M & Ms (Our Names Begin with M) Multiple Choice Quiz | People

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1. A dog sits on a tuckerbox Five miles from Gundagai My name is in this song's first line- So tell me - who am I?

Answer: Mabel

Mabel is the girlfriend of Dave in Steele Rudd's classic comedy "Dad and Dave" stories about Snake Gully. This is just one song about Gundagai which does indeed have a dog on a tuckerbox statue close by.

2. "West Side Story" is my own And Tony was my man He loved me, but what's my name? Please, tell me who I am!

Answer: Maria

Maria is the sister of Bernardo, whose gang is fighting with Tony's. Thus their love affair was not popular. Loosely based on "Romeo and Juliet", "West Side Story" was written by Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents and was first performed in 1957.

3. Milly-Molly-Mandy I am called I live in a house with nice white walls I'm ready to help and I love a game But tell me, what's my proper name?

Answer: Millicent Margaret Amanda

Milly-Molly-Mandy was created by Joyce Lankester Brisley in the 1920s. The little girl in the pink-striped dress who lived in the nice white house is still around, too! I've never figured out the "Margaret" bit, since "Peggy" is a more likely dimutive of Margaret. Molly (or Mollie) is usually a dim. of Mary. One of the stories is called "Milly-Molly-Mandy Spends a Penny". Really.

4. I'm told to row a boat ashore When on the River Jordan What's my name? Can you tell me While rivers I'm a'fording?

Answer: Michael

"Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" is a traditional song that has been recorded often. One well-known adaptation was by Peter, Paul and Mary. It is also well-known as a campfire song.

5. I am Miss Poppins And don't you forget it! Hire me for a nanny And never regret it. What's my name?

Answer: Mary

Mary Poppins is the major character of several books of stories by Australian-born P.L. Travers. Titles include
"Mary Poppins", 1934
"Mary Poppins Comes Back", 1935
"Mary Poppins Opens the Door", 1943
"Mary Poppins in the Park", 1952
"Mary Poppins in the Cherry Tree Lane", 1982
and "Mary Poppins in the House Next Door", 1988

The 1964 movie musical starred Julie Andrews as a somewhat "sweetened" version of Mary.

6. Donovan was my last name; A hero strong am I- In "V" the lizards I did best; (They dined on us. That's why.) What's my name?

Answer: Mike

Mike Donovan, Resistance hero of the 1980s mini-series "V", was played by Marc Singer, who also played Dar in "The Beastmaster".

7. "Ask the Leyland Brothers!" sang the TV song- What are the names of these two blokes- Tell me now, c'mon!

Answer: Mike and Mal

Mike and Mal Leyland, together with their wives Laraine and Margaret, starred in the travel adventure show "Ask the Leyland Brothers" from 1976 to 1984. Since then, their names have popped up often in advertisements for vehicles, books, DVDs etc.

8. "Let them eat cake!" I said one day, Intending to be kind- But so misquoted have I been Why must folks be so blind?" Who am I?

Answer: Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette was Queen of France, and was beheaded during the French Revolution. When told that the poor had no bread, she allegedly said "Let them eat cake", which has often been quoted to "prove" her callous indifference. Apparently what she really said was not "cake" but "brioche", which was probably the only kind of bread she knew ... she was saying they should be fed!

9. My sisters and I Are very well-known Little Women, we- My husband died (Alas, alack) A widow. Woe is me! What's my name?

Answer: Meg

Meg March was the eldest of the "Little Women" created by Louisa Alcott. She was modelled on Louisa's real-life sister, Anna, while Louisa herself was the model for Jo. Lizzie and May, respectively, were the originals of Beth and Amy.

10. My surname, "Murry" is a clue A tesseract I knew- I fought a monster known as "It" And won, so good did come of it. What's my name?

Answer: Meg

Meg Murry is the heroine of Madeleine L'Engle's novel "A Wrinkle in Time". Meg turns up again in several other books, including "A Wind in the Door" and "A Swiftly Tilting Planet".

11. A carriage accident did for me I died eventually But not before my author used Me as a copyplate. My surname may be known as well In daisy chain you see me- I think it sad that I should end In a way you'd hate. Who was I?

Answer: Margaret May

Margaret May was the one of the children in Dr Dick May's "daisy chain" - his family of eleven. She appears (and dies... after having lost her fiance ...) in Charlotte M. Yonge's "The Daisy Chain" (1856).

12. My name was good, but now it's known To those on sinking ships Flotation vests I have become- Why? Sealed are my own lips. What is my first name?

Answer: Mae

Mae West was a statuesque actress (she starred in "Diamond Lil") after whom the life preserver was named.

13. "Dallas" and "I Dream of Jeanie"; I was not in these- But my husband was the star; He hammed it up with ease. What's my first name?

Answer: Maj

Larry Hagman, star of "Dallas" (he played J.R. Ewing) and "I Dream of Jeanie" (he played Major Anthony Nelson) married Swedish Maj Axelsson in 1954. Her name is pronounced "My".

14. Edith Nesbit wrote of me - In quite a famous story My hair it grew Rapunzel-like A most annoying glory! Who am I?

Answer: Melisande

"Melisande or Long and Short Division" by E.Nesbit was published in 1901. It is about Princess Melisande who is cursed with baldness, and who makes an unwise wish and ends up with ever-growing hair.

15. I had Helen. Then I lost her. Love! The fall of Troy It cost her. What's my name?

Answer: Menelaus

King Menelaus of Sparta was married to Helen, but she eloped with Prince Paris of Troy. The result was the Trojan War and the eventual fall of Troy.

16. As Mickey Mouse I am well known, But once I had another name. Different vowel and syllables- But the initial was the same; So it's said, but who can tell? Urban legends often swell. What was my supposed original name?

Answer: Mortimer

The story goes that Mickey Mouse's original name was "Mortimer", but that someone, perhaps Lilian Disney, suggested "Mickey". Performo (a toy company) once had a toy called "Micky Mouse", but Disney took them to court. Or so it's said.

17. Meg the witch was my best friend. Me- I am a cat. Three letter names are all in vogue; A clue? I gave you that! What's my name?

Answer: Mog

The Meg and Mog series, first published in the 1970s, is written by Helen Nicoll and illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.

18. Davis by name, jazzman by trade, With what first name was my fame made?

Answer: Miles

Trumpeter Miles Davis was born in Illinois in 1926 and died in 1991. He is one of the most famed of jazzmen.

19. I was an evangelist, My name began with M, Remember gospels, 1 - 4? How well do you know them?

Answer: Matthew

The four gospel writers are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Matthew was originally a tax collector, the son of Alpheus, and wrote the first of the gospels in his native Aramaic.

Mark wrote the second gospel, in Greek. He and his mother, Mary, were well-known as early Christians. He was a cousin of St. Barnabas .

20. I had a brother Lazarus I had a sister Mary I'm patron saint of housewives That's really rather scary! Who am I?

Answer: Martha

Traditionally, Martha of Bethany was the housewife sister of Mary Magdalene and Lazarus. Her story appears in Luke 10:38-42.

Source: Author Sallyo

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M & Ms (Our Names Begin with M) Quiz

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