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Famous Men with Mustaches Quiz

These guys all had mustaches at some point. Based on the clues, guess who they are.
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Last updated: August 4, 2015
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First submittedNovember 1, 2012
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Clue
Answer
Host of "Jeopardy"
Alex Trebek
WWII leader of Russia
Joseph Stalin
E=MC2
Albert Einstein
"Magnum, P.I."
Tom Selleck
Queen frontman
Freddie Mercury
Culinary Muppet
Swedish Chef
German führer
Adolf Hitler
Basketball legend with a similar
mustache to the above
Michael Jordan
Surrealist painter with a
surrealist mustache!
Salvador Dali
Silent film star
Charlie Chaplin
NASCAR "intimidator"
Dale Earnhardt
Rough ridin' President
Theodore Roosevelt
Clue
Answer
"Gone With the Wind"
Clark Gable
Oprah psychologist
Dr. Phil
He was Lando Calrissian
Billy Dee Williams
Luigi's brother
Mario
Andre the Giant rival
Hulk Hogan
Quaker Oats spokesman
Wilford Brimley
Stills and Nash colleague
David Crosby
News anchor and
"most trusted man in America"
Walter Cronkite
"Hairspray" director -
pencil thin mustache
John Waters
Brother of Harpo and Gummo
Groucho Marx
Cher's former husband
Sonny Bono
Hidely-ho, neighborino!
Ned Flanders
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Level 77
Nov 1, 2012
well I'll be damned, Jordan does have a hitler 'stache
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Level 54
Nov 1, 2012
eek!
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Level 74
Jul 14, 2013
Jordan's mustache extends over his entire upper lip and slightly over the corners of his mouth - it is "untrimmed." It begins about halfway between his nose and lip and is somewhat sparse.

The Hitler mustache is completely different. It is bushy, starts right under the nose, is trimmed on the sides so that it is almost square.

Please come up with a better clue.

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Level ∞
Jul 16, 2013
Lighten up! The mustaches are slightly different, but there's an strong resemblance. Just do a google search.
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Level 77
Mar 5, 2014
I agree. I don't usually complain about the quiz clues, but that's ridiculous. Not only was Michael Jordan not known for his mustache, in no way, shape or form does his mustache even slightly remind anyone of Hitler's.

I DID do a Google search, and it's not even close. You might as well have compared it to Captain Kangaroo.

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Level 58
Aug 7, 2014
It's not difficult to find a picture of Jordan with a Hitler mustache. It's not quite as wide and no where near as bushy, but I think it's a fair comparison. I also missed that question.
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Level 74
Aug 22, 2014
On the other hand, Charlie Chaplin's 'tache was decidedly Hitleresque.
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Level 60
Sep 11, 2015
Gonna have to weigh in and agree with the 'nothing like Hitler' camp on this one. After doing a picture search, none of the results returned images of Jordan sporting anything remotely similar to that style of mustache. I suppose, if you added 'Hitler' to the search it *might* yield results.

I'd also agree with Slipsteen, Jordan was never known for his 'stache.

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Level 82
Nov 1, 2015
Almost everyone who saw Jordan in that Hanes commericial where he was first sporting the Hitler 'stache was thinking the same thing. Namely: omg... Jordan is bringing back the Hitler moustache! (and) maybe the only guy who could do it...

Norm MacDonald's on Jordan's Hitler moustache

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Level 88
Nov 1, 2015
Apparently the Jordan toothbrush moustache stems from some commercial for a company I've never heard of. Never would've guessed it. A fine and particularly extreme and hilarious example of the toothbrush is of course worn by nutty dictator Robert Mugabe. As for who was the first wearer of this type of moustache, Chaplin or Hitler, the answer is unambigously Chaplin. Chaplin certainly had one in early 1914 in the first appearences in the tramp character. Hitler was still wearing a kaiser moustache when he was shipped to the front in late 1914. During WW1 he than switched to a chevron style first. Some say he adopted a tootbrush still during WW1, others say only after the war. Anyhow, Chaplin grew one earlier. I know much to much about this subject.
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Level 65
Nov 1, 2015
It doesn't matter who grew the moustache first, Chaplin first appeared with it way before Hitler was a public figure or famous enough to have influenced his look. "The Tramp" was introduced to the world in 1914, when Hitler was just a soldier (and photos of him from that time actually show him with a regular-looking moustache).
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Level 88
Nov 2, 2015
Thank you for saying exactly what I said Clarisse.
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Level 62
Nov 4, 2015
Doing a Google image search of "Michael Jordan moustache" brings up a photo of Hitler. Case closed.
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Level 66
Nov 5, 2015
If someone as famous is Michael Jordan is an answer on a quiz and only 21% of people got him, that means it's a bad hint. There's really no way to argue that.
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Level 82
Nov 13, 2015
Jordan is very famous but his moustache is much less famous. Of the 21% of people who even knew he had one, probably 99% thought of Hitler when they saw it, making it a good clue on a quiz about men with moustaches.

That wasn't as hard as you made it sound, kenpo.

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Level 31
Aug 12, 2016
Being British and having no interest in professional basketball, I remembered something about an American Basketball player having a "hitler-esque" mustache but couldn't quite remember the name. When I saw the answer I did remember Michael Jordan, but though of him because of the hint.
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Level 61
Aug 17, 2016
Google the Hanes "bacon collar" ads, specifically the one on the plane, and yeah, it's a Hitler 'stache. The only difference is Jordan's doesn't grow above halfway between the lip and nose, but it's shaved so it is smooth outside of maybe 3/4 of an inch under his nose at that time. Comedians all over the place were commenting on it at the time, so it was something he was known for, at least for a time.
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Level 78
Mar 17, 2017
Larry Bird....
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Level 84
Jun 28, 2017
If you're going to allude to Jordan's moustache in the Hanes' commercial, refer to him as a Hanes pitchman. The clue "basketball legend with Hitler-like 'stache" is misleading. During his playing days, Jordan's moustache looked like what a desperate teenager might attempt to grow. Barely perceptible peach fuzz. Certainly nothing that would make him a moustache icon.

I kept trying Larry Bird, whose moustache actually DID look Hitler-esque, just lighter-colored. Only other "legendary" player I could think of that notably had a moustache was "Pistol" Pete Maravich.

Great quiz, but 1 particularly weak clue, especially when there are so many other options.

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Level 65
Nov 23, 2012
Would have gotten Brimley if the clue was "Diabeetus." Had no idea he was a Quaker Oats spokesperson.
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Level 75
Nov 1, 2015
I'm sorry to confess that I tried William Penn first. Then I remembered that he didn't do so many television commercials, and after looking it up I realize it's not even his picture on the box. Oh, well.
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Level 55
Nov 1, 2015
I thought they meant the actual Quaker Oats guy, like the Quaker pictured on their products. I was suddenly concerned that he had an actual name, and I was like, how did I not know this?? What is it? I thought it was just "Quaker Oats guy". Turns out not only was the clue not about him, but he doesn't even have a mustache anyway!
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Level 86
Jul 8, 2018
I went through pretty much the exact same thought process.
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Level 74
Apr 4, 2014
No Burt Reynolds, I'm dissatisfied.
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Level 77
Nov 6, 2014
Damn. I remembered it as Alex Trebel. Good enough for never having seen American Jeopardy, I guess.
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Level 65
Nov 1, 2015
tough one for non-USAers
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Level 31
Aug 12, 2016
Agreed.
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Level 39
Nov 2, 2015
For the "silent film star" - I eventually got Chaplin, but Douglas Fairbanks (senior) also had a mustache and was quite famous for it and his dashing exploits on film. I entered his name multiple times (thinking you wanted Fairbanks, or Fairbanks Senior, of Douglas Fairbanks Senior, or Sr. or... before thinking of Chaplin, but you might want to refine the clue a bit. I thought "comic" might work but then there were several of them with mustaches as well...Good quiz though.
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Level 81
Nov 2, 2015
It didn't take "stupid flanders". I'm saddened.
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Level 61
Aug 17, 2016
LOL
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Level 66
Dec 10, 2018
Did you try "stupid sexy Flanders?"
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Level 28
Nov 3, 2015
Here I am on jetpunk taking a quiz about who had a mustache. LOL Do I have a life or what?
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Level 76
Sep 28, 2016
E = mc2. Little m, little c!
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Level 73
Apr 1, 2017
What? A mustache quiz and no Ron Jeremy? Shame!
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Level 84
Jun 28, 2017
Leroy Neiman. His paintings are unmistakable. As was his moustache.
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Level 35
Mar 6, 2018
Burgundy was accepted for "Most Trusted Man in America"
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Level 86
Jul 8, 2018
Michael Jordan with a Hitler mustache? Ron Burgundy as the most trusted man in America? This quiz is really messing with what I thought I knew about reality.
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Level 75
Sep 18, 2018
This list is really lacking in the Mexican handlebar department, namely Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.
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Level 58
Dec 18, 2018
Then, we gonna see women with famous mustaches
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Level 60
Apr 18, 2021
RIP Trebek :(
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Level 82
May 26, 2022
No Walt Disney? The man who famously had a moustache, and then outlawed the wearing of facial hair among employees at his theme parks?