Things You May Have Red, 3rd Blush Quiz

Answer: Le Grand Blond avec une chassure noire

The director of the CIA is set up by his deputy director to take the fall for agency-protected drug smuggling. An innocent concert violinist is swept up into a cyclone of nefarity, beginning with his appearance in an airport wearing one black and one red shoe. From there, it gets complex. The French version starred Pierre Richard and Mireille Darc; the American remake starred Tom Hanks and Dabney Coleman.

Answer: Sails / Sunset

"Red Sails in the Sunset" is about a lover on shore awaiting his wedding day with his lady on board a boat at sea. Kennedy wrote the lyric while staying at Portstewart in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland, inspired by the red sails of the yacht Kitty of Coleraine which he often saw there. The song was revived (and charted) in 1951 by Nat King Cole, also in 1957 by Tab Hunter, also in 1958 by Paul Anka, also in 1960 by The Platters, also in 1963 by Fats Domino, and by Dean Martin in 1968 and Perry Como in 1969.

Answer: red-winged blackbird

The red-winged blackbird has been called the most common land bird in North America and may exceed 250 million birds in total population; such measurements tend toward speculation. It is one of the many species of New World blackbirds. The species name is taken from the male's appearance. The birds are omnivorous. The hatchlings are born blind and naked but become nidicolous in about fourteen days.

Answer: Rose Red

Stephen King is better known for setting his frightening novels in Maine but this one concerns a house in Seattle, Washington, which has a history of paranormal events. A team of psychic investigators led by Dr. Joyce Reardon studies the old mansion which prompts a series of new and horrifying events.

As a promotional scheme, the producers of "Rose Red" contracted with Ridley Pearson to write a novel called "The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red" which was to be passed off as real. Many believed it to have been written by Ellen Rimbauer, the wife of the man who built Rose Red, until Pearson was revealed as the author.

Answer: Red Grange

Harold Edward "Red" Grange (1903-1991) was a three-time All-American playing fullback for Illinois. After a 1924 game against Michigan, sports writer Grantland Rice wrote of him "A streak of fire, a breath of flame, eluding all who reach and clutch; A gray ghost thrown into the game that rival hands may never touch." The nickname stuck. Grange was a charter member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Answer: erythrocytes

The scientific name for a red blood cell (RBC) is erythrocyte, from the Greek "erythros" meaning "red" and the Greek "kytos" meaning "a hollow vessel." An RBC is basically a disk-shaped bag of hemoglobin, wrapped in a thin membrane to hold it together.

Their job is to deliver oxygen to other cells in the body via the circulatory system. They are produced in the bone marrow, make up about half the volume of the bloodstream, work for 100-120 days, and then expire in the spleen.

Answer: chewing tobacco

Chewing tobacco is coarsely chopped tobacco leaves mixed with sweeteners, usually molasses, packed in a pouch, which are chewed or sucked on by the user. The two most popular brands in the US are Red Man and Chattanooga Chew. Red Man is made in Owensboro, Kentucky, by a Swedish company. The majority of tobacco chewers in the US live in the South. The product has been demonstrated to be addictive and carcinogenic.

Answer: Red Sonja

The original Red Sonja was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor Smith. They borrowed inspiration from a 1934 Robert E. Howard short story named "Red Sonja of Rogatino" and another Howard character Dark Agnes de Chastillon. Sonja has been "rebooted" several times, including relocation between centuries. In some incarnations, she has fighting skills given to her by the goddess Scáthach; in others, she is just a very good fighter. The Comic Buyer's Guide published a list of the 100 "Sexiest Women in Comics" in 2011 and Red Sonja ranked number one.

Answer: all of these

In William Shakespeare's narrative poem "Venus and Adonis" he says "Like a red morn that ever yet betokened, Wreck to the seaman, tempest to the field, Sorrow to the shepherds, woe unto the birds, Gusts and foul flaws to herdmen and to herds." In Matthew 16:2-3 (King James Version) Jesus says "When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering." And among mariners the conventional wisdom is "Red sky at night, sailors' delight; Red sky at morning, sailors take warning."

Answer: Red Crescent

The International Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement is an amalgam of national relief organizations. The red cross was originally adopted because it was the reverse of the Swiss flag and it was a non-combatant symbol for medical personnel on battlefields.

The cross was objectionable in some Muslim countries which led to the founding of parallel organizations using the red crescent because it is related to the flag of the Ottoman Empire. Hence the Red Crescent Society of Djibouti, the Pakistan Red Crescent, the Red Crescent Society of Uzbekistan, and the Moroccan Red Crescent.

The two organizations are united in one international body called The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.