The Rock

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Contents 1 Places 2 Entertainment/Media 3 Nicknames 4 Christian symbolism 5 University landmarks

[edit] Places

The Rock often refers directly to, or is used as a common nickname, for:

In North America:

• Alcatraz Island, California, the former site of a maximum security prison
• Honolulu, Hawaii, is known as "The Rock"
• Kidd Brewer Stadium at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina
• Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana, the home of the Indiana Hoosiers football team
• M. M. Roberts Stadium, the home football stadium for the University of Southern Mississippi
• Newfoundland (island), Canada
• North Carolina Speedway, in Rockingham, North Carolina
• Prudential Center, the home arena for the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils
• Rochester, New York is known as "The Rock"
• The Rock (venue), a concert venue in Papillion, Nebraska
• The Rock (youth center), a youth center in Phoenix, Arizona, on the campus of Grand Canyon University
• Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
• Rockland Community College, a SUNY College in Suffern, New York
• Simon's Rock College of Bard in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
• Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
• Staten Island, New York

In Europe:

• Isle of Lewis, called "The Rock" by its younger inhabitants
• Alum Rock, Birmingham, an inner-city area of the United Kingdom
• Rockingham Motor Speedway, a race track in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
• "The Rock", the nickname for the bandstand at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, London, England
• The Rock, an area of Telford, Shropshire, England
• Rock of Gibraltar
• The Rock (club), a concert venue and nightclub in Copenhagen, Denmark

In Rest of World:

• Corregidor, an island at the entrance to Manila Bay
• Niue, an island nation in the South Pacific
• Okinawa, Japan, nicknamed "the rock" by United States Marines during World War II
• Ayers Rock, a natural rock formation in Uluru, Australia
• The Rock, New South Wales, a town and railway junction in Australia
• The Rock @ G-11, an amateur performing arts venue in Islamabad, Pakistan
• The Foundation Stone, Jerusalem
• Republic of Korea

[edit] Entertainment/Media

• The Rock (film), a 1996 summer blockbuster, that was set on Alcatraz
• The Rock (Rachmaninoff), a composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff
• The Rock (song), an instrumental piece from the album Quadrophenia by The Who
• The Rock WCCC, a radio station in Connecticut, United States
• The Rock (Alabama), a radio station in Alabama, United States
• The Rock (New Zealand), a radio station in New Zealand
• The Rock (news music), a television news music package
• The Rock (painting), an oil piece by Peter Blume

[edit] Nicknames

• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, actor and former professional wrestler with the WWE.
• Rolling Rock, a brand of beer
• the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, otherwise known as the "Rock Island Line", between 1975 and 1980
• a basketball, as in "pass me the rock"
• Bob "The Rock" Cooper, a World RPS Champion
• Don Muraco, a former professional wrestler
• Ole Anderson, a former professional wrestler
• Pedro Rizzo, a mixed martial artist
• Prudential Financial uses the Rock of Gibraltar as its corporate logo, and uses the slogan "Get a piece of the Rock" in its advertising

[edit] Christian symbolism

• Saint Peter, often referred to as "The Rock", especially in Roman Catholicism, alluding to his being the foundation of the Christian church and Jesus calling him the rock upon which his Church would be built
• Jesus Christ, frequently referred to as the "Rock of Salvation," "Rock of Ages," etc.

[edit] University landmarks

"The Rock" can refer to a boulder on a college campus that is commonly painted or decorated for special events:

• The Rock (Michigan State University)
• The Rock (University of Calgary)
• The Rock (University of Michigan)
• The Rock (The University of Southern Mississippi)
• The Rock (University of Tennessee)
• The Rock (Northwestern University)
• Fraternity Rock (Kent State University)
• Howard's Rock (Clemson University)