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What's My Name? Trivia Quiz

A good many performers change their names before they become famous - and considering their original labels, not even a proud parent could blame them...

A multiple-choice quiz by alkmene. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
alkmene

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
158,715

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
5826

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. With what name was the beautiful and tragic Judy Garland born? Hint

Judy Greer

Frances Gumm

Judith Kowalczyk

Mickey Roomy

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Question 2 of 10

2. With what name was ever-popular singer, former Police bassist and sometime actor Sting christened? Hint

Gordon Sumner

George Winter

Gordon Summers

JD Bee

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Question 3 of 10

3. Thanks to Elton Hercules John, everyone now knows Marilyn Monroe's real name was Norma Jean Baker. But what is the real name of 'Sir John Elton' (as HRH Elizabeth II dubbed him)? Hint

Norman Smith

Reg Stout

Reginald Dwight

John Elton

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Question 4 of 10

4. Julia Roberts had to alter her given name when she became an actress.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. A father and two sons have all made successes of their respective acting careers. Emilio Estevez is the only one of the three billed under his real name - what surname do the other two prefer?

Answer: (One word. Surname only)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who is Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou?

Answer: (Two words. Full name or surname. Hint: He is a singer)

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Question 7 of 10

7. If his grandfather hadn't changed the family name decades before he arrived on this mortal coil, whose name would have been John Cheese? Hint

John Cleese

John Cassavetes

John Wayne

John Gielgud

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who is/was Archibald Leach? Hint

John Cleese

Nigel Hawthorne

James Stewart

Cary Grant

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Question 9 of 10

9. Whose real last name is Mapother? Hint

Leonardo di Caprio

Tom Cruise

Brad Pitt

Harrison Ford

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which ultra-macho star was born Marion Morrison?

Answer: (Two Words. Full name or Surname. NO Nickames of any kind)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. With what name was the beautiful and tragic Judy Garland born?

Answer: Frances Gumm

It was extremely common practice during the glory days of early talkies and Hollywood musicals to change an actor's name to something more glamorous. Judy Garland was born with the decidedly frumpy name of Frances Gumm.

2. With what name was ever-popular singer, former Police bassist and sometime actor Sting christened?

Answer: Gordon Sumner

According to legend, the singer's nickname at school was Sting, owing to a stripy football jersey he was given to wearing. JD, of course, without the 'Bee', is the name of the character he plays in Guy Ritchie's 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'.

3. Thanks to Elton Hercules John, everyone now knows Marilyn Monroe's real name was Norma Jean Baker. But what is the real name of 'Sir John Elton' (as HRH Elizabeth II dubbed him)?

Answer: Reginald Dwight

'Hercules'? How self-laudatory can one get?

4. Julia Roberts had to alter her given name when she became an actress.

Answer: True

True, but only ever so slightly. Her agency already had a Julie Roberts on its books. She was born Julie Fiona Roberts.

5. A father and two sons have all made successes of their respective acting careers. Emilio Estevez is the only one of the three billed under his real name - what surname do the other two prefer?

Answer: Sheen

Ramon Estevez (Martin Sheen) took his screen name from the Rev Fulton J Sheen, whom he greatly admired. Born to a Spanish father and an Irish mother, he chose an Anglicised professional name - as did his son Carlos Irwin Estevez (Charlie Sheen).

6. Who is Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou?

Answer: George Michael

Michael apparently rejected his Greek name on the basis that no-one would be able to remember it, let alone pronounce it. He wrote his hit song 'Careless Whisper' at the tender age of seventeen.

7. If his grandfather hadn't changed the family name decades before he arrived on this mortal coil, whose name would have been John Cheese?

Answer: John Cleese

Six-foot-five at primary school, John Cleese stood head and shoulders - and waist - above his contemporaries. He continues to do so - figuratively, at least - as one of the finest comedians in all history.

8. Who is/was Archibald Leach?

Answer: Cary Grant

'Everybody wants to be Cary Grant - even I would like to be Cary Grant,' the epitome of suaveness and charm once explained to a journalist. John Cleese named his character in 'A Fish Called Wanda' Archie Leach not only because he thoroughly admired Grant, but also because they hail from the same small town near Bristol, UK.

9. Whose real last name is Mapother?

Answer: Tom Cruise

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, to be exact. The actor, now a devoted adherent to Scientology, attended a seminary as a teenager with the express intention of becoming a Catholic priest.

10. Which ultra-macho star was born Marion Morrison?

Answer: John Wayne

John Wayne, The Duke, the ultimate man's man and star of 'True Grit', 'Stagecoach' and 'The Green Berets' was born with the somewhat girlish name of Marion Morrison.

Source: Author alkmene

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