Famous Nicknames - Quiz Questions & Answers
Last updated on 20 Dec, 2008 by Editor
- Who were “fathers” of the following?
(a) History
(b) Medicine
(c) Science Fiction - Whom do the following titles refer to?
(a) the Iron Chancellor
(b) the Man of Destiny - Who were these famous stage personalities?
(a) the Little Tramp
(b) Divine Sarah - Who was called the “Laughing Philosopher”?
- Who was the “Wizard o Menlo Park”?
- Who are these sportsmen?
(a) The Ebony Express
(b) The Black Pearl - Who was known as the “First Lady of Laughter”?
- Name the personality referred to by
(a) The Little Corporal
(b) The Hero of Trafalgar
(c) The Iron Duke - Who was known as:
(a) The Lady with the Lamp
(b) Satchmo
(c) The Bard of Avon
(d) Lady bird
(e) The Maid of Orleans - These two great personalities were called the “father of the Nation” in
(a) America and
(b) India - Which famous Essayist was known as Elia?
- To whom are the following titles attributed?
(a) Bangabandhu
(b) Frontier Gandhi
(c) The Iron Butterfly - By what name was T.E. Lawrence known?
- Adolf Hitler was known as “Der fuhrer”. What did the title mean?
- Who was known as “Stonewall” Jackson? Why was he called so?
- Only one English king has been nicknamed “The Great”. Who was he?
- Which British Minister was nicknamed “Dizzy”?
- Identify:
(a) “Little Mo”
(b) the “Louisville Lip” - Who is referred to by
(a) the Holy Pontiff
(b) the Enlightened One - What ware the real names of these American Presidents?
(a) Abe
(b) Teddy and
(c) Ike
Answers to Famous Nicknames Quiz Questions
- (a) Herodotus (484-425 B.C.), Greek Historian
(b) Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.), Greek Physician - (a) Otto von Bismarck
(b) Napoleon
(c) Rasputin - (a) Charlie Chaplin
(b) Sarah Bernhardt - Democritus
- Thomas Alva Edison, who produced over 1000 inventions
- (a) Jesse Owens
(b) Pele - Lucille Ball or Lucy, a most successful television comedienne in the popular “Lucy” serial
- (a) Napoleon Bonaparte
(b) Horatio Nelson
(c) The Duke of Wellington - (a) Florence Nightingale
(b) Louis Armstrong
(c) William Shakespeare
(d) Claudia Taylor Johnson (Wife of the U.S. President Lyndon Johnson)
(e) Joan or Arc - (a) George Washington
(b) Mahatma Gandhi - Charles Lamb
- (a) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
(b) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(c) Imelda Marcos - Lawrence of Arabia
- The Leader
- A General in the American Civil War; from his firm stand at the Battle of Bull Run in 1861.
- Alfred
- Benjamin Disraeli
- (a) Maureen Connelly, the American tennis player
(b) Mohammed Ali - (a) The Pope
(b) Gautama Buddha - (a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Theodore Roosevelt
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower
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