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Post by Big Lin on Jan 24, 2019 14:07:25 GMT
Maybe I should start posting the ones that have been answered correctly.
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Post by Big Lin on Jan 24, 2019 14:12:05 GMT
a) Real name/ pseudonymn:
The person I've given is better known by their pseudonymn than their real name. Match the real name with the pseudonym.
Terence Nelhams - Adam Faith
Maurice Micklewhite - Michael Caine
Marion Montgomery (my apologies, I meant Marion Morrison) - John Wayne
Walker Smith - Sugar Ray Robinson
Douglas McPherson
b) Nicknames:
who are:
The Old Groaner - Bing Crosby
Old Hickory - Andrew Jackson
Old Tippacanoe - William Henry Harrison
The Grand Old Man - William Ewart Gladstone
The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street - The Bank of England
c) Odd Man Out:
Victor Hugo
Charles Dickens
Mark Twain
T S Eliot
Miguel Cervantes
d) History:
Who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England?
Who was the last Chancellor of the Third Reich? - Joseph Goebbels (yes, he was briefly after Hitler's suicide!)
Who was the first Christian Roman Emperor?
Who was 'the sick man of Europe?' - The Ottoman Empire (Turkey is also an acceptable answer)
Why was Sam Houston imprisoned when the American Civil War began? (again, my apologies; Houston was imprisoned earlier in his career but why did he have to resign as Governor of Texas and stay more or less under house arrest?)
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Post by andie on Jan 25, 2019 3:26:22 GMT
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Post by Big Lin on Jan 25, 2019 13:31:29 GMT
Anyone care to have a go at the remaining questions?
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Post by donna on Jan 28, 2019 16:58:35 GMT
I know some:
Douglas Macpherson - Suggs
Last Anglo-Saxon king - Edgar Atheling
First Christian Roman Emperor - Philip the Arabian
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Post by donna on Jan 28, 2019 17:01:16 GMT
A wild guess on the Odd Man Out - Mark Twain, Hugo, Dickens, Cervantes and Eliot all wrote poetry (though the first three also wrote and are better known for their novels) while I don't think Twain did. Or it could be because Twain is the only one writing under a pen name while the others used their real names. Or it could be Eliot because all the others wrote fiction! Maybe ONE of my guesses might be right!
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Post by andie on Feb 2, 2019 5:50:22 GMT
Hey... Just curious but did mikemarshall take this quiz? Since I have "known" him, I have been most impressed by both his intelligence and his education. (As well as other things) My strong feeling is he would do extremely well on this quiz. So Michael...if you read this and have not done the quiz, could you maybe consider taking it before it is closed out ? Or...if you have privately, would you be willing to share how you did after it is closed out ? Andie xx
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Post by andie on Feb 2, 2019 6:02:01 GMT
Addendum to the Quiz.
a)
John Wayne is the real name of Marion Morrison. I did mention Wayne in my original answer.
b)
Archibald Henderson
"https://www.google.com/search?q=archibald+henderson+marine+corps&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS731US731&oq=ar&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i60l3j69i57j35i39.2194j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8"
"Archibald Henderson was the longest-serving Commandant of the Marine Corps, serving from 1820 to 1859. His name is learned by all recruits at Marine recruit training as the "Grand old man of the Marine Corps," serving in the United States Marine Corps for 53 years.
c)
Victor Hugo/ Jean Valjean is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables
Charles Dickens /After Dickens was revealed to be "The Inimitable Boz," he dropped the "Boz" but continued to be known as "The Inimitable."
Mark Twain /Samuel Langhorne Clemens, pen name or pseudonym
T S Eliot /father of modern poetry among other things. Eliot won Nobel Prize in literature
Miguel Cervantes /Cervantes himself states that he wrote Don Quixote in order to undermine the influence of those "vain and empty books of chivalry" as well as to provide some merry, original, and sometimes prudent material for his readers' entertainment...
4 of the 5 writers wrote of themes of Human Rights. T S Eliot... who has no known pen name... wrote of other themes.
Also only T S Eliot won a Nobel Prize. He won the Nobel Prize in literature. Another Odd Man Out fact.
d)
I can find no reference to Sam Houston ever being imprisoned. I would love to know when he was and hopefully have a link for that.
He had to resign as Governor of Texas because he despite his pro-slavery views, he believed in preserving the Union. He became governor in 1859, but was removed from office after the secession of Texas in 1861.
So...for whatever it is worth...I went back to this quiz to dig deeper for my own edification.
The Odd Man Out Section had obviously flummoxed me the most.
Maybe this time I have looked at it the correct way. At least I tried.
Andie xx
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Post by Big Lin on Feb 3, 2019 0:00:21 GMT
Hey... Just curious but did mikemarshall take this quiz? Since I have "known" him, I have been most impressed by both his intelligence and his education. (As well as other things) My strong feeling is he would do extremely well on this quiz. So Michael...if you read this and have not done the quiz, could you maybe consider taking it before it is closed out ? Or...if you have privately, would you be willing to share how you did after it is closed out ? Andie xx As he's my husband, Andie, it wouldn't have been fair for him to take my quiz because he'd know all the answers!
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Post by Big Lin on Feb 3, 2019 0:19:27 GMT
I've never heard of Archibald Henderson but Gladstone was known as the Grand Old Man for many years - largely because of his very long Parliamentary career (1832-1898). I've already apologised for putting Marion Montgomery instead of Marion Morrison which of course was John Wayne's real name!
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Post by mikemarshall on Feb 3, 2019 1:32:16 GMT
I wish I knew what the smiley for blush is, Andie!
Of course it would be quite unfair for me to have taken part in this quiz.
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Post by andie on Feb 3, 2019 9:09:26 GMT
I wish I knew what the smiley for blush is, Andie! Of course it would be quite unfair for me to have taken part in this quiz. I understand Mike. Just thought there might have been a chance you took it before you knew the answers.
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Post by andie on Feb 3, 2019 9:15:16 GMT
I've never heard of Archibald Henderson but Gladstone was known as the Grand Old Man for many years - largely because of his very long Parliamentary career (1832-1898). I've already apologised for putting Marion Montgomery instead of Marion Morrison which of course was John Wayne's real name! I know you did via John Wayne. I was not looking for another apology. Not at all. As I said...I was just going thru it again for my own edification . As for Henderson versus Gladstone...I put that there because I think there may be 2 correct answers to that question. That is why I gave the backup for the Henderson reply. I meant no offense whatsoever in posting more answers to the Quiz. I am so sorry if I offended you in any way. Andie xx
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Post by Big Lin on Feb 3, 2019 21:51:33 GMT
Andie, you're lovely! Why on earth do you think I was offended?
Obviously I've never heard of Henderson but Gladstone is well known as the Grand Old Man so I only anticipated him as the answer!
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Post by andie on Feb 3, 2019 23:08:36 GMT
Andie, you're lovely! Why on earth do you think I was offended? Obviously I've never heard of Henderson but Gladstone is well known as the Grand Old Man so I only anticipated him as the answer! Big Lin , I just thought that maybe I had stepped over the line with this quiz. Sometimes I can get obsessed with the silliest things. More than anything I abhor offending anyone on the forums. And esp. people I like and respect. I am so very glad you are not offended. I feel so much better. Would rather apologize and find that really everything was alright than the opposite. This is being posted I believe at the end of your weekend so have a lovely Monday. Andie xx
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