Short Mystery - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Robert Jordan. The Vietnam vet also posed as Reagan O'Neal and was in the middle of writing A Memory of Light when he passed away less than two months ago.
• A2) Robert L. Johnson. The first black billionaire who didn't inherit his fortune owns the Charlotte Bobcats.
• A3) Rick James. Born in Buffalo as James Ambrose Johnson, Jr., the King of Punk-Funk held the top spot on the Dance Charts for three weeks during the summer of 1981. MC Hammer used a sample of "Super Freak" almost a decade later in his Grammy-winning "U Can't Touch This".
• A4) Robert Joffrey. The Afghani-American stayed in the Big Apple while the Joffrey Ballet moved to Los Angeles in 1982 and Chicago in 1995.
• A5) Raul Julia. The Puerto Rican immigrant starred in The Addams Family and its sequel Addams Family Values and won an Emmy as Chico Mendes in the 1994 miniseries The Burning Season.
• A6) Randy Johnson. Not only did the Big Unit punch out 13.41 batters per nine innings in 2001, but he has notched seven of the top ten seasons ever. Pedro Martinez (13.21 in 1999 and 11.78 in 2000) and Kerry Wood (12.58 in 1998) hold the remaining places.
• A7) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The German-born writer also garnered a MacArthur Foundation Award in 1984, and Writer's Guild of America Screen Laurel Award in 1994, and an O. Henry Prize in 1995.
• A8) Rickie Lee Jones. The Chicago-born singer and songwriter was named Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards ceremony in January 1980 and earned a second Grammy in the Best Jazz Duet category a decade later.
• A9) Roy Jones, Jr.. As a light-middleweight, the Pensacolan took home a silver medal from the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
• A10) Richard Mentor Johnson. Johnson is the only last name shared by more than one U.S. Vice President, and there are actually two more: Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson.
• A11) Rafer Johnson. The Texas-born, California-raised multi-sport star had won the silver medal in 1956 and proceeded to capture the gold in 1960, holding off UCLA classmate Yang Chuan-Kwang of Taiwan in the 1500 meters.
• A12) Robert Trent Jones. Although the English-born New Yorker worked with legendary golfer Bobby Jones, the two were not related.

Every answer owns the initials R.J., as does my real name (there wasn't much hope of creating a quiz from the monogram TWG!).