Big Dipper (disambiguation)

Big Dipper is the American name for the seven brightest stars of Ursa Major. It is called the Plough in Britain.

Big Dipper also may refer to:

• Big Dipper, alternative name for a roller coaster ride, especially in the United Kingdom. Several roller coasters are specifically known by this name, including;
  • Big Dipper (Blackpool), a wooden roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
  • Big Dipper (Geauga Lake), a wooden roller coaster at Geauga Lake
  • Big Dipper (Luna Park Sydney), a wooden roller coaster operating at Luna Park Sydney from 1935 until 1981
  • Cyclone (Dreamworld), a steel roller coaster which operated as Big Dipper at Luna Park Sydney from 1995 to 2001
• For other uses of the big dipper see Starry Plough (disambiguation)

As a nickname in sport, Big Dipper may also refer to:

• Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999), American basketball player
• Melvin Turpin (1960–2010), American basketball player
• Jeff Wilkins (born 1955), American basketball player
• Robert DiPierdomenico (born 1958), Australian rules footballer
• Chris Duncan (born 1981), American baseball player

In music:

• Big Dipper (band), a 1980s-1990s Boston alternative-rock band
• Big Dipper (Elton John song), a 1978 song by Elton John
• Big Dipper (album), a 2003 album by Drop Trio
• "Big Dipper", a song by Jethro Tull from their 1976 album Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
• "Big Dipper", a song by Built to Spill from their 1994 album There's Nothing Wrong with Love
• Big Dipper (Michigan's Adventure)

Related pages

• Beidou (disambiguation), Chinese name of Big Dipper