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Golden Age of Radio
Golden Age of Radio: US radio broadcasting era, roughly late 1920s to early 1950s, from KDKA (1920) and NBC (1926) through soap operas, comedies, FDR's fireside chats, and WWII news, ending as TV took audiences and ad money.
Golden Age of Russian Poetry
The Golden Age of Russian poetry (Золотой век русской поэзии) is the first third of the 19th century, when poetry led Russian literature, centered on Alexander Pushkin.
Golden Age of Science Fiction
The Golden Age of Science Fiction is the period of genre magazine sf, roughly 1938 into the 1950s, begun by John W. Campbell Jr's editorship of Astounding in October 1937, when Asimov, Heinlein, van Vogt, and other major writers debuted; its end date and validity are disputed.
Golden Age of Television
Golden Age of Television: the US live-television era of the late 1940s to about 1960, centered on New York anthology dramas by writers like Serling and Chayefsky, ending as filmed series took over; distinct from later second and Sopranos-era golden ages.
Golden apple
Golden apple in Greek mythology: the gold fruit of the Hesperides' garden sought by Heracles, Eris's apple of discord judged by Paris, and the three apples Hippomenes used to win Atalanta's race.
Golden Arches
The Golden Arches are the paired yellow arches of McDonald's restaurants and the 'M' logo derived from them, first built in Phoenix, Arizona in 1953.
Golden Arrow (train)
The Golden Arrow was a luxury all-Pullman boat train from London Victoria to the Channel ports, linking with the French Flèche d'Or to Paris from 1929.
Golden Axe
Golden Axe (ゴールデンアックス) is Sega's 1989 System 16-B fantasy beat 'em up by Makoto Uchida, starring Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, and Gilius Thunderhead against Death Adder; ported to Genesis and many systems, with sequels and a 2026 Paramount+ animated series.
Golden Axe (2026 TV series)
Golden Axe (2026 TV series): adult animated action-comedy on Paramount+, premiered September 16, 2026 with 10 episodes; created by Mike McMahan and Joe Chandler; adapts SEGA's 1989 arcade beat 'em up, following Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, Gilius Thunderhead, and new character Hampton Squib against Death Adder.
Golden Balls
Golden Balls (Huevos de oro) is Bigas Luna's 1993 Spanish-French-Italian drama, second of the Iberian trilogy, starring Javier Bardem as Benito González, a macho builder chasing a Benidorm skyscraper; San Sebastián Special Jury Prize winner.
Golden Beach
Golden Beach: name shared by several coastal places, chiefly a 3.5 km Yellow Sea beach (金沙滩, Jinshatan) in Qingdao, China, a 4A tourist attraction hosting the 2026 World Rowing championships and the Beer City festival venue; also hotels in Crete and Hurghada, and towns in Queensland, Florida, and Hong Kong.
Golden Beach Surf Club
Golden Beach Surf Club names a FlowRider wave-simulator venue in Sok San Village, Koh Rong, Cambodia (Cambodia's only wave simulator, $40 hourly lessons), and a volunteer surf life saving club at Golden Beach, Victoria, seeking Life Saving Victoria affiliation.
Golden Bear
Golden Bear (Goldener Bär), top prize of the Berlin International Film Festival, awarded by the International Jury to the Competition's best film; first given 1951, recent winners Drømmer (2025) and Yellow Letters (2026).
Golden Bomber
Golden Bomber (ゴールデンボンバー, also known as Kinbaku) is a four-member Japanese visual-kei air band formed in 2004 whose members mime instruments while performing comedy skits.
Golden bowl of Hasanlu
The Golden bowl of Hasanlu is a solid gold bowl with mythological relief scenes, found in 1958 at Hasanlu Tepe in northwestern Iran and held by the National Museum of Iran.
Golden Boy (ゴールデンボーイ) (manga)
Golden Boy (ゴールデンボーイ) is Tatsuya Egawa's seinen manga serialized in Shueisha's Super Jump 1992-1997, 10 volumes, about Tokyo University dropout Kintaro Oe; adapted as a 1995-1996 six-episode A.P.P.P. OVA, with a 2010-2011 sequel Golden Boy II.
Golden Boy Promotions
Golden Boy Promotions is a Los Angeles-based boxing promoter founded in 2002 by Oscar De La Hoya, a 10-time world champion, and is a major force in American boxing.
Golden Brooks
Golden Brooks (Golden Ameda Brooks), American actress born 1970 in Fresno, California; best known as Maya Denise Wilkes on Girlfriends (2000-2008), later in Hart of Dixie, I Am the Night, Beauty Shop, and The Darkest Minds.
Golden Brown
Golden Brown: 1981 harpsichord waltz by The Stranglers from La Folie; UK No. 2 single in 1982, lyrics read as woman or heroin, viral again on TikTok in 2025.
Golden Buddha (statue)
Golden Buddha (Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon, Phra Sukhothai Traimit): 5.5-tonne, 3-metre solid gold seated Sukhothai-style Buddha in Maravijaya posture at Wat Traimit, Bangkok; hidden under plaster for about two centuries until its accidental 1955 rediscovery, valued over 250 million US dollars.
Golden bull
Golden bull: a decree authenticated by a gold seal (bulla). Covers the Byzantine chrysobull, an imperial privilege or treaty document, and European charters of liberties such as Hungary's Golden Bull of 1222 and the German Golden Bull of 1356.
Golden Bull of 1222
The Golden Bull of 1222, or Aranybulla, was a charter of liberties issued by King Andrew II of Hungary in 1222, often compared with Magna Carta.
Golden Bull of 1356
The Golden Bull of 1356 (Goldene Bulle), issued by Emperor Charles IV at Nuremberg and Metz, fixed the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire, majority-rule election at Frankfurt, electors' privileges, and remained imperial constitutional law until 1806.
Golden Bull of Sicily
The Golden Bull of Sicily (Zlatá bula sicilská) is a charter issued by Frederick II at Basel in 1212, making the kingship of Bohemia hereditary with free domestic election.
Golden calf
The golden calf, or Calf of Horeb, is the idol Aaron made for the Israelites to worship while Moses was on Mount Sinai, in Exodus 32.
Golden Chariot
The Golden Chariot is a luxury tourist train serving South India, named for the Stone Chariot at Hampi and run from Bengaluru since 2008 by KSTDC with IRCTC.
Golden Child (골든차일드) (band)
Golden Child (골든차일드) is a South Korean boy band formed by Woollim Entertainment, debuting August 28, 2017 with Gol-Cha! as the company's first boy group since Infinite.
Golden City Park
Golden City Park (金城公园, Jincheng Park), also called Xigu Park, is a free public park in Xigu District, Lanzhou, founded 1984, renovated 2014, with Phase II opened 2020, themed on General Li Xi's ancient Jincheng.
Golden code (space-time code)
The Golden code is a full-rate, full-diversity space-time block code for the 2×2 MIMO wireless channel, proposed by Belfiore, Rekaya, and Viterbo in 2005 and used in WiMAX.
Golden Corral
Golden Corral: American buffet-and-grill restaurant chain founded 1971, first opened 1973 in Fayetteville, NC; Raleigh, NC headquartered franchisor, over 150 buffet items, Camp Corral military charity, CEO Lance Trenary since 2015.