In a famous legend, Pocahontas saved Captain John Smith, who was about to be executed by her father, Powhattan. How is she an “R”? She became a Christian and married tobacco planter John Rolfe, then spent the rest of her short life as Rebecca Rolfe.
So you’re not Randy Brecker, who, along with his brother, the late Michael Brecker, played more sessions in a day than many other musicians play in a week.
I was somewhat active in politics, but it’s safe to say nobody thinks of me as a politician or political insider. I’ll explain when someone figures out who I am.
No, so you get a DQ.
No, I’m not Ralph Bellamy. (He did become homeless in the film, right? If not, tell me who did and take a DQ.
Yeah, I should have just said I’m not Mr. Randolph. But you get a DQ anyway, as the undertaker anecdote sounds familiar, but I can’t remember the details.
No, but I’m interested to know who did. Tell me as you pose your DQ.
Summary:
Not fictional
Not female
Not still alive
Not born during the twentieth century
Last name does not begin with R
American
Born in the nineteenth century
Not dead by 1900
Some involvement in politics, but not famous for political activity
So you weren’t Giulio Regondi, who was in mid-19th century considered the Primo Maestro of both guitar and concertina. There’s a tale and a half about the discovery of his 10 Etudes, which were missing for nearly a hundred years - the musicological equivalent of a Dan Brown beach book…
DQ: Are you renowned for your accomplishments in the Arts, by which I mean the whole she-bang - painting, sculpture, literature, dance, music, acting, poetry, architecture…?
You are not Ray Davies of The Kinks, who had an affair with Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders. “The Adulteress” was the first song on The Pretenders’ second album, Pretenders II.
I was going to ask the same arts related question Le Ministre posed, so I’ll hold off on my DQ until I see the answer for his.
Sadly for you, Rigoletto is not shot and is very much alive at the end of the opera. Rodrigue, Le Marquis de Posa is a character in Don Carlos, by the same composer - Giuseppe Verdi. In the aria ‘C’est mon jour suprème’, a price has been put on Rodrigue’s head, and he is shot before the aria ends. In the last half of the aria, he tells Don Carlos that he dies a happy man because Carlos will live to be the saviour of Flanders.