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My Name's Monroe, Too Trivia Quiz

Sometimes a previously uncommon name crops up everywhere from television and movies to history books. See how many of these Monroe / Munro people, characters, and place names you know.

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

Author
nannywoo

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
353,757

Updated
Nov 16 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
646

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. A US President issued a foreign policy document stating that the United States would stand against attempts by European powers to colonize the Americas. By what name did this document come to be known? Hint

The Monroe Doctrine

The Bill of Rights

The Monroe Document

The Declaration of Independence

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Question 2 of 10

2. Bill Monroe is known as the "father" of what musical genre? Hint

Delta Blues

New Orleans Jazz

Polka

Bluegrass

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Question 3 of 10

3. Short story and newspaper writer Hector Hugh (H.H.) Munro was born in Burma in 1870. By what short pseudonym is this writer of "The Open Window" and other stories known? Hint

Ernest Hemingway

Mark Twain

Saki

George Orwell

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the 1800s, Sir Hugh Munro published a list called "Munro's Tables" that led some individuals to engage in "Munro bagging" in Scotland. What do Munro baggers attempt? Hint

To carry their wives across the Munro River in a burlap sack.

To eat the most haggis in a contest at a Munro table.

To climb the 283 mountains in Scotland that are over 3,000 feet.

To catch rabbits with a trap called a Munro bag.

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Question 5 of 10

5. The county seat of Ouachita Parish, Port Miro was changed to Monroe in 1819 when a steamboat named Monroe, after President James Monroe, impressed the citizens of the town. In what U.S. state can this city be found? Hint

Louisiana

Utah

New York

Alaska

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Question 6 of 10

6. The character General Monroe in the television series "Revolution" heads a brutal militia in a world in which electricity, computers, batteries, automobiles, and other technologies have stopped working. What word, the opposite of utopia, describes such a society? Hint

myopia

dystopia

futuropia

europa

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Question 7 of 10

7. What actor, who plays television's "Grimm" character Monroe, was named for his ancestor, a physician who inspired the plot of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper"? Hint

Silas Weir Mitchell

Benjamin McLane Spock

Viktor Frankenstein

Sigmund Freud

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Question 8 of 10

8. Gladys Pearl Baker was born with the maiden name Monroe in Mexico in 1902. Whose mother was she? Hint

Marilyn Monroe

Michael Monroe

Martin Sheen

Monroe Ficus

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Question 9 of 10

9. What cartoonist quipped that adults "do not appear [in his comic strip] because the daily strip is only an inch and a half high, and they wouldn't have room to stand up"? Hint

Walt Monroe Kelly

Charles Monroe Schulz

Walt Monroe Disney

Gary Monroe Larson

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Question 10 of 10

10. While the novel and movie "Cold Mountain" are based on historical events, the main female character Ada Monroe is fictional. Who played the role of the elegant Carolina clergyman's daughter Ada in the 2003 film? Hint

Dolly Parton

Renee Zellweger

Nicole Kidman

Julia Roberts

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: The Monroe Doctrine

James Monroe was the fifth president of the United States, serving from 1817-1825. He was also a Founding Father.

2. Bill Monroe is known as the "father" of what musical genre?

Answer: Bluegrass

Bill Monroe's band The Bluegrass Boys gave its name to the style of music that came to be called Bluegrass. The band's name came from their home state, the "Bluegrass State" of Kentucky.

Source: billmonroe.com

3. Short story and newspaper writer Hector Hugh (H.H.) Munro was born in Burma in 1870. By what short pseudonym is this writer of "The Open Window" and other stories known?

Answer: Saki

Munro was born in December 1870. He was killed in 1916, while serving in World War I.

4. In the 1800s, Sir Hugh Munro published a list called "Munro's Tables" that led some individuals to engage in "Munro bagging" in Scotland. What do Munro baggers attempt?

Answer: To climb the 283 mountains in Scotland that are over 3,000 feet.

The highest of the Munros is Ben Nevis, at 1344 meters or 4,409 feet. Munro baggers try to climb (or "bag" in their collection of achievements) as many of the mountains as they can.

Source:
princeton.edu
themunrosociety.com

Answer: Louisiana

In the US, only Louisiana calls its political divisions parishes rather than counties. The state has 64 parishes.

Answer: dystopia

The main action of the series occurs 15 years after technology has stopped working. Details are gradually given in flashbacks.

Source: nbc.com

7. What actor, who plays television's "Grimm" character Monroe, was named for his ancestor, a physician who inspired the plot of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

Answer: Silas Weir Mitchell

In the 19th Century, Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell promoted a method called the "rest cure" for people with nervous diseases. Gilman's gripping story describes a woman who suffers a psychotic break after being isolated in a room alone with no meaningful activity.

Source:
online-literature.com
imdb.com

8. Gladys Pearl Baker was born with the maiden name Monroe in Mexico in 1902. Whose mother was she?

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Gladys was born in Mexico because her father worked for the railroad there; they later moved to Los Angeles, California. Marilyn took her mother's maiden name as part of her stage name.

Source: cursumperficio.net

9. What cartoonist quipped that adults "do not appear [in his comic strip] because the daily strip is only an inch and a half high, and they wouldn't have room to stand up"?

Answer: Charles Monroe Schulz

Charles Schulz went on to explain, "Actually, they [the adults] have been left out because they would intrude in a world where they could only be uncomfortable."

Source: schulzmuseum.org

Answer: Nicole Kidman

While Australian actress Nicole Kidman played the main female character Ada Monroe, it was Texas born Renee Zellweger who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Ruby Thewes, who was definitely NOT an elegant clergyman's daughter.

Source: Author nannywoo

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