Take this John Who? Quiz! Tough Trivia | First Names

Answer: St John the Evangelist

St John the Evangelist is one of the contenders, along with John the Apostle, for the title of the author of the work often known as "The Book of Revelation" or "The Revelation of St John". Such concepts as "the number of the beast" and "the four horsemen of the Apocalypse" appear in this book.

Answer: King John

King John of England (1167-1216) was the son of Henry ll, and the younger brother of the Richard who was known as Richard the Lionheart. "Bad King John", or "John Lackland" as he is sometimes known, became King in 1199 and married Isabella De Taillefer in 1200. In 1215, he was made to sign the Magna Carta (great charter), which limited his power and gave him a kind of parliament of barons.
John married twice, and had at least seven children, including the son who became Henry III and Princess Joan, who married Prince Llewellyn (The Great) Ap Iorwerth of North Wales.

Answer: John Tregarth

John Tregarth (his real name) often uses the alias "Sir John Smythe". He is one of author Elizabeth Peters' most attractive characters, and appears in some of the Vicky Bliss series and also in the single title "The Camelot Caper". Throughout the latter book, he is known as "Cousin John".

Answer: John Buchan

John Buchan was born in Perth (Scotland) in 1875. He trained as a lawyer, but became a private secretary and then went into publishing. He had his first book "Prestor John", published in 1910. His best known book, "The Thirty Nine Steps" was published a few years later, and after the war Buchan produced more adventure stories. He became Baron Tweedsmuir in 1935, and died in 1940.

John Wyndham was a British sf writer, John Kirkbride writes for teenagers and John Marsden is Australian, writing fantasy, sf and realism.

Answer: John Wayne

Actor John Wayne (1907-1979) was born in Iowa. His original name was Marion Robert Morrison, but he was re-named Marion Michael Morrison. Nicknamed "The Duke", John Wayne had a long and successful career, starring in many westerns and some war movies. Films include "Rooster Cogburn" (1975) and "Stagecoach" (1939).

John Barrymore, John Saxon and John Carradine are/were also actors.

Answer: John Newton

John Newton was born in 1725, and went to sea with his father when he was eleven. He stayed at sea, often unhappily, for some years and by 1748 he was captain of a slave ship. In that year, he was suddenly converted while steering his ship through a storm. Two years later, he married Mary Catlett, and in 1755 he gave up seafaring and worked at other jobs while continuing his self-education. He became friends with a preacher named George Whitefield and eventually decided to become a minister himself. Many of the hymns he wrote were published in a collection, and he died in 1807.

John Franklin was an explorer and governor of Tasmania, John Wesley was the founder of Methodism and John Jakes is an author.

Answer: John Keats

John Keats was born in London in 1795. He was apprenticed to an apothecary-surgeon in 1810, began writing poetry in 1814 and later became a student at a hospital. In 1816 he gave up medicine to become a full time poet. His first book of poems was published in 1817.

He continued writing, and produced some of the best known poems of the romantic school, before his death of tuberculosis in 1821.

Answer: John Paul Young

John Paul Young was born in Scotland in 1950, and moved to Australia in his teens. He had many hits in the 1970s, and early in that decade he changed his performance name from "John Young" to "John Paul Young" to avoid confusion with singer Johnny Young. His song "Love is in the Air" was a big hit, and it, and John, came back into the limelight when it was used in the musical film "Strictly Ballroom" in 1992.

The other John Paul Young is a Canadian singer born in 1956.

John Farnham, Johnny Young and Jon English have all had successful singing careers in Australia.

Answer: John Doe

"John Doe" began life as a legal fiction -- a name used for an anonymous tenant. The equivalent name for the landlord was "Richard Roe". These were common first names in medieval England, and both surnames had something to do with deer.

John Doe these days is likely to be an unidentified culprit or dead body. The female form is "Jane Doe".

Answer: John Wesley

John Benjamin Wesley was born in 1703, one of Susanna and Samuel Wesley's nineteen children. John's father and two surviving brothers were priests in the Church of England, so it isn't surprising that John became a minister as well. He spent some time in America, but returned to England.

He was very methodical in his life and teachings, and the movement first known as "Wesleyism" eventually became "Methodism". John Wesley preached thousands of sermons and rode thousands of miles during his ministry.

He died in 1791 at the age of 87, just days after preaching his last sermon.

Answer: John Bull

John Bull first appears as a satirical character invented by John Arbuthnot (1667-1735). Arbuthnot said John Bull was a typical Englishman "an honest plain-dealing fellow, choleric, bold, and of a very inconstant temper".

Answer: A boat, featured in a song of that name.

"Sloop John B" is a traditional song, which was arranged by Brian Wilson for "The Beach Boys'" 1966 hit. The narrator "came on the Sloop John B" with his grandfather, but now he wants to go home.

Answer: John of Gaunt

John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster) was born in 1340 and died in 1399. He was the fourth son of Edward III, and the father of Henry IV. In 1359, he was married to Blanche Plantagenet, by whom he had five children, and then later he married Constance Perez of Castile (1371)and then, in the 1390s, to Catherine (Katherine) Roet Swynford. John of Gaunt died in 1397 or 1398.

Answer: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born to British parents in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1892. He moved to England when he was three. He studied at Oxford, and later married Edith Bratt. His best known work, the trilogy known collectively as "The Lord of the Rings" was published in the 1950s and has since been made into three films. JRR Tolkien died in 1973.

Answer: John Marsden

John Marsden was born in Melbourne in 1950. He later lived in Kyneton and Devonport, and then the family moved to Parramatta. he became an English teacher, and his first book, "So Much to Tell You" was published in 1987. The Tomorrow series began with "Tomorrow, When the War Began", published in 1994.