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Famous People's Middle Names Trivia Quiz

In this quiz, the sometimes neglected middle name gets top billing.

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
10,044

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1271

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What famous world leader's middle name was 'Karamchand'? Hint

Stalin

Gandhi

Sukarno

Nehru

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Question 2 of 10

2. Booker Washington, a famous African-American educator and speechmaker, had a middle name that began with T. What did the 'T' stand for? Hint

Thomas

Truth

Terry

Taliaferro

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Question 3 of 10

3. Robert Warren, U.S. poet and writer of such novels as 'All the King's Men', had a fitting middle name. What was it?

Answer: (One Word, 4 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which U.S. president had the unusual middle name 'Gamaliel'? Hint

John Adams

Calvin Coolidge

James Madison

Warren Harding

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Question 5 of 10

5. You always hear actor George Scott referred to with his middle initial 'C'. But what does that 'C' stand for? Hint

Carson

Campbell

Culpepper

Cramden

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Question 6 of 10

6. U.S. admiral David Farragut had an unusual middle name, the name of a Scottish city. Which city's name also served as his middle name? Hint

Glasgow

Inverness

Aberdeen

Edinburgh

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Question 7 of 10

7. One of the following poets used his middle name as his pen name. Which one was it? Hint

Rudyard Kipling

William Blake

Robert Burns

William Wordsworth

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is generally used as the middle name of the Austrian composer Mozart despite the fact that it was NOT one of his baptismal names?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Nikita Khrushchev and Mikhail Gorbachev shared what middle name? Hint

Sergeyevich

Davidovitch

Alexandrovich

Nikolayevich

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Question 10 of 10

10. The 16th-17th century Flemish painter Peter Rubens seems to have had parents that were fond of the apostles. What was his middle name? Hint

John

Matthew

Judas

Paul

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What famous world leader's middle name was 'Karamchand'?

Answer: Gandhi

Gandhi's real name was 'Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi'. He was called 'Mahatma' which means 'great soul'.

2. Booker Washington, a famous African-American educator and speechmaker, had a middle name that began with T. What did the 'T' stand for?

Answer: Taliaferro

Like many former American slaves, Booker chose his own middle name, Taliaferro.

3. Robert Warren, U.S. poet and writer of such novels as 'All the King's Men', had a fitting middle name. What was it?

Answer: Penn

The book, 'All the King's Men', was based on the career of the Louisiana politician, Huey Long. Warren won pulitzer prizes in both poetry and prose, the only author to receive such an honor.

4. Which U.S. president had the unusual middle name 'Gamaliel'?

Answer: Warren Harding

Warren Harding served a corruption filled couple years in office before his tragic death, one of the several presidents to die in office.

5. You always hear actor George Scott referred to with his middle initial 'C'. But what does that 'C' stand for?

Answer: Campbell

You might have heard of his son, Campbell Scott, who is also a Hollywood actor, and obviously named after his father.

6. U.S. admiral David Farragut had an unusual middle name, the name of a Scottish city. Which city's name also served as his middle name?

Answer: Glasgow

Admiral Farragut was a naval hero of the U.S. civil war, and his parents were obviously fond of Scotland.

7. One of the following poets used his middle name as his pen name. Which one was it?

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

He was born 'Joseph Rudyard Kipling' but chose his more unique and interesting middle name Rudyard as his working name. (No offense to all you Josephs out there.)

8. What is generally used as the middle name of the Austrian composer Mozart despite the fact that it was NOT one of his baptismal names?

Answer: Amadeus

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, or 'Wolfie' if you're someone close. His baptismal names were Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus.

9. Nikita Khrushchev and Mikhail Gorbachev shared what middle name?

Answer: Sergeyevich

If you take a look, you'll notice that lots of Russian male middle names end in '-vich' or '-vitch'. The '-vich' or '-vitch' denotes 'son of...'. Thus both Gorbachev and Khrushchev were sons of Sergei.

10. The 16th-17th century Flemish painter Peter Rubens seems to have had parents that were fond of the apostles. What was his middle name?

Answer: Paul

Peter, Paul ... also the name of a candy company, go figure.

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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