Tiffany's 'R'-adiant Quiz

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Reagan served as president from 1981 to 1989. He was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois and he died on June 5, 2004. He was married twice, first to Jane Wyman and then to Nancy Davis, both of whom were actresses. Before becoming president in 1981, Reagan served two terms as the Governor of California beginning in 1966.

Answer: Ramon

Ramon is one of the 'amigos' that Mumble finds when he is running away from the leopard seal. Lovelace is a sort of guru who answers questions for pebbles. Both penguins become friends of Mumble's.

Answer: Roy Rogers

Leonard Franklin Slye was born on November 5, 1911, and died on July 6, 1998. He became famous as Roy Rogers and appeared in "The Roy Rogers Show" along with his third wife, Dale Evans. The couple also appeared in more than one hundred movies along with Bullet, a German shepherd, and Trigger, a palomino.

Answer: Rain Man

"Rain Man" was released in 1988 and won several Academy awards, including Best Director, Best Picture, Best Writing, Original Screenplay, and Best Actor in a Leading Role (Dustin Hoffman). At the Berlin International Film Festival in 1989, "Rain Man" also won the Golden Bear award. The part of Raymond was inspired by a real-life autistic savant named Kim Peek.

Answer: Rio Bravo

The Rio Grande/Rio Bravo forms the border between the U.S. state of Texas and Mexico. It begins in Colorado in the San Juan Mountains and is the third longest river system in the U.S. Three of the major border crossings located on the river are El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua; Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas; and Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros.

Answer: Red Deer

Red Deer gets its name from the Red Deer River. The river was originally called the Waskasoo by the Cree and its English translation is literally "Elk River". The name Red Deer came about when some of the early settlers mistook the elk for the red deer of Europe.

The first establishment at Red Deer was a trading post in 1882, and the town was incorporated in 1901. Attractions in Red Deer include cross country trails, skiing, golf, and equestrian activities.

Answer: Romani

The Roma or Romani are more commonly known as gypsies. The Romani are a group of ethnically related people groups found in Eastern and Southern Europe as well as in the Middle East. They can also be found in parts of Latin America, Western Asia, and the United States. Some of these groups include the Gitanos, Sinti, Kalderash, and the Erlides.

Answer: rainbow

Genesis 9:12-15 reads: 12 "And God said, 'This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.'" (New International Version)

The colors of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The acronym Roy G. Biv is used to help remember the colors of the rainbow in order.

Answer: raccoon

The most common species of raccoon, P. lotor, can be found naturally from the southern part of Canada to the south of Mexico. It has also been introduced to Europe. There are two rarer species of raccoon, Tres Marias raccoon and the Crab-eating raccoon.

The Tres Marias is a native of the Tres Marias islands located off the Pacific coast of Mexico while the Crab-eating raccoon can be found in Central and South America. The English word 'raccoon' comes from the Algonquian word 'aroughcoune' which means "he who scratches with his hands".

Answer: RI

Rhode Island was one of the original thirteen colonies of the United States of America. While it was the first of the thirteen colonies to declare independence from British rule, it was the last one to ratify the Constitution. It is nicknamed the "Ocean State" and its capital is Providence.