The golf right now:

American Ryder Cup Captain Tom Lehman: [tom lehman]
http://www.google.com/trends?q=tom+lehman&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

European Ryder Cup Captain Ian Woosnam: [woosnam]
http://www.google.com/trends?q=woosnam&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

Nice that it has been updated :)

Ouch, I guess it is not as current as the graph appeared – please disregard my previous post – sorry :(

wii

http://www.google.com/trends?q=wii&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006

zune

http://www.google.com/trends?q=zune&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

Regensburg
http://www.google.com/trends?q=regensburg&ctab=1&geo=all&date=2006

Natascha Kampusch
http://www.google.com/trends?q=natascha+kampusch&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006

Danny Sullivan
http://www.google.com/trends?q=danny+sullivan&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006

Snakes on a plane
http://www.google.com/trends?q=snakes+on+a+plane&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006

Or the French version of it:
Snakes on a plane (French)
http://www.google.com/trends?q=snakes+on+a+plane&ctab=0&geo=FR&date=2006

How about Philipp Lenssen? Seems like a good spike to me:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=Philipp+Lenssen

How much is "enough" data?

http://www.google.com/trends?q=back+to+school&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006

see "next google"

http://daviddalka.com/createvalue/2006/09/24/189/

Israel, Lebanon : http://www.google.com/trends?q=Israel%2Clebanon&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006

http://www.google.com/trends?q=fc+zulu&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

Phillip,

although you're not Bavarian, the Oktoberfest should have come to your mind :-)

=> http://www.google.com/trends?q=oktoberfest&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006

Cheers,

joerg.

Playstation 3:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=playstation+3&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006

http://www.google.com/trends?q=playstation+3&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006-9

PS3:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=ps3&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006

http://www.google.com/trends?q=ps3&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006-9

Materazzi:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=materazzi&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006

http://www.google.com/trends?q=materazzi&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006-9

Zidane:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=zidane&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006

http://www.google.com/trends?q=zidane&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006-9

And, as noted in forum, Kiko:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=kiko&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006

http://www.google.com/trends?q=kiko&ctab=0&geo=all&date=2006-9