Goliath (disambiguation)

Goliath (disambiguation)

Goliath was a biblical giant, famous for his battle with David.

Goliath may also refer to:

Biology

* Goliath frog, an African frog of genus "Conraua"
* Atlantic Goliath grouper, a species of fish found in the Atlantic Ocean
* Pacific Goliath grouper, a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean
* Goliath birdeater, largest spider in the world; native to the rain forest regions of northern South America
* "Homo heidelbergensis", an extinct species of the genus "Homo"
* Goliath Beetle, insects of the genus "Goliathus", the largest insects in terms of bulk and weight.
* Goliath was a large Kodiak Bear that lived at the Space Farms Zoo and Museum in New Jersey.
* Goliath, the largest White-tailed deer ever kept in captivity, died in 2004.

Music

* Goliath, a song by the Mars Volta from their album The Bedlam in Goliath. It was said to be the name of a series of voices from an ouiji board that spoke to the band

Technology

* Goliath (car), a German car brand of the Borgward group
* HMS "Goliath", the name of several British Royal Navy ships
* Goliath tracked mine, a remote-controlled tracked explosive device used by the German Wehrmacht during World War II
* Goliath transmitter, a VLF-transmitter of the German Navy in World War II
* Samson and Goliath (cranes), twin shipbuilding gantry cranes in Queen's Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland
* Goliath (1855 - 1885), one of the four South Devon Railway Tornado class steam locomotives
* Goliath (aeroplane), the first long-distance passenger airliner
* Goliath (Fore River, Massachusetts) shipbuilding crane at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Roller coasters

Six Flags Theme Parks holds the trademark for the use of "Goliath" as a roller coaster name. Thus, the name has been used frequently throughout the company's parks.

* Goliath (Six Flags Magic Mountain), a hypercoaster located in California, United States
* Goliath (Six Flags Over Georgia), a hypercoaster located in Georgia, United States
* Goliath (La Ronde), a roller coaster in Montreal, Québec, Canada (operated by Six Flags Theme Parks)
* Goliath (Walibi World), a roller coaster in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands.
* Goliath (Six Flags Fiesta Texas), an inverted roller coaster in San Antonio, Texas, set to open in 2008.

Fiction

* Goliath (Amalgam Comics), a fictional Amalgam Comics superhero
* Goliath (Gargoyles), a heroic figure in the animated television series "Gargoyles (TV series)"
* Goliath, a Terran combat walker in the "StarCraft" series.
* Goliath (Knight Rider), an armoured truck driven by the villain Garthe Knight in the television series "Knight Rider"
* SCS "Goliath", a fictional starship in the game "Space Quest V"
* Goliath, an alias of Marvel Comics characters Henry Pym, Hawkeye, Atlas, and Bill Foster
* Goliath Corporation, the world's largest company in the Thursday Next series of novels by Jasper Fforde
* A vehicle in the "Unreal Tournament 2004" and "Unreal Tournament 3" computer games
* The Goliaths are a gang in the table top skirmish war game Necromunda produced by Games Workshop
* A race in Dungeons and Dragons.
* Goliath, the hero in several sword and sandal movies, rarely depicting the Biblical character, and sometimes used just in the English language dubbing
* Goliath, the name of the hero's dog/lion in the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon series, Samson & Goliath
* Goliath, the name of the huge warship you must fight at the end of "Capture The Black Pearl" quest in the online game, Pirates of the Caribbean Online.
* Goliath, the name of an extremely powerful vehicle, which is notoriously difficult to destroy in the game Battlefield 2142 ,
* Goliath is an unlockable boxer on the video game Fight Night Round 3

Other

* Goliath, a type of bet covering eight selections.
* A techno & hardstyle rave party held every year in Switzerland.

References

See also:
* David and Goliath
* Goliath, Karel (1901-1984) the last soldier from the Czechoslovak army in exile, who returned home from Soviet Gulag in 1955.


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