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Can you name the nicknames by the historical figure's actual name?
created by
JayHankEdLyon
Enter a name in the box below
Correctly named names will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source:
Wikipedia, of course.
For instance, "Mohandas Gandhi" is better known as "Mahatma Gandhi."
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Real Name
Nickname
Samuel Clemens
Nguyễn Sinh Cung
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Manfred von Richthofen
Édith Giovanna Gassion
Edson Arantes do Nascimento
Emmanuel Radnitzky
Temüjin
Real Name
Nickname
Eric Arthur Blair
Siddhartha Gautama
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Saloth Sar
Mary I of England
Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili
François-Marie Arouet
Theodor Geisel
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Historical Nicknames by Real Names Quiz
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Created Jun 25, 2010 in
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Terentius_Varro
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Jun 26th, 2010 at 15:24 GMT
2 points
Good quiz, with a very good selection of names/people. You could shorten the time by 6 or 7 minutes. Álso, as has been said on many quizzes, the answer to 'Temüjin' can be spelled a thousand ways, so you should accept a lot more variations.
JayHankEdLyon
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Jun 26th, 2010 at 16:25 GMT
2 points
Can you suggest some of these variations? I put in a couple from wiki, but I'd assume you know more of them than I do.
DragonNo4
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Jun 26th, 2010 at 23:47 GMT
1 point
Genghis and Ghengis are the most common.
WeaselKing1000
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Aug 27th, 2010 at 15:42 GMT
1 point
I was typing 'The Red Baron', and 'the' was enough for Genghis Khan to come up...
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