Surprise
Encyclopedia
Surprise may refer to:
- Surprise (emotion)Surprise (emotion)Surprise is a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected event. Surprise can have any valence; that is, it can be neutral/moderate, pleasant, or unpleasant. If a person experiences a very powerful or long lasting surprise, it may be considered shock.-Reality...
, a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected significant event
Places
- Surprise, ArizonaSurprise, ArizonaSurprise is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. The population was 30,848 at the 2000 census; however, rapid growth has boosted the city's population to 117,517 at the 2010 census, an increase of 281%...
- Surprise, IndianaSurprise, IndianaSurprise is an unincorporated town in Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Indiana....
- Surprise, NebraskaSurprise, NebraskaSurprise is a village in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 44 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Surprise is located at ....
- Surprise Station, CaliforniaSurprise Station, CaliforniaSurprise Station is an unincorporated community in Modoc County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad south-southwest of Davis Creek, on the east side of the North Fork of the Pit River and 4.2 miles southeast of Round Mountain, at an elevation of 4514 feet ....
or Surprise, California - Surprise Valley (disambiguation)
Music
- Surprise (Better Than Ezra album), the debut album by Better Than Ezra released in 1990
- Surprise (Crystal Waters album)Surprise (Crystal Waters album)-Chart positions:Album - Billboard -Singles:...
, the debut album by singer-songwriter, Crystal Waters, released on March 29, 1991 - Surprise (S.E.S. album)Surprise (S.E.S. album)Surprise is a compilation in 2001 by S.E.S.. This is also considered their 4.5 album . It sold approximately 350,000 copies. The album is composed of Korean covers of the group's Japanese songs. The only single was "꿈을 모아서 ", originally "Yume wo Kasanete". A bonus track, Fate World, was also...
, a 2001 compilation album by S.E.S. - Surprise (Paul Simon album)Surprise (Paul Simon album)Surprise is the eleventh studio album by American musician Paul Simon, released in May 2006.-History:After the relative success of You're the One, which was released in late 2000 finding Simon back to the Top 20 of the American charts after ten years of absence and also receiving a Grammy...
, the eleventh studio album by Paul Simon, released in May 2006 - Surprise (Sylvia album)Surprise (Sylvia album)-Track listing:#"Give 'Em Rhythm" - 2:55#"Unguarded Moments" - 3:41#"Victims Of Goodbye" - 3:01#"Isn't It Always Love" - 2:23#"Love Over Old Times" - 3:35#"I Just Don't Have The Heart" - 3:07#"One Foot On The Street" - 3:33...
, the fourth album by country music singer Sylvia - Surprise RecordsSurprise RecordsSurprise Records was a record label subsidiary of Island Records....
, a record label - Surprise Symphony, Symphony No. 94 by Joseph Haydn
- Surprize, a Factory Records band
Television and film
- "Surprise" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode), episode 13 of season 2 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Surprise (animated film), a 1991 short by Pixar
- Surprise!Surprise!Surprise! is a 1995 short film by German director Veit Helmer. It won a Golden Space Needle award at the 1995 Seattle International Film Festival. The story centers on a Rube Goldberg device....
, a 1995 short by Veit Helmer - ¡Sorpresa!, a TV network whose name means "Surprise!" in Spanish
- Surprise (Saturday Night Live), a recurring sketch from Saturday Night Live that began in 2008
Ships
- HMS SurpriseHMS SurpriseThirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, including:* HMS Surprize, a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1746 and sold in 1770.* HMS Surprize, a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1774 and sold in 1783....
, the name of several British Royal Navy ships- HMS Surprise (novel)HMS Surprise (novel)HMS Surprise is a 1973 historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian. It is third in the Aubrey-Maturin series of stories that follow the partnership of Captain Jack Aubrey and the naval surgeon Stephen Maturin...
, a 1973 historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian
- HMS Surprise (novel)
- USS SurpriseUSS SurpriseUSS Surprise may refer to:*Surprise was a sloop of the Continental Navy purchased in 1777.*USS Surprise was a brig built in 1814 and renamed USS Eagle later that year was a ketch purchased in 1815 that served until 1820 was a patrol gunboat purchased from the British Royal Navy in 1942 and...
, the name of several United States Navy ships - HMS Surprise (replica ship), a modern tall ship, built at Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada
- HMS Surprize (1746)HMS Surprize (1746)HMS Surprize was a 24-gun sixth rate ship of the Royal Navy. She was built to the 1741 revised specifications of the 1719 Establishment by James Wyatt and John Major at Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River in Hampshire and launched on 27 January 1745....
, a 24-gun sixth rate ship of the Royal Navy - Surprize (ship)Surprize (ship)Surprize was one of the notorious Second Fleet ships to Port Jackson. At 400 tons burthen , she was the smallest ship of the fleet, and was an unsuitable vessel for so long a voyage, proving to be a wet ship even in moderate weather. In rough seas and heavy gales the convicts “were considerably...
, convict ship sailed to Australia 1790 - Surprise (clipper)Surprise (clipper)The Surprise was a California clipper built in East Boston in 1850. It initially rounded Cape Horn to California, but the vessel's owners, A. A. Low & Brother, soon found that the vessel performed well in Far Eastern waters...
, 1850 clipper ship in the San Francisco and tea trades - Surprise (1777)Surprise (1777)Surprise, the first American naval ship of the name, was a sloop purchased by the Continental Navy in 1777 and commanded by Captain Benjamin Dunn....
, the first American naval ship of the name - Surprise (paddle steamer)Surprise (paddle steamer)The Surprise was the first paddle steamer, and the first steam powered vessel, built and run in Australia. It was built possibly on the Parramatta River, by shipbuilder Henry Gilbert, and launched in Sydney on 14 March, 1831. Its first voyage was on 1 June on the Parramatta River...
, the first paddle steamer, and the first steam powered vessel, built and run in Australia
People
- Surprise MoririSurprise MoririSurprise Mohlomolleng Moriri is a South African football midfielder and striker for Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa.-Club career:...
(born 1980), South African footballer - Surprise is also a rare surname occurring in English-speaking countries
See also
- Surprise factorSurprise factorThe surprise factor is a technique used in storytelling to produce a visceral reaction from the audience. It is created by telling a story in a way which creates a certain perception of events which is then revealed to be false often in exact opposition to original perception...
, a storytelling technique - Self-informationSelf-informationIn information theory, self-information is a measure of the information content associated with the outcome of a random variable. It is expressed in a unit of information, for example bits,nats,or...
, a concept in information theory - Surprise, SurpriseSurprise, SurpriseSurprise, Surprise is a British TV show hosted by Cilla Black, produced by London Weekend Television for ITV. It ran for fourteen series from 6 May 1984 to 5 September 1997, after which four annual specials were produced between 1998 to 2001...