Rook 47617 212416297 2008-05-14T19:11:08Z Xyzzyplugh 639298 wikified, per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)]] {{wiktionary|rook}} {{TOCright}} '''Rook''' may refer to: ==Bird== *[[Rook (bird)]], a member of the passerine order of birds and the crow family ==Games== *[[Rook (chess)]], a piece in the board game of chess **[[Rook and pawn versus rook endgame]], chess endgame **[[Rook's graph]], a graph that represents all legal moves of the rook piece on a chessboard *[[Rook (card game)]], a trick-taking game played with a deck of ''Rook playing cards'', introduced in 1906 by Parker Brothers as an alternative to standard playing cards ==People== *[[Alan Rook]], edited the 1936 issue of New Oxford Poetry, he was one of the Cairo poets *[[Jean Rook]], British newspaper columnist *[[Susan Rook]], journalist and photographer best known for her years as a CNN anchor for PrimeNews ==Other== *''[[Rook (album)]]'', a 2008 album by Shearwater *[[Rook (rocket)]], a British rocket, twenty five were launched between 1959 and 1972 *Rook (1874-1892) GWR no. 2176, one of 7 steam [[South Devon Railway 0-4-0 locomotives]], Raven class *[[Montes Rook]], a ring-shaped mountain range that lies along the western limb of the Moon *The [[Rook (comics)]], a time-traveling comic book character whose adventures were chronicled in various issues of Eerie magazine *[[Rook (piercing)]], a piercing on the anti-helix of the ear *[[The Edge Chronicles: Rook Barkwater Saga]], a saga in The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell *[[Rook Barkwater]], a fictional character in the children's book series The Edge Chronicles *The Rook, a 1940s era pulp adventure hero, is the title character in a series of novellas and short stories by author [[Barry Reese]] *[[Rook (Transformers)]], a fictional Transformers character ==See also== *[[Rooks]] (disambiguation page) *[[Rookery]], an animal breeding colony *[[Rookery (slum)]], a slang expression for a city slum *[[Rookie]], (mainly in North American usage), a person who is relatively new to an activity {{disambig}}