No to the competition involving things adults don’t normally do.
I am not sure if I can pinpoint the contest date. I will say 6-7 years old is the embarrassing thing, which is not the contest itself.
So the competition was and is not something that would be embarrassing when done by an adult?
Was he an unusually intelligent child?
An unusually precocious child?
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Was Roger being in the contest a cause of the embarassing thing?
Was Roger winning the contest a cause of the embarassing thing?
Was the embarassing thing something that happened once? Happened over a period of time?
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Would knowing what the contest was about, help?
Was the embarassing thing an incident involving a specific person? Multiple people? A famous person or people?
Was the competition of children mostly boys, mostly girls, or presumably equally mixed/irrelevant?
Was the competition athletic? Artistic? Scholastic?
Was it a spelling bee?
You guys *are *moving in the direction of a solution. These questions are not irrelevant, at least as far as I can see.
Was the competition a look-alike competition? Something else concerning Roger’s appearance?
Did the embarassing thing involve Roger saying something he shouldn’t ? Going somewhere he shouldn’t ? Making a mistake about something?
Was the embarassing thing embarassing to Roger at the time it happened?
Is the embarrassment associated with the giving of the award or an award ceremony?
Did somebody get Roger’s name wrong?
Did he get stuck with an undesirable nickname?
NO
Keep going. This one is working out pretty well. Inch by inch getting closer.
Does it involve Niagara Falls?
Regarding the nickname he feared, would it work with the name Roger to make an embarrassing combination?
Did the competition have anything to do with a movie or tv show?
If Roger had not been in the military, would he have been less worried about his secret getting out?
Was it a performing arts competition?
NO
**NO. In fact, his actual name is not Roger and his actual name is irrelevant. **
NO, but also a little bit…just a little bit…yes.
MAYBE. However, a definite YES to him being in the military making him feel more embarrassed/worried about the secret.
Basically a talent contest. So yes?
Did the contest have corporate sponsors?
Was the contest associated with a celebrity?
Is Roger’s military rank relevant?
Was the combination of the name of the prize and “Roger’s” name a factor?