Famous Naps Trivia Quiz

Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte, or Napoleon I

Napoleon Bonaparte, or Napoleon I, was a Corsican-born artillery officer who staged a coup d'etat in 1799 and named himself First Consul; in 1804 he was named Emperor of France by the French Senate. He would continue to rule France until 1814, and after a brief exile to Elba, for part of 1815, where he met his Waterloo at the hands of the Duke of Wellington.

He was exiled again, this time to St. Helena, where he died in 1821.

Answer: Napoleon Lajoie

Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie was the first bona-fide star of the American League. He was a member of the Cleveland team, and in 1901 led the league in almost every offensive category, including a .424 batting average. The Cleveland entry was known as the Cleveland Naps up to 1914, his last year with the team. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.

Answer: Napoleon Solo

Robert Vaughn played Napoleon Solo in the 1960s American TV series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement), was an international law enforcement agency set during the height of the Cold War. It ran on NBC for four seasons, 1964-1968.

Answer: Pig

Napoleon was a pig. George Orwell wrote this book, published in 1945, as an allegory of Joseph Stalin and his rise to power in Russia from the 1920s up until the breakout of World War II. Napoleon was a common pig that eventually connived his way to becoming the dictator of "Animal Farm", a dystopian society where the maxim "All animals are equal" eventually gave way to "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."

Answer: Puff Pastry

The Napoleon, or Mille-feuille (thousand-leafed), is a puff pastry with cream and icing and is very delicious. It is French in origin, dating back to at least the 17th century, and is most likely named after the city of Naples rather than Napoleon Bonaparte, although the names have intermingled since his ascendancy.

Answer: Napoleon III

Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, later known as Napoleon III, was the nephew of Napoleon I and was elected President of the Second Republic of France in 1848, before undertaking a coup d'etat and naming himself Emperor of the French in 1851. He ruled as Emperor until 1870, when he was captured by Prussian forces during the Battle of Sedan on September 2, 1870.

He was deposed by the forces of the Third Republic two days later.

Answer: Jon Heder

"Napoleon Dynamite" was a 2004 comedy movie starring Jon Heder in the lead role. It was about an alienated teenager who had to deal with his rather interesting home life while attempting to get his new friend at high school, Pedro, elected to Class President.

His peculiar idiosyncrasies and speech patterns have helped to lead this movie as a "love it or hate it" movie selection for people of different backgrounds and generations. Bader and Gries were in the movie but were not the lead; Harmeyer works on the Howard Stern Show and has a speech pattern similar to the character Napoleon Dynamite in real life.

Answer: Euchre

Napoleon is a trick taking game, very similar to Euchre or Setback. It has been popular throughout England and Europe for over 200 years. It is a five card bidding game, where the highest bidder gets to select what suit is trump. A player bidding that he or she can take all five tricks calls "Nap" to indicate such. All players must follow suit and the trick winner gets to lead the next card.

Answer: They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!

"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" shot up the charts quickly, but came off the charts almost as quickly because of protests from mental health advocates. All the other titles were hits for Herman's Hermits.

Answer: Napoleon McCallum

Napoleon McCallum had a great career playing football in college, being named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003. He played for the Los Angeles Raiders in 1986, then served his five year commitment to the US Navy. He returned to the NFL in 1990, and played until 1994, when a horrendous knee injury ended his career prematurely.