Featured Quizzes
User Quizzes
Create Quiz
Data and Charts
Badges and Games
About JetPunk
JetPunk Shop
Dark Mode
Birth Name or Nickname? #1
Guess if the name representing each person is/was their birth name or a nickname.
Pseudonyms, aliases, honorifics etc., plus names given to them later on (in addition to their birth name) are included under nicknames.
Slight name variations (such as English versions of names from other languages) are counted as birth names.
Parts of names located within square brackets are the ones that have to be guessed, ignore the other part(s).
Rate:
Last updated: August 27, 2020
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
More quiz info >>
| First submitted | August 27, 2020 |
| Times taken | 23 |
| Average score | 66.7% | Report this quiz | Report |
4:00
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals
% of test takers
also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
1.
Caravaggio
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
Born Michele Angelo Merigi (or Amerighi), he took the name Caravaggio from the town where he is presumed to have grown up.
2.
Caligula
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
Born Gaius Julius Caesar, he was given the nickname Caligula (which means "little (soldier's) boot) by his father's soldiers when he was two or three. This occurred when he joined his father on campaigns in the north of Germania; the soldiers were amused by the fact that he was dressed in a miniature soldier's outfit. Although the name was meant to be affectionate, Gaius reportedly grew to dislike it.
3.
Socrates
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
4.
Tamer[lane]
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
His real name was Timur, with the name Tamerlane (or Timur the Lame) given to him by Europeans, referring to his injuries.
5.
Pachacuti
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
6.
Ferdinand [Magellan]
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
7.
[Buzz] Aldrin
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
Born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr., he acquired the nickname due to the fact that one of his sisters mispronounced "brother" as "buzzer", which was then shortened to "Buzz". It became his legal first name in 1988.
8.
Ashoka
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
9.
[Nelson] Mandela
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
His birth name was Rolihlahla Mandela, but he was given the name "Nelson" by his teacher at the local Methodist school he attended.
10.
Hokusai
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
11.
Butch Cassidy
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
His birth name was Robert LeRoy Parker. He acquired the name "Butch" after working as an apprentice to a butcher, and took the name "Cassidy" in honour of his friend Mike Cassidy, a cattle thief.
12.
Kǒng [Fūzǐ] (Confucius)
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
"Kǒng Fūzǐ" (from which we get the name "Confucius") means "Master Kǒng". His birth name was "Kǒng Qiū".
13.
Friedrich [Nietzsche]
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
14.
[Ronald] Reagan
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
15.
[Mahatma] Gandhi
Birth name
✓
Nickname
✓
It is a Sanskrit honorific that means "Great Soul".
No comments yet
New and Popular
Save Your Progress
Copyright H Brothers Inc, 2008–2024
Contact Us | Go To Top | View Mobile Site