My favourites
| Flower | Bird's-eye speedwell or Germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys), sunray/everlasting/strawflower (Rhodanthe chlorocephala) |
|---|---|
| Tree | Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), rowan or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia) |
| Mushroom (as food) | Yellow chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius), funnel chanterelle (Cantharellus tubaeformis) |
| Animal | wolf (Canis lupus), stone marten or beech marten (Martes foina), Norway lemming (Lemmus lemmus) |
| Bird | by appearance: coal tit (Parus ater),
hooded crow (Corvus corone subsp. cornix),
raven (Corvus corax),
house sparrow (Passer domesticus) by song: blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Butterfly | Blues (subfamily Polyommatinae), poplar admiral (Limenitis populi), purple emperor (Apatura iris) |
| Pet | cat (Felis silvestris catus) |
| Stone | flint (SiO2), granite |
| Mineral | pyrite or iron pyrites (FeS2), quartz (SiO2) |
| Element | silicon (Si), iron (Fe) |
| Metal | silver (Ag) |
| Star | Sirius |
| Constellation | Orion |
| Moon crater | Tycho (42°S 10°W) |
| Lunar mare | Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises, 15°N 60°E) |
| Integer | 2, 13, 15, 20, 37, 729 |
| Irrational number | pi (π ≈ 3,141592653589793), golden section or sectio aurea (Φ = (√5 + 1) / 2 ≈ 1,618033988749895 ; Φ-1 = Φ - 1 ; Φ2 = Φ + 1) |
| Integer sequence | Fibonacci sequence (0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144,...), where every number is the sum of two previous ones (an+1 = an + an-1). The ratio of two consecutive terms closes to the value of the golden section. Any term can be calculated with the formula Fn = (Φn - (1 - Φ)n) / √5. This formula doesn't take into account the zero in the beginning, because it is disputed whether the zero belongs to the sequence. |
| Mathematical formula | eiπ + 1 = 0 |
| Language | Finnish, Latin, English, Japanese, Classical Greek (specifically the classical Attic dialect), Old English, Sanskrit, Welsh, Lait |
| Script | Devanagari (देवनागरी) |
| Vowel | open back unrounded vowel [ɑ] |
| Name | Krista [with Finnish pronunciation ['kris.tɑ], that is, with a rolled r and without vowel reduction], 舞 (Mai), 遥香 (Haruka) |
| Book | His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman), The Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien) |
| Poem | The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe) |
| Comic | Donald Duck, Ranma 1/2 |
| Movie | Bin-jip, Casino Royale, Chocolate, The Da Vinci Code, Dororo, Fearless, Forrest Gump, Inception, The Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Negotiator, 1941, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, The Recruit, The Road Home, Spy Game, Twister |
| Series | Azumanga Daioh, Babylon 5, MacGyver, The Mentalist, Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, The O.C. |
| Actor | Richard Dean Anderson, Jackie Chan, Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Tommy Lee Jones, Jet Li, Viggo Mortensen, Eddie Murphy, Leslie Nielsen, Brad Pitt, Gary Sinise, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis |
| Actress | Sandra Bullock, Judi Dench, Jodie Foster, Alyson Hannigan, Maki Horikita, Milla Jovovich, Ashley Judd, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Yuki Matsuoka (voice actress), Winona Ryder, Yanin Vismistananda, Zhang Ziyi |
| Music | j-pop, film music, ragtime, classical, pop |
| Composer | Scott Joplin, Richard Wagner, John Williams, Hans Zimmer |
| Artist/group | AKB48, Berryz Koubou, Buono!, °C-ute, Momoiro Clover, Morning Musume, Onyanko Club |
| Instrument | piano |
