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Quiz about Anagrams and Limericks More Famous Faces

Anagrams and Limericks - More Famous Faces Quiz

Anagrams of the famous in rhyme - Entail CAPITALS, solving is prime - Read the rest of the verse - For clues kind and perverse - And enjoy. Have a wonderful time.

A multiple-choice quiz by Nannanut. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Nannanut

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
194,155

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2899

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Question 1 of 10

1. REAVER PULE was a craftsman of note
He smithed silver, historians wrote
Watch the patriot ride
"Brits incoming" he cried
Oh. He also tossed tea off a boat

Answer: (2 words - 4 letters and 6 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. CARRID WHALENS a theory once found
And the proof of it was so profound
For evolving mankind
Evidence he must find
He declared "I'm Galapagos bound"

Answer: (2 words - 7 letters and 6 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. AWARD ELDER enjoyed drawing birds
Writing nonsense and playing with words
For the limerick's fame
He shouldered the blame
And deserves firsts and seconds and thirds

Answer: (2 words - 6 letters and 4 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. KNOT SHAM is an actor profound
Played an astronaut - guard - loved a hound
When Big roles come his way
He is not led astray
His performances really astound

Answer: (2 words - 3 letters and 5 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. HEWN GRIS a composer quite bold
Won a Pulitzer Prize so we're told
He loved rhapsodies blue
And folk operas so true
All wonderful works to behold

Answer: (One word - 8 letters - last name only)

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Question 6 of 10

6. RIDDEN FUMGUS - a prominent shrink
Was intrigued as to what people think
Ids and egos exposed
And dream theories proposed
His papers provoked quite a stink

Answer: (2 word - 7 letters and 5 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Old MACEDON TULE liked to paint
Cathedrals and gardens so quaint
His impressions of light
Are a breathtaking sight
His exuberance shows no restraint

Answer: (2 words - 6 letters and 5 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. BANDY LOB sang and strummed a guitar
Answers blew in the wind near and far
He wrote protest folk rock
Designed clearly to shock
And disliked being labeled a star

Answer: (2 words - 3 letters and 5 letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. SHAKEN JOT though a doctor, liked rhyme
And devoted to it lots of time
Autumn, Psyche and urns
Songs the nightingale learns
His odes are just truly sublime

Answer: (2 words - 4 letters and 5 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. TRAG NORRIS a man of the beat
Made it big time and thought life was sweet
What he hadn't allowed
Was a feeling so proud
Train narration just made life complete

Answer: (2 words - 5 letters and 5 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. REAVER PULE was a craftsman of note He smithed silver, historians wrote Watch the patriot ride "Brits incoming" he cried Oh. He also tossed tea off a boat

Answer: Paul Revere

Paul Revere (1735 - 1818) was a silversmith and engraver. He is best known for his famous ride from Boston to Lexington in 1755 to warn the colonialists that the British were coming. He was also a leader of the Boston Tea Party (1773).

2. CARRID WHALENS a theory once found And the proof of it was so profound For evolving mankind Evidence he must find He declared "I'm Galapagos bound"

Answer: Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) was an English naturalist who proposed the theory of natural selection. He spent time in the Galapagos Islands researching his work and his monumental "The Origin of Species" was published in 1859.

3. AWARD ELDER enjoyed drawing birds Writing nonsense and playing with words For the limerick's fame He shouldered the blame And deserves firsts and seconds and thirds

Answer: Edward Lear

Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) was an illustrator who enjoyed painting birds. He wrote "A Book of Nonsense" (1846) and popularised the limerick. It is to this end that your quiz author has taken it upon herself to award plaudits to Mr Lear.

4. KNOT SHAM is an actor profound Played an astronaut - guard - loved a hound When Big roles come his way He is not led astray His performances really astound

Answer: Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks (1956 - ) is an Oscar winning actor. He has had roles as astronaut Jim Lovell in "Apollo 13" (1995), prison guard Paul Edgecombe in "The Green Mile" (1999) and Detective Scott Turner in "Turner and Hooch" (1989). He also played Josh in "Big" (1988).

5. HEWN GRIS a composer quite bold Won a Pulitzer Prize so we're told He loved rhapsodies blue And folk operas so true All wonderful works to behold

Answer: Gershwin

George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) was a composer who combined jazz with popular music. His "Of Thee I Sing" (1931) was the first musical comedy to win the coveted Pulitzer Prize. Some of his best known works include "Rhapsody in Blue" (1923) and the folk opera "Porgy and Bess" (1935).

6. RIDDEN FUMGUS - a prominent shrink Was intrigued as to what people think Ids and egos exposed And dream theories proposed His papers provoked quite a stink

Answer: Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939) was an Austrian psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic movement. He delved into the conscious and subconscious mind and was interested in dream interpretation. His initial theories were not well received by his fellow clinicians.

7. Old MACEDON TULE liked to paint Cathedrals and gardens so quaint His impressions of light Are a breathtaking sight His exuberance shows no restraint

Answer: Claude Monet

Claude Monet (1840 - 1926) was a French Impressionist. He painted Rouen Cathedral showing the effects of light on it at many different times of the day. His extensive garden at Giverny also provided Monet with much inspiration for his art.

8. BANDY LOB sang and strummed a guitar Answers blew in the wind near and far He wrote protest folk rock Designed clearly to shock And disliked being labeled a star

Answer: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (1941 - ) wrote many songs of protest against war and injustice. "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) was a song protesting the futility of war. Dylan was a reluctant star preferring his reclusive ways to the glitz and glamour on offer at the time.

9. SHAKEN JOT though a doctor, liked rhyme And devoted to it lots of time Autumn, Psyche and urns Songs the nightingale learns His odes are just truly sublime

Answer: John Keats

John Keats (1795 - 1821) gave up his medical studies to write poetry. His odes include "To Autumn", "Ode to Psyche", "Ode to a Grecian Urn" and "Ode to a Nightingale" and were all written in 1819.

10. TRAG NORRIS a man of the beat Made it big time and thought life was sweet What he hadn't allowed Was a feeling so proud Train narration just made life complete

Answer: Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr (1940 - ) was the drummer for the Beatles and as such reached the height of fame in the 1960s. Today his very recognisable voice can be heard narrating "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends" (1984).

Source: Author Nannanut

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