First Names of Historical Figures

Not his birth name. Mahatma was what the Indian people gave him. It means like great soul or something.

Lenin wasn't Lenin's birth name either.

But Lenin is the clue, not the answer. Vladimir was his first name.

"If multiple answers work, guess the most famous" I think Mahatma is arguably the most famous/well-known first name of Gandhi

Same thing with the United States

Same thing almost everywhere

Went blank on Newton.

It's Cam, isn't it? QB for the Carolina Panthers? :P

No it's Fig

it's definitely Fig.

I just forgot how to spell Isaac

'Uncle' Joe is actually Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvilli so Joseph, Josef, Josif, Iosif, ------- oh, put Joe you pedantic lot!

No, let's go completely overboard for othographic correctness and require Иосиф or, even better, the original Georgian: იოსებ. Thanks to Wikipedia; I couldn't spell these or read them to save my life. They are interesting to look at, however.

As usual, the Quizmaster is correct. Mahatma is roughly equal to the word saint and not a name.

The Ghandi thing would be like making "Sir" acceptable for Newton or Presidnet acceptable for Lincoln, Washington or Grant..

First thing that came to mind for Grant was...Cary!

Weaving Hugo... that can't be right

Took me a while to think of a Grant that could be considered historical as well. Plenty of other Grants around to cause confusion.

Horace Grant for Chicago Bulls fans back in the day.

I put Hernan, then Henry, then figured I was on the wrong track. Aaargh.

Gandhi's first name was also Mahatma, in fact more common than Mohandas

I must disagree here, in any common quiz shows or games such as jeopardy or Trivial Pursuit Mahatma Ghandi would be the correct answer. "Sir" is usually added to a name e.g. Sir Alex Ferguson or Sir Ian McKellen and does not replace the name, a better comparison in this case would be Lord Nelson or Mother Theresa that also are titles but still names that these historical figures go under.

Lord Nelson's a good comparison, and you wouldn't expect 'Lord' to accepted as his first name in this quiz. Mother Teresa's a bad example because 'Mother' is a job title and 'Teresa' was an assumed name, not her birth name.

I only got 19 but I'm only 11. I missed some really obvious ones...

I forgot christopher!

I couldn't spell Isaac surely you could accept Issac for Newton

Machiavelli is the second lowest? I'm actually quite shocked.

Don't be. Its a spelling thing.

Nope, it was ignorance on my part. I don't think I ever heard his first name before.

There needs to be a lot of spellings accepted for Mohandas ghandi

Why? It is spelled exactly as it sounds, isn't it?

It's Gandhi and the proper selling is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, nothing more and nothing less.

Took me a bit to get de Soto. Kept thinking Vasca as in de Gama. Finally got it, though, for 100%. Another gem, QM! Thanks!

Also had to think for a minute with Indira Gandhi. Got Mohandes right away, then tried Mahatma since there was two lines. Then I was, like, "DUH!" and got Indira. :D

Surprised myself by getting them all. Didn't think I would get over half in this quiz.

How about a couple alternate spellings of Nichola/Nicolo/Nicholo?

Then why is Joseph accepted for Stalin? Or Christopher for Columbus?

Because this is a quiz in the English Language, if you want to use Russian spelling do the quizzes that are in the Russian Language (then you can comment that the English names should be used)

That is how they are known in Britain and English speaking nations, I personally don't know what Benito stands for but Benito. This quiz is really for English language answers, otherwise we are going down a slippery slide into several multiple answers to satisfy all languages.

I got 25

Why is US Grant even on this?

.. because he's a historical figure?

Of very reduced importance, compared to most of the other figures in this quiz. At least I guess that's why joshxgarrett meant.

he's certainly no less important than de Soto, Disraeli, Boleyn, Dumas, Thatcher, or Indira Gandhi.

^but they're not American so nobody sees the need to whine about them.

I would say Disraeli, Indira Gandhi and Thatcher had way more impact on their nations and the world than U S Grant did.

Disraeli practically built the Empire, Gandhi presided over a modernisation of India and Thatcher...was Thatcher...the greatest post-war PM we ever had. Sigh...

Without Grant, the north loses the civil war. If that happens, the US likely never becomes a world superpower and the world would look a lot different today. (For better or for worse)

^ yeah but of course if the United States didn't exist past 1865 that would have had far less of an impact on the world than Maggie Thatcher. ::eyeroll::

ULYSSES Grant...urgh...I tried Hugh then my mind went blank. Like I care about foreign heads of state lol

Could not for the life of me remember Mozart's name. Every time I tried to think about it, "Rock me Amadeus" kept popping into my mind.

Got stuck on de Soto. Got it after having read all the comments in the hope of someone spoiling it. No such luck, but I GOT IT BY MYSELF!

I wasn't sure about Machiavelli's name... I even tried Nicholas... but didn't get Niccolo

I had never heard of Indira Gandhi. Learn something new every day!

Got 28, missed Dumas and Disraeli.

Needs more non-Americans

Why? Only 4 of 22 were American and they were pretty obvious. Well 3 of them were. I guess Grant gave some trouble.

i have never heard of indira gandhi … who is he/she

Incidentally, Mozart's first name wasn't Wolfgang, it was Johannes.

Everything was perfect until I reached de Soto. I've never heard of him. Off to Google now.

He probably isn't that well known outside of the US. He was a Spanish explorer believed to be the first European to cross the Mississippi River.

If we're going to be picky, surely the answer for Columbus should be "Cristobal", not "Christopher"?

If you want to be really picky shouldn't it be "Cristoforo" since he was Born in Genua, Italy?

I tried Cristobal and it was accepted

I remembered Disraeli thanks to Assassin's Creed Syndicate!

I was typing in remy and reny instead of rene

Dang it! I missed only Indira

Thomas Edison ?? Come On, You Never Heard Of Nikola Tesla

Got de Soto because i played Colonization many many years ago... thanks mr. Meier!

Grant is far too open-ended.

He might enjoy that!

You need to accept Maggie for Thatcher if you are accepting Joe for Stalin...

did anyone type Leopold for the Mozart question or was it just me?

I mean, if we're gonna get pedantic, then Johannes is Wolfie's actual first name

Winnie Mandela is an historical figure too. Granted, not as much as Nelson. But she is an historical figure too

Could you accept "Hernan" for de Soto?