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Can you name the nicknames applied to these figures from history?
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Person
Nickname
Role
Suleiman I
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Ivan IV
Tsar of Russia
Edward Teach
English Pirate
Johann Strauss the Younger
Austrian Composer
William I
King of England
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor
Frederick II
King of Prussia
Harry Longabaugh
American outlaw
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
3rd Roman Emperor
Attila the Hun
Emperor of the Huns
Erik Thorvaldsson
Founder of the first Norse settlement in Greenland
Edward, Prince of Wales
Son of Edward III
Siddhārtha Gautama
Founder of a Religion
Erwin Rommel
German Field Marshal
Person
Nickname
Role
Vlad III
Prince of Wallachia
William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Frank Sinatra
American singer and actor
Margaret Thatcher
British Prime Minister
George Washington
First President of the United States
Florence Nightingale
British nurse
Æthelred II
King of England
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
Spanish military leader
Wenceslaus I
Duke of Bohemia
Frederick I
Holy Roman Emperor
Andrew Jackson
Seventh President of the United States
James Brown
American singer
Louis XIV
King of France
Euclid of Alexandria
Greek mathematician
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Historic Nicknames Quiz
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Created Oct 27, 2009 in
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Isstvan
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 17:22 GMT
3 points
James Brown had numerous nicknames, including the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, which was as common as the one included.
miniyoda008
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 17:31 GMT
2 points
I'll add that. If anyone's got any other suggestions for names that should be there, think any are too hard, or have any suggestions please tell me.
Aaron_Kashtan
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Oct 27th, 2009 at 22:37 GMT
1 point
Suggestions: Old Hickory Old Tippecanoe Desert Fox Sublime Doctor, Angelic Doctor, etc. El Cid Campeador
miniyoda008
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 08:28 GMT
1 point
I've changed some of the more obscure ones (answers only 1 out of 106 had got) to some of those suggestions, so the most missed is now wrong, but the quiz should be more possible.
moley_15
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 17:17 GMT
1 point
Hey, great quiz, good mix of genres and difficulty. One this it might be worth pointing out though, is that it's Wenceslaus I, not Wencesalus, and (thinking that was how you intended to spell it) I typed Good King Wenceslaus and got nothing. Maybe it might be worth you changing those, or being a little more flexible with the (various) spellings?
JayHankEdLyon
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 17:24 GMT
1 point
You really oughtta allow the full nickname; for instance, typing in "Ivan the Terrible" should count. I was very confused.
rk559
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 19:49 GMT
2 points
Elvis the Pelvis
r0wly
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Nov 2nd, 2009 at 14:01 GMT
1 point
i may be wrong but was sinatra every known as the chairman of the board, or was that someone else
kmiller
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Nov 23rd, 2009 at 04:02 GMT
3 points
William I was also known as "William the Bastard"
abanazerb
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Dec 9th, 2009 at 12:36 GMT
0 points
Interesting quiz, thanks. Not sure about George Washington - does anyone ever use that as a nickname?
steeltown
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Jan 20th, 2010 at 09:35 GMT
1 point
Varied, fun & challenging quiz--- I did miss my favorite though, Eric IV of Denmark, aka Eric Plow Tax.
mayfan
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Apr 21st, 2010 at 06:45 GMT
1 point
Loved it. 5 of 5, but I would add Alfred I, otherwise known as Alfred the Great, for good reason.
MisterF
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Apr 4th, 2011 at 16:27 GMT
1 point
Surely "Good King" should be acceptable for Wenceslaus, should it not? Unless I spelled something wrong while typing it in...
carbon_rod
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Apr 4th, 2011 at 20:28 GMT
1 point
Elizabeth I - the virgin queen. Joanna of Castile - the mad. Simon Bolivar - the liberator. Abraham Lincoln - the great emancipator. You could easily double the size of this quiz, or make a sequel.
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