Unknown First Names Quiz | Name Game

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1. English author Rudyard Kipling shared a (hidden) first name with a Polish-born author know for works written in English. What is their common first name?

Answer: Joseph

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, British India, in 1865. He is best known for "The Jungle Book" and other novels, poems and stories that often featured life in India. Joseph Conrad (J�zef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) was a Polish-born author whose best known works were written in English, including "Heart of Darkness" and "Lord Jim".

2. Sharing a first name with four other U.S. Presidents, which "silent" President also kept his first name silent (hidden)?

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge served as President from 1923-1929 and was widely known as "Silent Cal". Although a gifted speaker, Coolidge was known to be a man of few words in private. The other Presidents named John were: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler and John Kennedy.

3. Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born media mogul. He shares a (hidden) first name with another famous Australian citizen who is a country music singer and is also married to a famous Australian. What name is shared by musician and mogul?

Answer: Keith

Keith Rupert Murdoch runs a media empire that includes such stalwarts as Twentieth Century Fox, HarperCollins, and "The Wall Street Journal". Fellow Australian Keith Urban was born in New Zealand, and is married to Nicole Kidman, a US-born Australian actress.

4. Ross Perot is a billionaire U.S. business man that fared very well as a candidate for the US Presidency in 1992. If he had won, he would have been the first President with what (hidden) first name?

Answer: Henry

Henry Ross Perot ran as an Independent and won 19 percent of the vote in the 1992 election and in earlier polling had matched G.H.W Bush and Bill Clinton. Through 2016, the name "Henry" has appeared only once in the name of a US President, as a middle name for William Henry Harrison.

5. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is known as an "appeaser" of Hitler to try to avoid WW2. His (hidden) first name is the same as the 1st Duke of Wellington, who certainly didn't appease Napoleon in 1815. What name is this?

Answer: Arthur

Arthur Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister of the UK from 1937-1940 and signed the Munich Agreement of 1938 that ceded part of Czechoslovakia to a Germany that was expanding through threats and diplomatic guile. Arthur Wellesley led the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo.

6. Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the more famous, active and powerful First Ladies of the 20th century. She shared a (hidden) first name with an Englishwoman who famously served a foreign monarch, as well as the fictional character based on that woman in a novel, movie and play. What is this palindromic name?

Answer: Anna

Anna Lenowens' memoirs, published in 1870, were titled "The English Governess at the Siamese Court" and formed the basis for 1944 novel "Anna and the King of Siam" and 1951's musical "The King and I". Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was a very forward-thinking First Lady: she held press conferences, hosted a radio show and wrote for magazines and newspapers and spoke at the Democratic national party convention in 1940.

7. Edward Asner was born in Kansas City, MO to Russian-Jewish parents and shares his (hidden) first name with an Israeli Prime Minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize and was assassinated in 1995. What ethnic name do these men share?

Answer: Yitzhak

Yitzhak Edward "Ed" Asner is best known for playing the curmudgeonly "Lou Grant" on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" and the spin-off "Lou Grant". Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin pursued peace with Palestinians, and was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli that opposed his attempts at reconciliation with Arabs.

8. Dale Earnhardt Sr. is a very famous American NASCAR driver that shared a (hidden) first name with one of the stars of "Schindler's List", who spells his name the same as Mr. Earnhardt but pronounces it differently. Which name, derived from Old Norse, is this?

Answer: Ralph

Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr. undoubtedly pronounced the "L" in his first name, as do most Americans. Ralph Fiennes uses the traditional pronunciation with a silent "L", or "raif".

9. Brad Pitt is an American actor that was named "Sexiest Man Alive" by "People" magazine in 1995 and 2000. What (hidden) first name does he share with four English kings?

Answer: William

William Bradley Pitt shared a first name with his father, as well as English royalty. Pitt was a journalism major at the University of Missouri, but left two weeks before earning his degree to pursue an acting career. None of Pitt's children, adopted or natural, have their father's name.

10. Orson Welles is an American actor, writer, director and producer. Which (hidden) first name does he share with six English kings, one of whom was on the throne when his best-known movie and radio play were released?

Answer: George

Orson Welles' first name is George, same as King George VI who reigned 1936-1952. Welles' classic "War of the Worlds" was broadcast as a Halloween special in 1938, fooling many who didn't hear the disclaimers into thinking Martians were actually invading the U.S. Welles' opus is 1941's "Citizen Kane", which he co-wrote, produced, directed and in which he acted in the lead role. Welles' first name came from a great-granduncle, but he always used his middle name, "Orson", from his great-grandfather.

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Unknown First Names Trivia Quiz

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