11 (number) - in Other Fields

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  • The number of incarnations of The Doctor in BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who is 11, as of 2012.
  • Three films -- Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) -- have each won 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture of their respective years.
  • The number 11 is important in numerology, as it is the first of the Master Numbers.
  • Being only one hour before 12:00, the eleventh hour means the last possible moment to take care of something, and often implies a situation of urgent danger or emergency (see Doomsday clock).
  • In Astrology, Aquarius is the 11th astrological sign of the Zodiac.
  • Ocean's Eleven is the name of two American films.
  • In Basque, hamaika ("eleven") has the double meaning of "infinite", probably from amaigabe, "endless", as in Hamaika aldiz etortzeko esan dizut! ("I told you infinite/eleven times to come!").
  • English-speaking surveyors have developed several slang terms for 11 to distinguish it from its rhyme "seven": "punk," "top," & "railroad"
  • American Airlines flight 11, a Boston-Los Angeles flight which crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center after being hijacked by terrorists in New York City, New York on September 11, 2001.
  • The number 11 bus is a low-cost way of sightseeing in London
  • In the game of blackjack, an Ace can be counted as either one or 11, whichever is more advantageous for the player.
  • 11 is the number of the French department Aude.
  • In the anime series Code Geass, Japan is known as Area 11 of the Brittanian Empire.
  • 11 is the channel assignment of GMA News TV in the Philippines (formerly ZOE-TV 11). Both owned by ZOE Broadcasting Network and GMA Network.

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