Rook
Encyclopedia
Games
- Rook (chess)Rook (chess)A rook is a piece in the strategy board game of chess. Formerly the piece was called the castle, tower, marquess, rector, and comes...
or castle, a piece in the board game of chess - Rook (card game), a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards
People
- Alan RookAlan RookAlan Rook was a Cairo poet and edited the 1936 issue of New Oxford Poetry. After World War II he became a wine trader.-External links:*...
, editor of the 1936 issue of New Oxford Poetry, one of the Cairo poets - Jean RookJean RookJean Kathleen Rook was an English journalist dubbed The First Lady of Fleet Street for her regular opinion column in the Daily Express...
(1931–1991), British newspaper columnist - Jerry RookJerry RookJerry G. Rook is an American former basketball player best known for his success at Arkansas State University.-High school:...
(born 1943), American former professional basketball player - Susan RookSusan RookSusan Rook is a journalist and photographer best known for her years as a CNN anchor first co-anchoring "Newsnight" with Patrick Emory and later PrimeNews and "Evening News" , co-anchoring with Bernard Shaw and later hosting the topical daily talk show TalkBack Live...
, journalist and photographer - Albert Harold Rooks (1891–1942), Captain in U.S. Navy, World War II Medal of Honor recipient
Places
- Montes RookMontes RookMontes Rook is a ring-shaped mountain range that lies along the western limb of the Moon, crossing over to the far side. It completely encircles the Mare Orientale, and forms part of a massive impact basin feature...
, a mountain range on the Moon - Rooks County, KansasRooks County, KansasRooks County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 5,181. The county seat is Stockton and the largest city is Plainville. The county was named for Private John C...
- Rooks Creek, Illinois
Culture
- Rook (band), alternative rock band (Lyman Smith, Mark Tillman, Eric Koller)
- Rook (album)Rook (album)Rook is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Shearwater. It was released on June 3, 2008, on the Matador Records label. The track "Rooks" was the first single from the album. The album was previewed on May 5, 2008 and May 29, 2008, at two special concerts in Manhattan and Austin,...
, 2008 album by Shearwater - The Dirty RooksThe Dirty RooksThe Dirty Rooks are an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, whose music has been described as "booze rock". They are influenced by classic-rock artists such as The Rolling Stones, The Faces, and Led Zeppelin.-History:...
, American rock band - The Rook, the title character in a 1940s series of stories by Barry ReeseBarry ReeseBarry Reese is a librarian and American writer. He is best known for his work on The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe for Marvel Comics, D6 Space: Fires of Amatsumara Worldbook for West End Games and the Rook Universe series of novels...
- Rook (Transformers)Rook (Transformers)Rook is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Generation 2:-Marvel Comics:Rook was second in command of the second-generation transformers under the command of Jhiaxus...
, a fictional Transformers character - Rook (comics), comic book character from Eerie magazine
- Rooks (band), American extreme metal band from Northbrook, Illinois
Technology
- Rook (rocket)Rook (rocket)Rook is the name of a British rocket. Twenty five Rook rockets were launched between 1959 and 1972. The launches took place from Aberporth in Wales and from Woomera in South Australia. The Rook has a maximum flight altitude of 20 kilometres, a launch mass of 1.2 tons and a length of 5 metres....
, a British rocket launched between 1959 and 1972 - "Rook", a Russian nickname for the Sukhoi Su-25Sukhoi Su-25The Sukhoi Su-25 is a single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. It was designed to provide close air support for the Soviet Ground Forces. The first prototype made its maiden flight on 22 February 1975...
jet aircraft (1944–1962), destroyer, World War II and Korea - Rook (1874–1892), GWR no. 2176, one of seven steam South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotivesSouth Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotivesThe South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotives were small 0-4-0 broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway, mainly on the dockside lines around Plymouth....
, Raven class