Age 15 is:
- The age of a quinceañera, a Hispanic girl celebrating her fifteenth birthday. Thus, Spanish bingo callers might refer to the number 15 as la niña bonita (the beautiful girl).
- The age for obtaining a driver's (or learner's) permit in certain jurisdictions, including some, where the legal age for a driver's license is 16.
- In the UK a minor can be sent to prison to await trial at the age of 15.
- In some countries it is the legal age for sexual intercourse.
- In the UK it is the legal age to watch a BBFC "15" rated film in a cinema or purchase a "15" rated film or video game.
Fifteen is:
- The number of days in each of the 24 cycles of the Chinese calendar.
- The number of guns in a gun salute to Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force Lieutenant Generals, and Navy and Coast Guard Vice Admirals.
- The designation of Interstate 15, a freeway that runs from California to Montana.
- The designation of U.S. Route 15, a highway that runs from South Carolina to New York.
- The number of checkers each side has at the start of a backgammon game.
- The 15 puzzle.
- A restaurant in London, built by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver
- 15 minutes of fame
- The 15th is a Wire song
- The number of balls in the eight ball variant of billiards
- The number of letters in the words "uncopyrightable", "dermatoglyphics", "misconjugatedly", and "hydropneumatics", which are the longest words in the English language that do not repeat a letter.
- 15 is one of The Numbers – 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 – featured in Lost.
- The number to dial for SAMU in case of an emergency in France.
- The number of minutes in one quarter of an hour; 15 minutes past or before an hour is often known as quarter past and quarter to, respectively.
- The number of the French department Cantal
- The number corresponding to The Devil in tarot cards.
- A Taylor Swift song.
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Famous quotes containing the word age:
“I am actually what my age and my upbringing have made mea bourgeois who adheres to the British constitution, adheres to it rather than supports it, and the fact that this isnt dignified doesnt worry me.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)