston to receive a general overhaul but was only used as a standby engine on the tram due to the Tasmanian Government Railways introduction of more powerful locomotives. In mid 1948 the Tasmanian Government Railways sent "Big Ben" to work on the Parattah to Oatlands railway in southern Tasmania because the other engines working it were needed on other branch lines.

In 1949 after the Parattah to Oatlands lines closure "Big Ben" was sent to Launceston as a shunter and was scrapped in October 1951.

Category:0-6-0 locomotives Category:Baldwin locomotives Category:Individual locomotives of Australia Category:Steam locomotives of Tasmania

Usage examples of "big ben".

And despite his personal appearance, Ramsanjawi was more English than Big Ben.

Baker was sitting on the couch nearest the wide, sweeping windows that overlooked the Thames, the stately tower of Big Ben behind him in the distance.

I'll d-dig em and y-you sh-show me where to p-put em ih-in, Big Ben.

You need him as much as you need me, and to hell with Big Ben if he doesn't think so.

Eddie felt as if he had been jammed headfirst into the works of Big Ben as it was striking midnight.