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Today My Name Is... Trivia Quiz


This quiz concerns people who have famously used a different name from the one given to them.

A multiple-choice quiz by clevercatz. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
clevercatz
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
376,180
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
924
Last 3 plays: sadwings (10/10), Iva9Brain (10/10), pughmv (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which actress, famous for her roles in such things as "Live and Let Die" and "Dr Quinn-Medicine Woman", was born Joyce Frankenberg in 1951? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. By what name is singer, songwriter, record producer and composer Helen Adu better known? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. American television and film actor born Harvey Yeary is better known by what name having appeared in "The Big Valley" and "Six Million Dollar Man"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. James Wight found fame after writing a series of books based on his career as a vet. Under what name do we know him? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Musician Stuart Goddard found fame as which romantic performer? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which actress, famous for her roles in "Ghost" (1990) and "Sister Act" (1992), was born Caryn Elaine Johnson? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which American professional wrestler and actor was born in 1953 with the name Terry Gene Bollea? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which iconic jazz singer and songwriter was born Eleanora Fagan in 1915? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which American frontierswoman was born with the name Martha Jane Canary in 1852? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. By what name was actor Eugene Orowitz more famously known, renowned for his appearances in "Little House on the Prairie" and "Highway to Heaven"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which actress, famous for her roles in such things as "Live and Let Die" and "Dr Quinn-Medicine Woman", was born Joyce Frankenberg in 1951?

Answer: Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour was born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg on 15 February 1951. She took her stage name from the third wife of Henry VIII. She famously played the role of Solitaire in the James Bond film "Live and Let Die" (1973). She also appeared as Dr Michaela "Mike" Quinn in the acclaimed television show "Dr Quinn - Medicine Woman".
2. By what name is singer, songwriter, record producer and composer Helen Adu better known?

Answer: Sade

Sade was born Helen Folasade Adu 16 January 1959 in Nigeria. After her parents divorced, she moved to England with her mother at the age of four and lived just outside of Colchester in Essex. Her group released their debut album "Diamond Life" in 1984, which contained the famous track "Smooth Operator".
3. American television and film actor born Harvey Yeary is better known by what name having appeared in "The Big Valley" and "Six Million Dollar Man"?

Answer: Lee Majors

Majors was born in Detroit on 23 April 1939. He got his television break appearing as Heath Barkley in the television show "The Big Valley" (1965-69). Probably his most successful role was that of bionic man Steve Austin in 1970s' "The Six Million Dollar Man".
4. James Wight found fame after writing a series of books based on his career as a vet. Under what name do we know him?

Answer: James Herriot

James Alfred Wight was born in Sunderland, County Durham, on 3 October 1916. He qualified as a vet in 1939 at the age of 23, and in July 1940 moved to a veterinary practice in Yorkshire where he was to spend the rest of his life. His series of books, which include "It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet" and "If only They Could Talk", are partially biographical accounts of incidents that happened to him while he was a vet.
5. Musician Stuart Goddard found fame as which romantic performer?

Answer: Adam Ant

Stuart Leslie Goddard was born in Marylebone, London on the 3 November 1954. He gained fame as the lead singer of the group Adam and the Ants, and later as a solo singer. He has also appeared in several films and TV series.
6. Which actress, famous for her roles in "Ghost" (1990) and "Sister Act" (1992), was born Caryn Elaine Johnson?

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg

Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson on 13th November 1955 and was brought up in Manhattan area of New York. Her stage name of Whoopi allegedly came from a whoopee cushion. She came to fame playing the lead role in the film "The Color Purple" (1985) and is probably best known for her role of Oda May Brown in 1990's "Ghost" for which she won The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. This was the first time a black actress had won the award since Hattie McDaniel won it for her role as Mammy in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind."
7. Which American professional wrestler and actor was born in 1953 with the name Terry Gene Bollea?

Answer: Hulk Hogan

Born on 11 August 1953, Terry Eugene Bollea spent most of the early part of his life in Tampa, Florida. In the 1980s and '90s he found fame with the World Wrestling Federation (later World Wrestling Entertainment). His popularity in the ring led to several TV and film roles.

He has appeared in such films as "Mr Nanny" (1993) and "Santa With Muscles" (1996). He has also come to prominence as a voice actor.
8. Which iconic jazz singer and songwriter was born Eleanora Fagan in 1915?

Answer: Billie Holiday

Eleanor Fagan was born on 7 April 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She went to stay in Baltimore with her mother's half sister while her mother took jobs on passenger railways. In early 1929 she moved to Harlem to join her mother where she began singing in a variety of night clubs.

She made her recording debut at 18. Her tragically short life was marred by alcohol abuse, drug addiction and relationships with abusive partners. Her death on July 17, 1959 was caused by cirrhosis of the liver and other complications.
9. Which American frontierswoman was born with the name Martha Jane Canary in 1852?

Answer: Calamity Jane

Martha Jane Canary (or possibly Cannary) was born on 1 May 1852 in Missouri. The details of her early life are obscure. At the age of 12 she traveled to South Dakota where she met Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood and began appearing in Wild West shows. In 1895, she joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show performing sharpshooting while sitting astride a horse. She died in July 1903.
10. By what name was actor Eugene Orowitz more famously known, renowned for his appearances in "Little House on the Prairie" and "Highway to Heaven"?

Answer: Michael Landon

Michael Landon was born Eugene Maurice Orowitz on 31 October 1936 in Queens, New York. He selected Landon as his stage name by choosing a name at random from a telephone directory. He played the part of Little Joe Cartwright in "Bonanza" before taking the role of Charles Ingalls in "Little House on the Prairie".

As well as acting in the series, he was also the executive, writer and producer. Landon was married three times and had nine children. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February 1991 and died the following July, aged 54.
Source: Author clevercatz

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