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Quiz about They Named Us Alex
Quiz about They Named Us Alex

They Named Us Alex Trivia Quiz


Each question refers to a different person named Alex and something they invented, accomplished, or are otherwise associated with.

A multiple-choice quiz by AlexT781. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
AlexT781
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
371,091
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
357
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which Alex is an ordained minister, a classical pianist, plays the drums, and formed a rock band with his brother? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. An ancient Mycenaean Greek has the honor of being the first to be called Alex. By what name is this mythical person more commonly known today? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Unfortunately, not every Alex has been an upstanding citizen. One particularly ultraviolent, sociopathic Alex enjoyed fantasizing about such pastimes as murder, rape, and torture - all while listening to Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In 1880, only four years after inventing the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell created a new kind of telephone that could send and receive calls through beams of light. What did Bell name this new invention? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This particular Alex gives you the answer. You have to guess the question. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Alex Lifeson is the guitarist for the Canadian band "Rush". What was his name at birth? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In 1976, what well-known Alex published a book about his roots in Africa? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which Alexander is not famous for being a count or carrying a musket, but for the books he authored? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The German Princess Alix Viktoria Helena Luise Beatrice was unlucky enough to be a carrier of hemophilia, which she passed on to her son. Her association with a certain mystic, whom she believed would cure her son's hemophilia, was turned into a plot to destroy the country and suppress the peasants - who promptly and violently overthrew the monarchy. Who was this unlucky Alex married to? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Given what happened to the Romanovs, and the number of people named Alex in the family, you could say humorously (darkly humorous, obviously) that Alex had what kind of day, similar to the name of a children's book? Hint



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1. Which Alex is an ordained minister, a classical pianist, plays the drums, and formed a rock band with his brother?

Answer: Alex Van Halen

Alex Van Halen is usually overshadowed by his brother Eddie and the ego of David Lee Roth.
2. An ancient Mycenaean Greek has the honor of being the first to be called Alex. By what name is this mythical person more commonly known today?

Answer: Hera

All have been called Alex, but the goddess Hera was the first to verifiably bear the name. The inscription was written in the Mycenaean script of Linear B, and a transliteration would be "arekasadara", or Alexandra.
3. Unfortunately, not every Alex has been an upstanding citizen. One particularly ultraviolent, sociopathic Alex enjoyed fantasizing about such pastimes as murder, rape, and torture - all while listening to Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

Answer: Alex DeLarge

Alexander the Large is the main character in the novel "A Clockwork Orange". In Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation, his name is Alex DeLarge. The American Film Institute ranked him as the 12th greatest movie villain of all time, just above HAL 9000.
4. In 1880, only four years after inventing the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell created a new kind of telephone that could send and receive calls through beams of light. What did Bell name this new invention?

Answer: Photophone

It would take well over 100 years before communicating via light became popular - with the invention of fiber-optic cable.
5. This particular Alex gives you the answer. You have to guess the question.

Answer: Who is Alex Trebek?

In June, 2014, Alex Trebek hosted his 6,829th episode of "Jeopardy!", overtaking Bob Barker for the Guinness World Record for hosting the most episodes of the same program.
6. Alex Lifeson is the guitarist for the Canadian band "Rush". What was his name at birth?

Answer: Aleksandar Zivojinoviæ

Alex Lifeson took his stage name from a rough translation of his Serbian last name, which means "son of life".
7. In 1976, what well-known Alex published a book about his roots in Africa?

Answer: Alex Haley

After a five-week civil trial in 1978, Alex Haley agreed to an out of court settlement in which he admitted he plagiarized from the novel "The African".
8. Which Alexander is not famous for being a count or carrying a musket, but for the books he authored?

Answer: Alexandre Dumas

In response to a racist he once encountered, Dumas supposedly replied with: "My father was a Mulatto, my grandfather was a Negro, and my great-grandfather a monkey. You see, sir, my family starts where yours ends."
9. The German Princess Alix Viktoria Helena Luise Beatrice was unlucky enough to be a carrier of hemophilia, which she passed on to her son. Her association with a certain mystic, whom she believed would cure her son's hemophilia, was turned into a plot to destroy the country and suppress the peasants - who promptly and violently overthrew the monarchy. Who was this unlucky Alex married to?

Answer: Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov

Princess Alix was given the more famous name Aleksandra Fyodorovna upon her marriage to Emperor Nicholas II. Her association with Grigori Rasputin contributed to the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

Coincidentally, Alexander III was the father of Nicholas, whose patronymic means "son of Alexander". Nicholas also named his son Alexei.
10. Given what happened to the Romanovs, and the number of people named Alex in the family, you could say humorously (darkly humorous, obviously) that Alex had what kind of day, similar to the name of a children's book?

Answer: a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

"Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" is a children's book written by Judith Viorst.
Source: Author AlexT781

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