Things You May Have Red, 1st Blush Quiz

Answer: The Hunt for Red October

Clancy's 1984 novel "The Hunt for Red October" introduced protagonist Jack Ryan who appeared in many subsequent novels: "Patriot Games" (1987), "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" (1988), "Clear and Present Danger" (1989), "The Sum of All Fears" (1991) and so on. Ryan was played by Baldwin in "Red October" but also by Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine in later films. The premise is that a Soviet submarine captain decides to defect to the West and take a Typhoon-class boomer submarine with him. The boat is equipped with a "tractor drive" which is undetectable by passive sonar.

Answer: Chris de Burgh

Chris de Burgh revealed that he wrote "Lady in Red" with reference to the first time he ever saw his wife Diane and what she was wearing at the time. The song appeared on his album "Into the Light." The song has been featured in many other works: the movie "Working Girl" (1988), the movie "American Psycho" (2000), the movie "DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story" (2004), the television programme "Days of our Lives."

Answer: Red Fox

The red fox is widely dispersed throughout the Northern Hemisphere; it was introduced to Australia where it has become a threat to many native species and is considered an intrusive pest. It is highly adaptive and lives well around human civilisation. Foxes live on smaller creatures (rodents, birds) and are themselves prey to larger carnivores (coyotes, jackals, felines). Red fox fur is traded commercially. How and why James Elroy Sanford adopted the stage name Redd Foxx is unknown.

Answer: The Little Red Hen

In the English-language version of what was probably originally a Russian story, a mother hen finds some wheat. She asks various critters (dog, pig, cat, frog, rat, duck, goose, goat) to help her but none will. After growing, harvesting, grinding, milling, kneading and baking the wheat into bread, all of the critters are anxious to share the results but she will not permit it.

This is consistent with II Thessalonians 3:10 "The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat." One Spanish-language version of the story "La pequeña gallina roja" has her finding "una mazorca de maíz" (an ear of corn) and making "tortillas" (corn-meal flatbreads).

Answer: Red Foley

Born Clyde Julian Foley, Red Foley (1910-1968) was a major force in bringing country music into the mainstream following the Second World War. He sold over 25 million records. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Whereas many artists have one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Red Foley has two: one for his career singing and writing music to record and another for his work as a television performer.

Answer: Mars

The reddish colour of Mars, as seen in a telescope, is the product of iron rust which coats the planet's surface in a dusty blanket. Science Fiction author Robert A. Heinlein wrote a novel about a boarding school on Mars entitled "Red Planet" in 1949. The 1959 motion picture "The Angry Red Planet" was shot in ten days on a budget of $200,000 and it shows. It was filmed using "CineMagic," which means that artist's animations were intercut with live action, and it shows, too.

Answer: Red Ryder

Red Ryder was created by businessman Stephen Slesinger and graphic artist Fred Harman. Schlesinger cleverly connected the comic strip's success with parallel media: comic books (mostly from Dell) (1940-1984), a weekly radio programme (Mutual Broadcasting System) (1942-1951), 35 films and theatrical serials (1940-1950), Red Ryder clothing and toys.

The most famous of these was the "Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle BB gun with a compass in the stock and a thing which tells time" which figures centrally in the 1983 movie "A Christmas Story." Ted Nugent once said "Without question, the Red Ryder BB gun is the most important gun in the history of American weaponry."

Answer: Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane (1871-1900) not only did not fight in the Civil War but he had not yet been born when the war started and ended. There is evidence that he interviewed veterans which founded the realism of his descriptions of battle. The externals of war are less important to this novel than the interior battles which young Henry Fleming fights with fear, shame, cowardice, and irrationality. An imperfect screen adaptation was made in 1951 by John Huston (writing and directing) starring war hero Audie Murphy. An even less satisfying made-for-TV movie was shot in 1974.

This demonstrates how difficult it is to film a psychological novel.

Answer: Red Rover

Perhaps arising in the United Kingdom, Red Rover is played globally. A group of children divides into two teams, each forming a line facing the other. One of the opposite players is called out ("Red Rover, Red Rover, let [name] come over") who then attempts to break through by running into the defensive live. If the runner succeeds, that player chooses one of the defenders to join the successful offensive team. If the runner fails, that player becomes a member of the defensive team. Play alternates until one team has only one player left.

Answer: Red Beans and Rice

Red Beans and Rice is a highly nutritious dish which provides ample protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals in proportion to calories. One cup of this dish provides about 22 grams of protein (roughly half of a woman's daily requirement); the amino acids in rice and beans are complementary, producing a complete protein when eaten together.

The Creole version is made with bell peppers, onion, celery, spices and pork (usually ham, 'tho sometimes sausage). Yet another name for this dish in Latin America is Moros y Cristianos.