USA HISTORY

THE RISE OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM 1980 1992

THE ELECTION OF RONALD REAGAN IN 1980

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was Ronald Reagan’s childhood nickname?
A
sports boy
B
Ronald mcDonald
C
Big R
D
Dutch
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ronald Reagan The Gipper, after his role as George “The Gipper” Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American. Gipp exhorted his teammates to “Win one for the Gipper".

Detailed explanation-2: -The word Dutch comes from a Proto-Germanic word meaning “of the people.” It shares a root with the German word Deutsch, which has led to some confusing names. The name Germans call Germany, for example, is Deutschland and the people there Deutsch.

Detailed explanation-3: -The family name Regan, along with its cognates O’Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O’Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin.

Detailed explanation-4: -Here’s how late Phillies star Darren Daulton got the nickname ‘Dutch’

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