44 (number) - in Other Fields

In Other Fields

Forty-four is:

• The code for international direct dial phone calls to the United Kingdom
• The designation of Interstate 44, a freeway that runs from Texas to Missouri
• The designation of U.S. Route 44, a highway that runs from New York to Massachusetts
• The designation of Pennsylvania Route 44(PA 44), a long state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania
• The name of a mysterious savior of Poland prophesied by the Polish national poet Adam Mickiewicz in his masterpiece dramatic poem Dziady (Forefathers): In scene 5 of act 3, the priest Piotr announces a "reviver of the nation" who is to bring back the lost freedom of Poland, and describes him with these words:

Born from a foreign mother, his blood of ancient heroes,

And his name will be forty and four.

• A poker game in which each player is dealt four cards down, and four cards are dealt face down on the table in a row. The first three cards on the table are "community" cards and may be used in any player's hand. The fourth card and any card matching it in rank is wild, and can also be used in a hand (each player is guaranteed one wild card). For each of four rounds, one "community" card is flipped up and a round of betting occurs. After the last round, the winner is the person with the highest poker hand.
• The .44 Magnum or .44 Special revolver cartridges
• +44 is the name of the band including Blink-182 vocalist/bassist Mark Hoppus and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker.
• Vicks Formula 44 is a cough suppressant
• The number of the French department Loire-Atlantique
• A blues song, Forty-Four, also known as "44 Blues"
• The largest number for which Wolfram Alpha offers a visual representation.
• Wyoming was the 44th state to join The United States of America.
• Barack Obama is the 44th President of The United States of America.
• The number of candles in a box of Hanukkah candles.
• An agent in the American Television series Get Smart goes under the title of 44, usually assigned to small, enclosed, unexpected spots, to meet Maxwell Smart, agent 86.