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Name Them Trivia Quiz

This is a history based Name Them quiz. Simply write down the name of the individual or people I'm looking for. Good luck and enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by osgilliath1982. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
osgilliath1982

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
338,697

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
848

Last 3 plays: Guest 1 (7/10), Guest 1 (7/10), Guest 90 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which famous composer was given Wolfgang as a middle name at his baptism in 1756? Hint

Beethoven

Chopin

Mozart

Vivaldi

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Question 2 of 10

2. Name the emperor of Rome who was granted the honorific 'Augustus' in 27BC. Hint

Trajan

Octavian

Tiberius

Marcus Aurelius

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which German count and lieutenant colonel famously created a plan to kill Hitler called Operation Valkyrie? Hint

Friedrich Olbricht

Friedrich Fromm

Henning von Tresckow

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

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Question 4 of 10

4. Name the Ancient Sumerian king who was credited with the building of the legendary walls of Uruk. Hint

Meskalamdug

Gilgamesh

Eannatum

Sargon

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Question 5 of 10

5. Name the first Grand Master of the Knights Templar. Hint

Hugh de Payens

Jaques de Molay

Godfrey de Saint-Omer

Geoffroi de Charney

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who came up with the idea for the periodic table of elements? Hint

Robert Bunsen

Dmitri Mendeleev

Gustav Kirchoff

Adrian Ludwig Richter

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is widely regarded as 'pater Europae' ('Father of Europe')? Hint

Julius Caesar

Charlemagne

Alexander the Great

Aeneas

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Question 8 of 10

8. Name the genius behind the fresco known as 'The Last Judgement'. Hint

Raphael

Leonardo Da Vinci

Michelangelo

Giovanni Bellini

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Question 9 of 10

9. Name king of England who sat the throne from 1017 till 1035. Hint

Canute

Ethelred

Alfred

Egbert

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the name of the Russian royal dynasty murdered at Ekaterinburg on July 17th, 1918? Hint

Holstein

Romanov

Gottorp

Hohenzollern

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which famous composer was given Wolfgang as a middle name at his baptism in 1756?

Answer: Mozart

His full baptismal name was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. However, he is generally known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but in his lifetime variants were sometimes used.

2. Name the emperor of Rome who was granted the honorific 'Augustus' in 27BC.

Answer: Octavian

In BC 27 Octavian was awarded the title of Augustus by the Senate, following negotiations, and is regarded as the first Roman Emperor. He was adopted by his great uncle, Julius Caesar. (Contrary to a common misconception, Juilius Caesar was *not* the first Roman emperor).

3. Which German count and lieutenant colonel famously created a plan to kill Hitler called Operation Valkyrie?

Answer: Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

As is well known, the attempt to assassinate Hitler on 20 July 1944 failed. Tom Cruise famously depicted Stauffenberg in the film "Valkyrie".

4. Name the Ancient Sumerian king who was credited with the building of the legendary walls of Uruk.

Answer: Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh was viewed as a demigod of superhuman strength who erected the city walls of Uruk to protect his people from all external threats.

5. Name the first Grand Master of the Knights Templar.

Answer: Hugh de Payens

Hugh de Payens was Grand Master from 1118-1136 and a founding member of the order along with Godfrey de Saint-Omer.

6. Who came up with the idea for the periodic table of elements?

Answer: Dmitri Mendeleev

In 1869, the Russian chemist named Dmitri Mendeleev came up with a way of organizing the elements that were known at the time. He set them out in order of atomic weight, and then grouped them into rows and columns based on their chemical and physical properties.

7. Who is widely regarded as 'pater Europae' ('Father of Europe')?

Answer: Charlemagne

Today he is regarded as the founding father of both French and German monarchies. His empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Romans, and the Carolingian renaissance helped to mould of a common European identity.

8. Name the genius behind the fresco known as 'The Last Judgement'.

Answer: Michelangelo

The work is massive and spans the entire wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel. The Last Judgment is a depiction of the second coming of Christ and the apocalypse.

9. Name king of England who sat the throne from 1017 till 1035.

Answer: Canute

He divided England into four earldoms. Famed for showing his courtiers that although a king he was not a god and so he ordered the tide not to come in, knowing he would fail.

10. What is the name of the Russian royal dynasty murdered at Ekaterinburg on July 17th, 1918?

Answer: Romanov

On the night of July 17th, the family was awoken and told that there was trouble in Ekateringburg. They were told that they would be safer in the basement of the house they were staying in. There they were shot dead.

Source: Author osgilliath1982

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