Cecil Rhodes
This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
publication date: Monday, September 13, 2021 (part of Fall 2021)
category: 
Business
clue: Not only a famed scholarship but an entire country were named after this businessman.
explanation: Cecil Rhodes was a british businessman who founded the De Beers diamond company. The Rhodes scholarship is funded by his estate and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) was named for him. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, Aaron Shurtleff, and Scott Hardie
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