2019 Rogue Challenges

Upon becoming a Rogue, members of the RR&R receive a Rogue Challenge from the Order of Rapscallions.

The Rogue's Challenge is similar to the Rascal's Challenge, but considerably more difficult to complete.

On June 28, 2019, the Order of Rapscallions issued a fresh batch of Rogue Challenges, superceding all previous challenges, and changed the format of the competition. In the past, challenges were issued to individual Rogues. In 2019, a list of 70 challenges was published and each Rogue was invited to claim three challenge from the list by contacting the Order of Rapscallions. A claim is valid for two years.

If you are a Rogue and want to pursue a Rogue Challenge, send your choice for one challenge to [email protected] beginning 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2019; send your choice for a second challenge beginning 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 2019; and send your choice for a third challenge beginning 12:01 a.m. on September 1, 2019.

Rules:

• Rogue challengers must be active members of an RR&R Lair.  Rogues not currently active in a Lair, may join another Lair to qualify.
• Rogues are be encouraged to work with other RR&R members as they complete their challenge.
• Each Rogue Challenge entry will be documented in a special issue of the Occasional Papers of the Doylestown Institute.
• The Order of Rapscallions will determine if the Rogue has successfully completed his challenge.
• Each Rogue may choose three challenges as his own.
• Each Rogue has an exclusive two-year claim on each of his three challenges.ddiff
• Rogues may claim their challenges in a series of three “land-rushes” with the first Rogue to claim a challenge having exclusive rights to that challenge for two years.
• First “land-rush” will begin at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2019; the second “land-rush” will begin at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 2019; and the third “land-rush” will begin at 12:01 a.m. on September 1, 2019.
• To claim a challenge, email your choice to [email protected] Priority will be based on the time-stamp of your email.  First come, first served.

The challenges are:

1. Produce a salable counterfeit of an important painting.
2. Have lunch with a deposed dictator.
3. Pan one ounce of gold.
4. Work as a waiter for one month in a restaurant in a foreign country and have an article published in a national magazine about the experience.
5. Design clothing bearing the RR&R name and have them appear in a runway show.
6. Have a feature on a planet officially named after the RR&R / Ray Hull III / claimed 1 August 2019.
7. Build an airplane and fly it between two Rascal meetings, rules to be established by the Ephorate.
8. Undertake a trek, without motorized vehicles, above the Arctic Circle (minimum of 100 miles of traveled above Arctic Circle) / Calvin Morrison / claimed 5 October 2019.
9. Raise the RR&R flag over the high points of each of county in Pennsylvania. 
10. Bring a member of the Monte Python comedy troupe to an RR&R meeting.
11. Get the Flag on a major holiday parade float with national television coverage / Calvin Morrison / Claimed 0ctober 5, 2019.
12. Circumnavigate the globe on its surface.
13. Descend a river (minimum 100 miles) on a homemade, non-motorized boat with the RR&R flag flying / Calvin Morrison / claimed 30 August 2019.
14. Have a prominent mural created on a public wall illustrating the Rogue's First Supper, after the manner of DaVinci's Last Supper. 
15. Visit with an African head-of-state, and have your picture taken with him/her and the RR&R flag.
16. Get a beer named after the RR&R to be sold in at least four bars / Jim Barr / claimed 5 October 2019.
17. Create and sell at least 100 busts of a member of the Rascals, Rogues, and Rapscallions.
18. Have the RR&R hosted by a US state Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
19. Develop and market an RR&R BBQ sauce. Must appear on grocery store shelves.
20. Be an inspiration for a Bluegrass song that is gets played on the radio.
21. Place a Rascal emblem in 50 geo-caches. Each cache must be 60 miles distant from any other.
22. Breed a new plant (e.g., tomato, pumpkin) and distribute seedlings to all RR&R members. The resulting harvest has to be consistent. Have the new type registered (name must refer to RR&R).
23. Get an official State Historical Marker placed / Ray Hull III / claimed 29 July 2019.
24. Prepare first-class relics of all current RR&R members, confecting them in accord with customary procedures, using standard thecae / Dan Morrison / claimed 30 September 2019.
25. Learn a language spoken by fewer than one-half million people, write 12 sonnets in that language, and have the collection published in the national capital nearest to the center of the population that traditionally uses that language.
26. Videotape an interview with the actress who was the model for Kali, the mascot of Lair No. 3.
27. Obtain the skeleton of a Patagonian sloth.
28. Make a Rascal film and have it screen in a local cinema.
29. Begin a new religious sect and acquire 100 followers.
30. Walk the length of the Mason-Dixon Line and publish your adventures under the RR&R imprint / Jim Barr / claimed 01 July 2019.
31. Develop an RR&R monetary system, applying all standard principles of monetary policy. Create circulating high quality banknotes in at least four denominations that can be used within the organization / Michael Moscherosch / claimed 01 July 2019.
32. Build a boat and circumnavigate most of Pennsylvania using canals (like the Erie) and other waterways; route to be approved in advance by the Ephorate. / Michael Moscherosch / claimed 15 September 2019.
33. Conduct a sanctioned archeological dig, with complete scientific reporting.
34. Uncover the vampire of Green Street, Schenectady. (Elliott O’Donnell).
35. Have a cigar bearing the RR&R name carried by JR Cigars.
36. Identify, name and have officially recognized a new species of plant or animal using customary scientific channels. The name of the new species must make reference to the Rascals, Rogues, and Rapscallions.
37. Assemble the world’s largest collection of something. Have distinction recognized in Guinness’ Book of World Records.
38. Create a new origami design and have the work hailed or officially recognized by the national origami organization. (Consult Vic Norman for details.) 
39. Raise the RR&R flag over the high points of each of the states east of the Mississippi.
40. Get into the pages of the National Enquirer or a similar supermarket tabloid. 
41. Design a unique truss (roof, bridge, etc.) and have it recognized and published in a scientific journal under the RRR name.
42. Solve the Kecksburg UFO incident.
43. Solve the mystery of the hooded grave cemetery in Catawissa, PA.  Why were wrought iron structures erected over 12 graves?
44. Translate several pages of the Voynich manuscript.
45. Identify the sender of “the Watcher” letters in Westfield, NJ.
46. Create a 3-dimensional artistic sculpture, drawing from the RRR culture and have it displayed in a public park for at least one season of the year.
47. Create a completely new type of bread, using heretofore unused grains or yeast, etc., and have it sold in at least 4 bakeries or one supermarket chain / Michael Moscherosch / claimed 5 October 2019.
48. Write a tragic opera based on the life of an RRR member and have it performed in a public theater by professional/semi-professional performers.
49. Discover a lost weapon from the renaissance or pre-renaissance era, re-create it and arm a full squad/platoon in a Pensic war re-enactment.
50. Resurrect a defunct chartered organization for RR&R purposes / Dan Morrison / claimed 1 September 2019.
51. Establish a previously unknown genealogical connection between two Rascals.
52. Acquire and deed to the Ephorate a parcel of wasteland for RR&R use.
53. Launch a campaign that results in a Cause for Beatification and Canonization being initiated by a Roman Catholic Bishop.
54. Launch a campaign to redesign the Pennsylvania state flag.  Campaign must result in a bill being introduced in the Pennsylvania General Assembly / Dan Morrison / claimed 1 October 2019.
55. Get a town to rename itself for RR&R purposes.
56. Get the RR&R discussed in a published academic article.
57. Curate an exhibition of kitsch art at a legitimate gallery.
58. Resurrect a ghost town.
59. Disconnect from the internet for six months.
60. Build a crannog and host a Rogue Dinner on said crannog.
61. Create a wine or spirit with the RR&R name that is distributed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board in PA state stores (not beer!).
62. Write a concerto for didgeridoo, bagpipe and bandoneon and get it performed publicly twice in a concert hall (on different dates).
63. Create a statue of the unknown Rogue and get it placed on display in a public park for at least one month.
64. Create a new breed of rabbit and get it registered with ARBA. The name of the breed must contain a reference to RR&R.
65. Create a new appliance or device and get it pitched on a shopping channel on TV.
66. Create a dish referring to RR&R and have it included in the menu of at least two restaurants.
67. Convince 10 men to get a tattoo of the RR&R flag with the words “We will search for that interesting thing”.
68. Write a comprehensive history of an obscure Olympic sport (e.g., tug of war, club swinging) and publish it (self-publishing is OK).
69. Get a Pennsylvania or New Jersey Native American tribe federally recognized (currently there are none).
70. Paint a “Vermeer” following the instructions of the documentary Tim’s Vermeer.

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