"R"eally they all start with "R". Quiz

Answer: Raging Bull

"Raging Bull" was nominated for eight Academy Awards in 1980, winning two, including Robert De Niro for Best Actor. The Best Picture that year was "Ordinary People".

"Rebecca" (1940) won Best Picture and is the only Alfred Hitchcock film to win a such an Academy Award. "Rocky" (1976) was nominated for ten Academy Awards winning three, including Best Picture. "Rain Man" (1988) won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman.

Answer: Ragdoll

Ragdoll is a breed of a large domestic cat developed in the USA in the 1960s. It has a soft silky coat and is very affectionate and docile.

The rhesus macaque is a monkey classified in the category as an "Old World monkey". The rhea is a flightless bird native to South America and related to the ostrich and emu. Redpolls are small perching birds in the finch family.

Answer: Roseau

Roseau is the capital city of the Caribbean island nation of Dominica. There is also a city and county named Roseau in the USA state of Minnesota.

Rabat, sitting on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, is the capital city of Morocco. Riyadh is the capital city of Saudi Arabia. Riga, on the Baltic Sea, is the capital city of Latvia.

Answer: Running Scared

"Running Scared" was a hit for Roy Orbison which spent one week at the top in June 1961.

"Running Bear" peaked at number one for three weeks in January/February 1970 for Johnny Preston. "Runaway" was a hit for Del Shannon in 1961 which stayed at the top for four weeks in April/May. "Runaround Sue" peaked for two weeks at the top in October 1961 for Dion.

Answer: Religous

Religous should be correctly spelt as "Religious".

Restaurant, Readable and Reference are all spelled correctly.

Answer: Red River of the South (USA)

Red River of the South (USA) is a major river of Southern United States which flows through Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana before flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. It is 2,190 kms in length.

The Rhine River (Europe) is a major river in Europe with a length of 1,230 kms. It is sourced in Switzerland flowing north through Germany, the Netherlands and then emptying into the North Sea. The Rhône River (Europe) is also a large river in Europe with a length of 823 kms. The river rises in the Swiss Alps, travels through Lake Geneva through southern France and discharges into the Mediterranean Sea. The Red River (Asia) is 1,149 kms in length starting in China, then flowing past the capital city of Vietnam, Hanoi and then emptying into the Gulf of Tonkin.

Answer: Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016) was an American actress and singer. Her big break came in the 1952 musical film "Singin' in the Rain" opposite Gene Kelly. She appeared in numerous movies and television shows in a 70 year acting career but only received one Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (1965).

Donna Reed (1921-1986) was an American actress of film and television. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lorene Burke in 1953's "From Here to Eternity". Vanessa Redgrave (b. 1937) is an English actress of film, stage and television. She has been nominated several times for an Oscar and won the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in the 1977 movie "Julia". Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972) was an English actress of stage, film and television. She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the star studded cast of "The V.I.P's" (1963). The cast included Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Dame Maggie Smith.

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in Bombay (nowadays Mumbai) India. He was an English journalist, poet and novelist. Some of his most famous works are "The Jungle Book"(1894), "Kim" (1901) and " The Man Who Would Be King" (1888).

Roald Dahl (1926-1990) was born in Cardiff, Wales to Norwegian parents. He was a novelist, poet, screenwriter and fighter pilot during WWII. He wrote mainly children's books and his most famous is possibly "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (1964) which has been adapted into two major films in 1971 and 2005. Robert Louis Stephenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is well known as the author of "Treasure Island" (1883), "Kidnapped" (1886) and "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1886). Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, although is American-British. He became a British subject in 1907 after he had lived in England since 1900 with his mother after his father abandoned the family in the USA. He was the creator of the tough private eye, Phillip Marlowe, who was portrayed by Humphrey Bogart in the 1939 movie "The Big Sleep".

Answer: Rome (Italy)

John Keats (1795-1821) was an English romantic poet and a close friend of Lord Byron and Percy Shelley. He suffered from tuberculosis and was advised to move to Italy for the warmer climate. Only a short time after arriving in Rome he died at aged 25 years and is buried in the same cemetery as Percy Shelley. If you visit Rome, the Keats-Shelley Memorial House is at the base of the Spanish Steps.

The House has a fine collection of paintings, manuscripts etc. from Keats, Shelley, Lord Byron and Oscar Wilde. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was an English romantic poet.

He drowned when his boat Don Juan sank in a violent storm in the Gulf of La Spezia while returning to Lerici. There were two other men in the boat and his drowning is shrouded in mystery.

His ashes were interned in the same Protestant Cemetery in Rome as John Keats.

Answer: Richard I

Richard I (1157-1199) was the King of England from 1189-1199. He was known as "Richard the Lionheart" because of his skill as a warrior and his military leadership.

Richard II (1367-1400) was King of England from 1377-1399. He was born in Bordeaux, France and became known as Richard of Bordeaux. Richard III (1452-1485) was the last king of the House of York. He was killed in the defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which basically signified the end of the War of the Roses. To date there has not been a Richard IV.