Challenger, Challengers, The Challenger, or, The Challengers, may refer to:

Entertainment

Comics and manga

Challenger (character) Tatiana Caban Bethany Cabe Caber Caber is a character in Marvel Comics. Caber is one of the Celtic gods of Otherworld (Marvel Comics)#The island of Avalon and the Celtic Gods, Avalon, a warrior god. Caber is a friend of Leir (Marvel Comi ...

, comic book character * ''Challengers'' (manga), manga by Hinako Takanaga

Film and telemovies

* ''Challengers'' (film), a 2024 romantic sports film directed by Luca Guadagnino * ''Challenger'' (1990 film), a television movie about the space shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster * ''The Challengers'' (film), a 1990 family film produced for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation * ''The Challenger'', the original British title for the film '' The Challenger Disaster'', a 2013 BBC made-for-TV film * ''The Challenger'' (2015 film), an American sports drama film

TV shows

* ''The Challengers'' (TV series), a 1979–80 Canadian biographical television series * ''The Challengers'' (game show), a 1990 American game show hosted by Dick Clark * ''Challenger'' (1997 game show), an Australian game show * ''Challenger'' (2013 game show), a Pakistani game show

Games

* ''Challenger'' (video game), a 1985 game developed by Hudson Soft * ''Challengers'' (role-playing game), a 1985 role-playing game * ''Challenger'' (arcade game), a 1981 game developed by Centuri

Literature

* ''Challenger'' (novel), a ''Star Trek: New Earth'' novel by Diane Carey *

Professor Challenger George Edward Challenger is a fictional character in a series of fantasy and science fiction stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Unlike Doyle's self-controlled, analytical character, Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger is an ...

, a fictional scientist and adventurer created by Arthur Conan Doyle; and media franchise * ''Challenger'', a science fiction fanzine by Guy H. Lillian III which was nominated twelve times for the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine

Music

The Challengers (band) The Challengers were an instrumental surf music band started in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, in late 1962. They represented a growing love for surf music and helped make the genre popular. Their debut album, ''Surfbeat'', was the biggest ...

, a 1960s surf rock group

Albums

* ''Challengers'' (album), a 2007 album by The New Pornographers * ''Challenger'' (Burning Star Core album), a 2008 album * ''Challenger'' (Knut album), a 2002 album * ''Challenger'' (Memphis May Fire album), a 2012 album * ''Challenger'', 2013 album by Recover * ''Challenger'' (EP), a 2021 EP by JO1

Songs

* "Challenger", a song by Misia from the 2004 album ''

Mars & Roses ''Mars & Roses'' is the fifth studio album by Japanese R&B singer Misia, released on February 11, 2004. It debuted at #3 with 151,087 copies sold. The album was recorded in London, New York and Tokyo. The song ''Little Rose'', the title and the ...

'' * "Challenger", a song by Burning Star Core from the 2008 album ''Challenger'' * "Challengers", a song by The New Pornographers from the 2007 album ''Challengers''

Companies

Challenger (company) Challenger Limited (Challenger) is an Australian investment management company. It is publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange and is a constituent member of the S&P/ASX 200 and S&P/ASX 300 indices. It is largest provider of annuit ...

, an

ASX200 The S&P/ASX 200 (XJO) index is a market-capitalisation weighted and float-adjusted stock market index of stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. The index is maintained by Standard & Poor's and is considered the benchmark for A ...

listed investment management company

People and animals

Challenger (actor) ASM Tofazzal Hossain (died on 12 October 2010; known by his stage name Challenger) was a Bangladeshi television and film actor. He was born in 1959, in Dacca, East Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh). Career Hossain was nicknamed "Challenger" by w ...

(1959–2010), Bangladeshi film and television actor *

Romeo Challenger Romeo Alexander Challenger (born 19 May 1950) is an Antiguan-born English musician. He has been the drummer for the rock band Showaddywaddy since 1973 and seminal progressive rock band Black Widow. Biography Challenger was born 19 May 1950 ...

(born 1950), rock drummer, father of Ben Challenger * Ben Challenger (born 1978), English high jumper * Okeem Challenger (born 1989), Antiguan and Barbudan footballer * Melanie Challenger, British poet and writer * Challenger (eagle) (born 1989), an American bald eagle known for free flights * Challenger (horse) (1927–1948), a British Thoroughbred racehorse

Places

Challenger Deep The Challenger Deep is the List of submarine topographical features#List of oceanic trenches, deepest known point of the seabed of Earth, located in the western Pacific Ocean at the southern end of the Mariana Trench, in the ocean territory o ...

, the deepest point in the world's oceans * Challenger Plateau, a submarine rise in the Tasman Sea close to the New Zealand coast * Challenger Mountains, a subrange of the Arctic Cordillera in Nunavut, Canada * Mount Challenger, a mountain on East Falkland, Falkland Islands *

Challenger Point Challenger Point is a Elevation, high mountain summit of the Crestones in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The fourteener is located east by south (Absolute bearing, bearing 102°) of the Crestone, Colorado, ...

, a mountain in Colorado, United States * Challenger Harbour, a marina in Fremantle, Western Australia * Challengers, Saint Kitts and Nevis, a settlement on the island of Saint Kitts * Challenger Colles, a cluster of hills on Pluto * Challenger mine, a gold mine in South Australia

Schools

* Challenger Secondary School, a public school in Spanaway, Washington, United States * Challenger Early College High School, a public secondary school in Hickory, North Carolina, United States *Challenger Institute of Technology, former name of South Metropolitan TAFE, a Technical and Further Education institution in Fremantle, Western Australia

Science

* Challenger Society for Marine Science, established in 1903 in the United Kingdom * ''Challenger'' expedition, a British oceanographic survey in 1872–1876 * Challenger Center for Space Science Education, an American nonprofit educational organization

Sports

* Challengers League, former name of K3 League, an amateur football competition in South Korea * Challengers Cup, a South Korean football competition *

ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ...

, a series of men's professional tennis tournaments * Challenger (America's Cup), the yacht representing the club that currently opposes the defender * PCB Challengers, a Pakistani women's cricket team * Challenger (ski course), a World Cup alpine ski racing slope in the western United States, at Sun Valley, Idaho

Transportation

Air and space craft

* Bombardier Challenger, a series of business jets manufactured by Bombardier * Space Shuttle ''Challenger'', a NASA space shuttle ** Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster * Quad City Challenger, an ultralight airplane * ''Challenger'', the

Apollo 17 Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, ...

lunar module

Land vehicles

* Challenger trucks, a Canadian maker of heavy trucks * There have been four tanks named Challenger in

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...

military service. ** Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger in service during World War II ** Challenger 1 in service from the mid-1980s to early 21st century ** Challenger 2 in service from 1998 onwards ** Challenger 3 in development; predicted to enter service from 2027 onwards *

Dodge Challenger The Dodge Challenger is the name of three generations of automobiles produced by the American automobile manufacturer Dodge. However, the first use of the Challenger name by Dodge dates back to 1959 for marketing a "value version" of the full- ...

, a car made by Dodge * Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, an SUV once sold in Japan as the Mitsubishi Challenger * Tokai Challenger, a solar car * ''Challenger'' (train), a named passenger train fleet * Union Pacific Challenger, a type of steam locomotive *

Challenger Tractor Challenger is an American brand of agricultural tractors. Created in 1986 by Caterpillar Inc., the brand was sold to AGCO in 2002. Since then, Challenger tractors have been manufactured at the company's Jackson, Minnesota facility. Productio ...

, a rubber-tracked agricultural tractor

Sea vessels

* Columbia 24 Challenger, an American sailboat design * HMS ''Challenger'', any of eight Royal Navy ships * RSS ''Challenger'', a ''Sjöormen''-class submarine in the Republic of Singapore Navy * USS ''Challenger'' (ID-3630), an early-20th century US Navy cargo ship * ''Challenger'' (clipper), a clipper sailing ship built in London in 1852 * ''Challenger'' (1853 clipper), a clipper ship built in Boston * ''Challenger'' (Long Beach fireboat), operated by the fire department of Long Beach, California, US * , a steamboat built in 1865 that operated in Puget Sound, Washington, US * ''Stena Challenger'', a ferry, formerly ''Isle of Inishfree'' and ''Pride of Cherbourg'', now MV ''Kaitaki'' * ''

Glomar Challenger The ''Glomar Challenger'' was a deep-sea research and scientific drilling vessel designed for oceanography and marine geology studies. It was used in the Deep Sea Drilling Project for obtaining sediment cores from the ocean floor. The drills ...

'', a deep sea research and scientific drilling vessel for oceanography and marine geology studies * '' Deepsea Challenger'', used by James Cameron in the Mariana Trench * SS ''St. Marys Challenger'', a freight vessel operating on the North American Great Lakes built in 1906

Other uses

* Challenger hop, a beer flavouring *

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, an international submarine communications cable between US and Bermuda * Challenger, a line of microcomputer systems manufactured by Ohio Scientific