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Quiz about Identity Version 1
Quiz about Identity Version 1

Identity Version 1 Trivia Quiz


NBC launched the premiere of "Identity" where a contestant matches twelve identities to twelve different people. I decided to make my own version of "Identity." Take the test and try your skills of judging a person's name.

A multiple-choice quiz by wanna_be19. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
wanna_be19
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
256,929
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
864
Question 1 of 15
1. Match fifteen identities to fifteen strangers and non-strangers and win points.
Which one of the following actually became a PRIME MINISTER?
Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Which one was a son of a Quaker? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Which one of the following was a pirate? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Who was "Madame Butterfly"? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Who was a Pulitzer Prize winner? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Who was the father of Michael, John, Steven and Susan? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Which one of the following was a spy? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Which one of the following was born in Scotland? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Which one of the following was buried near Napoleon I? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Who was the first female sportscaster? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Which one of the following walked in space? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Who authored "A Rare Thing"? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Of the following, who was a daytime television star? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Who voiced a Disney Princess? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Who was sued for stealing cloth? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Match fifteen identities to fifteen strangers and non-strangers and win points. Which one of the following actually became a PRIME MINISTER?

Answer: Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto was the prime minister of Pakistan but was removed from office in 1990 because of corruption.
2. Which one was a son of a Quaker?

Answer: Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense," a pamphlet which is proposed to have influenced the Declaration of Independence. He also wrote "Age of Reason" while in prison. In his lifetime, he personally met Benjamin Franklin before dying of poverty.
3. Which one of the following was a pirate?

Answer: Bartholomew Roberts

Bartholomew Roberts was known as Black Bart, the most gentlemanly of all pirates. He forbade swearing, drinking and even gambling on his boat. However, despite that, he plundered more than 400 ships during his lifetime.
4. Who was "Madame Butterfly"?

Answer: Mary T. Meagher

Mary was known as "Madame Butterfly" for her excellence in the butterfly stroke at swimming. Her record for the 200-meter butterfly was the top spot in world records for 19 years. She was elected to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1993.
5. Who was a Pulitzer Prize winner?

Answer: John Hoyer Updike

John was born in Pennsylvania. He wrote "Rabbit is Rich" in 1981. In 1982, the fictional book won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He won again in 1992 for his other book, "Rabbit at Rest" which was published in 1991.
6. Who was the father of Michael, John, Steven and Susan?

Answer: Gerald R. Ford

Gerald Ford fathered these children. Gerald Ford was the 38th President of the United States.
7. Which one of the following was a spy?

Answer: Belle Boyd

Belle was a Confederate spy during the American Civil War. She used her charm to obtain information from Northern officers, which she later passed to the South. She was captured three times. She was released on the first two due to lack of evidence. She escaped on the third.
8. Which one of the following was born in Scotland?

Answer: Andrew Carnegie

Andrew was born in Dunfermline, Scotland and made a fortune developing the Pennsylvania steel industry. He donated about $350 million to museums, libraries, universities and international peace movements.
9. Which one of the following was buried near Napoleon I?

Answer: Ferdinand Foch

Ferdinand was the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in France in 1918. He headed up the counter-offensive against the Germans that ended World War I. He was buried on Invalides, Paris, near Napoleon I.
10. Who was the first female sportscaster?

Answer: Donna de Varona

Donna was one of the best female American swimmers of the early 1960s. She was voted as America's Outstanding Woman Athlete. She was elected to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1969.
11. Which one of the following walked in space?

Answer: Aleksei Leonov

Aleksei was the first person to walk in space on March 18, 1965. The cosmonaut floated in space for about ten minutes.
12. Who authored "A Rare Thing"?

Answer: Vicente Martin y Soler

Vicente wrote the operatic masterpiece which dawned the maturity of opera in Spain in the 1700s.
13. Of the following, who was a daytime television star?

Answer: Nathaniel Marston

In 2001, on the daytime serial "One Life To Live", Nathaniel was hired to play the part of Al Holden, who was the son of Max and Gabrielle. Al fell in love with his tutor, Marcie Walsh. In 2003, Al caught a virus from Marcie and died. Not being able to exist away from Marcie, Al found a way to come back. Existing as a ghost, he entered the body of Michael McBain, a doctor, and had to get Marcie to fall in love with him again. Co-existing in the same body as Dr. McBain, he had until Valentine's Day 2004 to accomplish his goal.
14. Who voiced a Disney Princess?

Answer: Lea Salonga

Lea was the singing voice of Jasmine in "Aladdin, and also the singing voice of Mulan in "Mulan".
15. Who was sued for stealing cloth?

Answer: St. Francis of Assissi

The last identity belongs to St. Francis of Assissi. His own father sued him for stealing some cloth in his store.
Source: Author wanna_be19

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