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Quiz about Names Are Not Always What They Seem
Quiz about Names Are Not Always What They Seem

Names Are Not Always What They Seem Quiz


Sometimes it is difficult to know if a name is that of a place, an object or a well-known person. Can you identify each of these names?

A multiple-choice quiz by Ayerst. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Ayerst
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
377,878
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
709
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who or what is John Dory? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who or what is Elvira Madigan? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who or what is Jack Tar? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who or what is Jethro Tull? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who or what is Mungo Park? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who or what is Penny Lane? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Who or what is Oliver Lodge? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Who or what is Fosse Way? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who or what is Della Street? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Who or what is Ben Affleck? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who or what is John Dory?

Answer: A sea fish with a flat body and white flesh

The John Dory, sometimes called 'St Peter's fish', is found in all the warmer oceans. It may have been named after the hero of a sixteenth century sea shanty. It has meaty, delicately flavoured flesh and is often used for fish and chips. A chain of fish restaurants in South Africa also uses the name.
2. Who or what is Elvira Madigan?

Answer: Both of these

Elvira Madigan was the professional name of the circus artiste Hedvig Jensen. She eloped with a married Swedish cavalry officer in 1889, but the affair ended tragically in a suicide pact. The story was made into a film in 1967 and Mozart's concerto was used in the sound track. The name Elvira Madigan has been used informally for Mozart's beautiful piano concerto ever since.
3. Who or what is Jack Tar?

Answer: Any sailor

The name comes from the days of sailing ships. When all ships used sails, the crew used tar for many purposes. They made waterproof cloth (tarpaulin) by soaking linen in tar, and they used it to preserve the ropes and cables of the ships. Some even used it as a hair dressing! 'Jack Tar' was the equivalent of the modern 'John Doe' for a sailor.
4. Who or what is Jethro Tull?

Answer: Both of these

Jethro Tull was an early scientific farmer who invented the horse drawn seed drill and hoe which revolutionised large-scale farming in the 17th century. His name was then used by the long-lived British progressive pop group, formed in 1967, that has sold more than 60 million albums.
5. Who or what is Mungo Park?

Answer: The first person from Europe on record to visit Timbuktu

Mungo Park (1771-1806) was a Scotsman who was an early explorer of the interior of West Africa. He explored the course of the Niger River during two expeditions and was killed on the river in 1806. Park is a fairly common Scottish name; another Mungo Park was a 19th century golfer.
6. Who or what is Penny Lane?

Answer: Both a Liverpool street and a Beatles song

Penny Lane is the name of the street in Liverpool where the youthful John Lennon and Paul McCartney would catch a bus into the city centre for a night out. It has become famous as the title for the nostalgic Beatles song from 1967 included in "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the '500 Greatest Songs of All Time'.
7. Who or what is Oliver Lodge?

Answer: Physicist who patented many radio inventions

Oliver Lodge (1851-1940) was an English physicist and inventor who was an early pioneer of radio; for example, he patented radio frequency tuning. The U.S. Senator and Ambassador to the United Nations was Henry Cabot Lodge, no relation to Oliver Lodge. The Prime Minister of Australia's residence is just called 'The Lodge'. There is no such hotel in the Lake District.
8. Who or what is Fosse Way?

Answer: Roman road across England

The Fosse Way is a remarkably straight 2000-year-old Roman road that ran 230 miles from Exeter in South-west England to Lincoln in the East. It marked the western edge of the settled part of Roman Britain, and therefore of the Roman Empire. Many parts of it are still used as modern roads. The other alternatives are all invented.
9. Who or what is Della Street?

Answer: Fictional secretary to Perry Mason

Della Street is the secretary of the defense attorney Perry Mason in a series of books, stories, films and TV programmes by Earle Stanley Gardner. In the long-running series on TV, she was played by Barbara Hale. The other alternatives are all invented.
10. Who or what is Ben Affleck?

Answer: American actor, director, writer and producer

The actor Ben Affleck (born 1972) has had a very successful career, including winning two Academy Awards. Although Affleck is a Scottish surname, and although 'Ben' is used to name many mountains in Scotland, there is no mountain called Ben Affleck in Scotland. Ben Affleck's name sounds like it should be a Scottish mountain, but it is not.
Source: Author Ayerst

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