Thursday, January 22, 2015

Bet You Didn't Know All This (Me Either)

I was checking out the song "Ring of Fire" and discovered a bunch of uses for the phrase over there on Wikipedia. My kindness led me to want to share it with you. (There are 28 including the first on mentioned.)

Ring of Fire (disambiguation)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Ring of Fire is a series of oceanic trenches and volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean.
It can also refer to:

Films, radio, and TV
  • Ring of Fire (1961 film), a 1961 crime drama directed by Andrew L. Stone
  • Ring of Fire (1991 film), an IMAX documentary about the Pacific Ring of Fire
  • Ring of Fire (2013 film), a biographical television film about June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash
  • Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey, 1970s documentary film about Indonesia
  • Ring of Fire (radio program), a syndicated American talk show
  • "Ring of Fire" (Knight Rider episode), 1983
  • "Ring of Fire" (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode), 1993
Literature
  • Ring of Fire (series), a series of alternate history books by Eric Flint and other authors
  • Ring of Fire (anthology), a series of short story collections as a part of the above series. (Ring of Fire II, Ring of Fire III)
  • Ring of Fire (Buffy comic), a paperback collection of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer comics
  • Ring of Fire, one of the Three Rings of Elvenkind in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
  • Ring of Fire (novel), an Italian young adult fantasy by Pierdomenico Baccalario
Music
  • Ring of Fire (band), American heavy metal group
  • Ring of Fire (Mark Boals album)
  • Ring of Fire (musical), a musical theater production on the life of Johnny Cash
  • "Ring of Fire" (song), by June Carter, first performed by her sister, Anita Carter and later covered by Johnny Cash
  • Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash, an album by Johnny Cash
  • "Ring of Fire" (Duane Eddy song), a 1961 song by Duane Eddy from the movie Ring of Fire
  • "Ring of Fire", a song by The 3rd and the Mortal on their 1994 EP, Sorrow
Natural science
  • Ring of Fire, a sunflower variety
  • Northern Ontario Ring of Fire, a geographic formation and mining exploration area in Canada
  • In atmospheric sciences, thunderstorms that form on the periphery of a high-pressure ridge in summer and can include derechoes

Other uses
  • Ring of Fire (game), a drinking game
  • Ring of Fire (ride), an amusement ride
  • Ring of Fire Studios, a visual effects, animation, and digital post production studio
  • "The Ring of Fire", a nickname of Westpac Stadium, a sports arena in New Zealand
  • "The Ring of Fire", a nickname of the lighting system of the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, a sports arena in the United Arab Emirates

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