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Quiz about Amazing Name Changes 1
Quiz about Amazing Name Changes 1

Amazing Name Changes (1) Trivia Quiz


I have been tracking down some of the name changes undergone by well loved artists and thought this would make a good quiz. See what you think.

A multiple-choice quiz by DoveHouse. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
DoveHouse
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
342,738
Updated
Jan 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
2411
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. This singer is something of a herpetologist! He was born Vincent Damon Furnier. Who is he? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This singer was a total showman, born Marvin Lee Aday. What was his stage name? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This performer is a world favourite, and a well known songwriter and performer. He was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, known to us as? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This personality was just that, a larger than life stage persona, whose life was cut tragically short in 1991. He was born as Farrokh Bulsara. What was his stage name? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This performer has been around since the mid 1960s. He is a noted singer/ songwriter/musician/actor, who fronts a very popular hard rock band and has a beautiful, well known actress daughter. He was born Steven Tallarico, but who is he better known as? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This guy is a brilliant guitarist, who has been a guest performer for several noted groups, but is better known as lead guitarist in a well known hard rock band in the 1980s and 1990s. Was he their 'sweet child'? His birth name is Saul Hudson, who is he better known as? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A larger than life performer, this is a person who sang alongside Slash in an iconic 1980s/'90s band. This guy was born William Bruce Rose, but is better known as whom? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This person is a man of Irish descent, singer in an Irish rock band which was formed in 1976. His birth name is Paul David Hewson, but the world knows him better as what? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This guy is a man who has almost become an institution in the music industry. He is a great American singer, songwriter, musician, poet and painter.
He seems to have been around forever, but was born in 1941 as Robert Allen Zimmerman. Who is this icon?
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Who was born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This singer is something of a herpetologist! He was born Vincent Damon Furnier. Who is he?

Answer: Alice Cooper

A well loved protagonist of hard rock and heavy metal, Alice Cooper is known as a showman and often uses a boa constrictor in his stage performances, still performing strongly at over 60!
2. This singer was a total showman, born Marvin Lee Aday. What was his stage name?

Answer: Meat Loaf

Ever the showman, Meat Loaf has had many ups and downs in his life, including bankruptcy a couple of times and heart problems! He passed away on January 20, 2022.
3. This performer is a world favourite, and a well known songwriter and performer. He was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, known to us as?

Answer: Elton John

Elton is a real favourite of the British monarchy and one of the top producers of recordings. He has sold in excess of 250 million records world wide.
4. This personality was just that, a larger than life stage persona, whose life was cut tragically short in 1991. He was born as Farrokh Bulsara. What was his stage name?

Answer: Freddie Mercury

This artist was a great stage performer with the band Queen. His untimely death from the AIDS virus at age 45, left a big hiatus in the rock field.
5. This performer has been around since the mid 1960s. He is a noted singer/ songwriter/musician/actor, who fronts a very popular hard rock band and has a beautiful, well known actress daughter. He was born Steven Tallarico, but who is he better known as?

Answer: Steve Tyler

He is known as The Demon of Screamin', is the father of Liv Tyler, and has fronted Aerosmith since 1970. He occasionally plays harmonica and keyboards for the group.
6. This guy is a brilliant guitarist, who has been a guest performer for several noted groups, but is better known as lead guitarist in a well known hard rock band in the 1980s and 1990s. Was he their 'sweet child'? His birth name is Saul Hudson, who is he better known as?

Answer: Slash

Slash is a noted British/American musician and songwriter, born in Hampstead, London in 1965. After leaving Guns n Roses, Slash co-founded the super-group Velvet Revolver, along with Duff McCagan, Matt Sorum and Dave Kushner (of Wasted Youth), lead vocals was Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots.
He got the nickname 'Slash' from Seymour Cassel, a family friend, who said 'he was always in a hurry, zipping around from one thing to another'
7. A larger than life performer, this is a person who sang alongside Slash in an iconic 1980s/'90s band. This guy was born William Bruce Rose, but is better known as whom?

Answer: Axl Rose

Axl was born in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1962 and is a noted singer/songwriter and musician.
He learned to play several instruments (piano, synthesizer, percussion, guitar and drums) as well as being a great singer and front man for Guns'n'Roses. "NME" and "Rolling Stone" have named him as one of the greatest singers around.
8. This person is a man of Irish descent, singer in an Irish rock band which was formed in 1976. His birth name is Paul David Hewson, but the world knows him better as what?

Answer: Bono

Bono was born in Dublin in 1960 as Paul David Hewson. He is an Irish singer, musician and humanitarian as well as U2's main songwriter and front man.
Many of his songs have a political, social or religious theme. Away from U2, Bono is widely known for his activism concerning Africa, for which he has co-founded several pressure organisations, also organising and playing in several benefit concerts. He has met with influential politicians and people.
He has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and been awarded an Honorary Knighthood by Queen Elizabeth 11, as well as being named Person of the Year in 2005, by Time Magazine.
9. This guy is a man who has almost become an institution in the music industry. He is a great American singer, songwriter, musician, poet and painter. He seems to have been around forever, but was born in 1941 as Robert Allen Zimmerman. Who is this icon?

Answer: Bob Dylan

Dylan was born in Duluth in Minnesota, in 1941, of East European Jewish extraction. In September 1959, Dylan enrolled at the University of Minnesota, where his early preference for rock and roll, changed to an interest in American folk music. He dropped out of college and moved to New York in 1961, where he hoped to visit his idol Woody Guthrie who was in hospital suffering from Huntington's Disease.
Dylan also played at various venues around Greenwich Village, where he was noticed by Robert Shelton, who wrote a good review in the New York Times, and was noticed by the producer John Hammond who signed him up to Columbia Records.
Dylan has been a major influence in music since the early 1960s and many artists have named him as the one musician who has influenced their style of music most.
10. Who was born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner?

Answer: Sting

Sting was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1951. He qualified as a teacher, but during school breaks, he played in local bands (Phoenix Jazzmen, the Newcastle Big Band and Last Exit). He got his nickname 'Sting' after he performed a set with the Phoenix Jazzmen, wearing a black and yellow striped sweater, which the band leader, Gordon Solomon, said 'made him look like a bee!'
Of course he later went on to form the band, The Police, a very successful 1980s band.
Source: Author DoveHouse

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