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Bamber Gascoigne
Bamber Gascoigne (Arthur Bamber Gascoigne, 1935–2022), English writer and broadcaster, original quizmaster of University Challenge 1962–1987; author of How to Identify Prints; restorer of West Horsley Place.
Bamberg
Bamberg is a county-independent town in Upper Franconia, northern Bavaria, on the Regnitz river, with about 77,000 residents. A prince-bishopric founded in 1007 by Henry II, its intact old town was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993.
Bamberg Cathedral
Bamberg Cathedral (Bamberger Dom) is the Catholic cathedral of Bamberg, Bavaria, rebuilt in late Romanesque and early Gothic style from about 1200 to 1237 with four towers.
Bamberg Rider
The Bamberg Rider (Bamberger Reiter, also called Domreiter) is a life-size medieval equestrian statue of an unidentified crowned figure in Bamberg Cathedral, carved between 1225 and 1237.
Bambi
Bambi is Walt Disney's 1942 animated feature, based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel, about a fawn who becomes Great Prince of the Forest. Premiered in London August 1942, U.S. release August 13; oil-paint backgrounds, multiplane camera, over $2,000,000 cost, National Film Registry 2011. Not the 2013 Lifshitz documentary or the Python Bambi package.
Bambi II
Bambi II (2006) is a DisneyToon Studios direct-to-DVD animated midquel to Bambi (1942), directed by Brian Pimental, with Patrick Stewart as the Great Prince raising the motherless fawn; it sold 2.5 million DVDs in its first week and won a 2007 Annie Award.
Bambi Woods
Bambi Woods is the stage name of an American former pornographic actress and exotic dancer, best known for the title role in the 1978 film Debbie Does Dallas.
Bambi, a Life in the Woods
Bambi, a Life in the Woods (Bambi. Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde) is Felix Salten's 1923 Austrian adult novel about a roe deer, translated by Whittaker Chambers in 1928, banned by the Nazis, and adapted into Disney's 1942 film.
Bambi: The Reckoning
Bambi: The Reckoning is a 2025 British horror film directed by Dan Allen, the fourth entry in the Twisted Childhood Universe, in which a mutated deer stalks a mother and son after a car wreck; released July 25, 2025.
Bambie Thug
Bambie Thug (Bambie Ray Robinson, born 1993, Macroom, Cork) is a non-binary Irish 'ouija-pop' singer signed to Spinefarm; 'Doomsday Blue' placed sixth for Ireland at Eurovision 2024.
Bamboo
Bamboo (Bambusoideae): woody grasses of Poaceae with hollow culms, 1885 species in 144 genera, native to all continents except Europe and Antarctica, growing up to 60 cm per day and flowering synchronously on 50-year cycles.
Bamboo Airways
Bamboo Airways is a Vietnamese "hybrid" airline combining low-cost and full-service features, founded by FLC Group and launched in January 2019 before restructuring shrank its 30-aircraft fleet.
Bamboo Annals
The Bamboo Annals (竹书纪年) is a Warring States chronicle of the state of Wei, unearthed from a royal tomb at Jijun in the Western Jin dynasty, covering Yao through the Zhou.
Bamboo blossom
Bamboo blossom: flowering in Bambusoideae grasses, also called gregarious flowering or masting. Species flower once after 3–150-year cycles, often synchronously, then die; events trigger rodent outbreaks and famine in northeast India.
Bamboo construction
Bamboo construction uses whole round culms or engineered bamboo as structural material. Key facts: ISO 22156:2021 limits round-bamboo buildings to two storeys and 7 m; joints are the main difficulty; bamboo floors emit 12 vs 160 kg CO2-eq/m2 for concrete; Hong Kong bamboo scaffolding tradition.
Bamboo in East Asian culture
Bamboo in East Asian culture is a system of moral and literary symbols in which bamboo's hollow stem, straight growth, and winter survival stand for integrity, humility, and endurance.
Bamboo Mañalac
Bamboo Mañalac (Francisco Gaudencio Lope Belardo Mañalac), Filipino-American singer known as Bamboo, frontman of Rivermaya 1994-1998 and band Bamboo 2002-2011, solo albums No Water No Moon and Bless This Mess, Voice of the Philippines coach.
Bamboo mosaic virus
Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV, 竹嵌紋病毒), a Potexvirus (Alphaflexiviridae) with a 6,366-nt positive-sense RNA genome, infects bamboo causing mosaic disease and bamboo-nail shoot lesions, and serves as a plant expression vector for pharmaceuticals and bamboo gene studies.
Bamboo shoot
Bamboo shoot, takenoko, the young culm of bamboo eaten as a vegetable across Asia; nutritious but containing taxiphyllin cyanogenic glycosides, so shoots must be boiled, fermented, or canned before eating.
Bamboo textile
Bamboo textile: fabric from bamboo, usually chemically regenerated as rayon/viscose rather than true mechanical bamboo fiber. FTC requires 'rayon made from bamboo' labeling; antibacterial and eco claims lack evidence.
Bambooworking
Bambooworking is the craft of splitting and weaving bamboo into baskets, mats, and furniture, often alongside rattan (wicker). Known through Chinese, Japanese (Beppu, Living National Treasures), and Southeast Asian traditions, now extending to composites and architecture.
Bamboozled
Bamboozled is Spike Lee's 2000 satirical comedy-drama in which TV writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) pitches a blackface minstrel show that becomes a hit. Released by New Line, it grossed $2.2 million against a $10 million budget and was later restored by Criterion.
Bambora
Bambora is a Stockholm-based payment service provider founded by Johan Tjärnberg in 2014 under Nordic Capital, sold to Ingenico Group in 2017 for about €1.5 billion.
Bambouk
Bambouk is a gold-producing region of western Mali and eastern Senegal, between the Bafing and Falémé rivers, and a chief source of West African gold from the tenth century onward.
Bambu Lab (拓竹科技)
Bambu Lab, also known as 拓竹科技, is a Chinese consumer technology company founded in Shenzhen in 2020 by former DJI engineers, known for fast, self-calibrating 3D printers.
Bambuk
Bambuk, also spelled Bambuhu and called Bambouk by the French, is a gold-producing region of West Africa between the Senegal and Falémé rivers, a chief source of medieval trans-Saharan gold.
Bamburgh
Bamburgh, Northumberland: coastal village and site of Bamburgh Castle, also known as Bebbanburg, citadel of the Kings of Bernicia, royal fortress 1095-1603, Grade I listed, repeatedly voted the UK's best seaside destination.
Bamburgh Castle
Bamburgh Castle, Bebbanburg, a Grade I listed Northumberland castle on a volcanic dolerite outcrop; Northumbrian royal seat from the sixth century, restored by Lord Armstrong and C.J. Ferguson, 1894–1904.
Bambusa
Bambusa Schreb. is a genus of clumping woody bamboos (Poaceae, Bambusoideae, Bambusinae) native from tropical and subtropical Asia to northern Australia, with roughly 70-153 accepted species, hollow jointed culms, six stamens, and widely cultivated species such as B. vulgaris and B. bambos.
Bambusa vulgaris
Bambusa vulgaris (common or yellow bamboo), a clumping tropical bamboo native from Assam to Indo-China, culms to about 13 m, hollow, green, or yellow; widely naturalized, used in construction, composites, and food, with compressive strength up to about 64 MPa dry.