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Big Ben has chimed with a slightly different tone ever since, and is still in use today with the crack unrepaired. Big Ben was the largest bell in the British Isles until "Great Paul", a 16.75-ton (17 tonne) bell currently hung in St Paul's Cathedral, was cast in 1881. [78]
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Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger Sr. (/ ˈ r ɒ θ l ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ ər / ROTH-liss-BUR-gur; born March 2, 1982), nicknamed "Big Ben", is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Big Ben (previously known as Big Ben Peak, Old Ben Mountain, Emperor William Peak and Kaiser Wilhelm-Berg) [1] is a volcanic massif that dominates the geography of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. It is a stratovolcano with a diameter of about 25 km (16 mi). Its highest point is Mawson Peak, which is 2,745 m (9,006 ft) above sea level.
Big Ben Aden in 1964 Big Ben Aden. View from the inner roadstead. Postcard of Tawahi. Big Ben Aden (Arabic: بيغ بن عدن [1]) is a clock tower built by British engineers, along with locals, beside Aden Harbour in Yemen during the period that Aden Province (later called Aden Colony) was a territory within the British Empire.
It was performed in the shadow of Big Ben in Central Hall Westminster in Central London. The concert was broadcast live on BBC One from 23:15 to 00:30. [1] [2] From around 23:59 to 00:10, the show paused for the chimes of the Big Ben in the New Year countdown and the firework display in London. The band returned with after the fireworks ended.
In 1984, the horse began competing in show jumping events, touching off what would become a long and successful career. Millar rode Big Ben to more than 40 Grand Prix titles including six Spruce Meadows Derbys, as well as taking the world cup show jumping championship two years in a row - the first World Cup Final coming at Gothenburg, Sweden in 1988, and then again the next year in Tampa ...
Big Ben is also known in the literature as The Clock, Clock, L'Horloge, Grandfather's Clock Patience, Grandfather's Clock and Father Time.It should not be confused with the one pack games of Clock, the shuttling game, The Clock as a variant of Travellers or Clock as a relative of Block Eleven.