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People Known as "The Great"
Difficulty level: hard. Can you name these people from history who are sometimes known as "The Great"?
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Last updated: December 18, 2017
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| First submitted | December 16, 2017 |
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sillie
+11
level 83
Dec 16, 2017
Maybe accept also Knut/Knud? Scandinavians use the K when spelling the name.
Anjaholm11
+3
level 29
May 24, 2018
Maybe put the correct answer as Knud, because that was actually his name.
postwaste
+1
level 76
May 24, 2018
But his friends called him KG.
Pachacuti
+5
level 64
May 25, 2018
By that logic there should also be "Alexandros", "Pyiotr", "Kurush", "Horedos", "Ioustinianós", "Friedrich", and "Ælfrǣd". Using an English translation on an English language quiz isn't wrong.
And also, his name in Old Norse was Knútr, the Danish name is just as "wrong" as the English name.
PaterN
+2
level 71
Dec 16, 2017
A few years ago, i created a similar quiz: great rulers Try it, now that you have practiced!
JoshPen
+6
level 75
Dec 17, 2017
I feel Wayne Gretzky, the Great One, has been given sort shrift in this quiz.
ander217
+2
level 77
May 24, 2018
Muhammad Ali told us he was the greatest.
ingriddurden
+3
level 60
Dec 17, 2017
Please accept different spelling of Catharina, Katarina ?
Freestatebear
+1
level 77
Dec 18, 2017
...and Kamehameha, please!
ander217
+1
level 77
May 24, 2018
Thank you, Magnum P.I. for that one. (The Kamehameha Club)
ddddan
+1
level 73
Jun 9, 2018
Or dragonball
Quizmaster
+1
level ∞
Dec 18, 2017
We do accept many spellings for both
TheSavageGeographer
+3
level 48
Feb 5, 2018
Is it me, or does this remind anybody about epic rap battle of Ivan he terrible?
xplosiv9
+1
level 57
May 24, 2018
yeah just went through the characters; ivan, yes, alexander, yes, Frederick, yes, pompey, yes, Catherine, yes.
aliberti68
+1
level 52
Feb 9, 2018
Why do we have to type "the great" every time? I had Ivan, Frederick etc. But these answers kept getting bounced. Since the title is about figures known as the great, isn't this redundant?
travelfan
+1
level 71
Feb 12, 2018
I missed Ivan, but Frederick alone without "the great" worked for me as a type-in.
travelfan
+1
level 71
Feb 12, 2018
Uh, totally missed Ivan. I didn't think of him at all because in French, I've only ever heard him referred to as Ivan the Terrible, which in my mind is kind of the opposite of "great". Oh well.
Carry
+7
level 63
Mar 5, 2018
Different Ivan. There are a lot of Ivans.
BlackLab
+1
level 59
May 24, 2018
And Vasilys
HatemAli
+4
level 67
May 24, 2018
Ivan the Great was Ivan the Terrible's father.
kalbahamut
+1
level 78
May 24, 2018
What about Ashoka. And though I normally don't go for sports trivia, +1 for Gretzky and maybe also the Great Bambino, just to add a little variety. Or maybe Harry Houdini.
kalbahamut
+1
level 78
May 24, 2018
Or Mahatma Gandhi, from Sanskrit "maha" (great), but maybe that's a bit of a stretch.
jafe
+3
level 71
May 24, 2018
"Akbar" means "great" in itself, so Akbar the Great is a funny name.
HatemAli
+1
level 67
May 24, 2018
When your greatness is so great you have to emphasize it.
kalbahamut
+2
level 78
May 24, 2018
Like Optimus Prime or Ultra Magnus
martay
+1
level 63
May 24, 2018
Part of being remembered as "great" is, of course, doing great things. Then there's the overlooked part of having a name which the word "great" can be attached to. Brads, Jennifers, Matts, Vinnies, etc are starting out life behind the 8 ball when it comes to chances for monikered greatness in the annals of history.
cornflakesfu
+2
level 80
May 24, 2018
Jennifer the Great, Empress of the Block
cornflakesfu
+2
level 80
May 24, 2018
Brad the Great, also known as Pitt the Youngest
cornflakesfu
+1
level 80
May 24, 2018
Matt the Great, also called Matt the White, Lord High Inquisitor (into the well-being of young ladies)
cornflakesfu
+1
level 80
May 24, 2018
Huh. I studied Japan for 8ish years and never once heard him referred to as "Meiji the Great." I'm not saying it's wrong, necessarily. Just feeling kinda weird about it.
mf3
+1
level 80
Dec 20, 2018
I agree, never heard that. Where is it supposed to have come from?
ShnevorSomeone
+1
level 47
May 24, 2018
king egbert for the win
idontkn1
+1
level 80
May 24, 2018
Thank you Orville Wilbur Richard Wright for managing the club that bears his name.
postwaste
+4
level 76
May 24, 2018
Weird, all these people have the same middle name.
Arp2600
+1
level 78
Jun 12, 2018
I really feel you should add Louis XIV to this list.
DonTheLamplighter
+1
level 75
Feb 5, 2020
I call my mother-in-law "the Grate". Would that count?
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