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Identity Version 2 Trivia Quiz

NBC launched the premiere of "Identity" where a contestant matches twelve identities to twelve different people. I decided to make my own version of "Identity", for the second time around. Take the test and try your skills of judging a person's name.

A multiple-choice quiz by wanna_be19. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
wanna_be19

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
259,684

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
753

Last 3 plays: rockstar51 (8/15), Guest 75 (13/15), emmal2000uk (6/15).

Question 1 of 15

1. One of these people is an Academy Award winner. Do you know who? Hint

Tom Brokaw

Hattie McDaniel

Gloria Steinem

Oscar Rubio

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who is the "Teller of Tales"? Hint

Robert Louis Stevenson

Jean Francois Champollion

Jaret Reddick

Tom Brokaw

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Question 3 of 15

3. It may (or may not) come as a surprise, but one of the people mentioned is a professional wrestler. Who is it? Hint

John Chapman

Henry Louis Aaron

Oscar Rubio

Roald Amundsen

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which of the following is a magazine founder? Hint

Camilo Jose Cela

Margaret Mead

Gloria Steinem

Jaret Reddick

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which of the following can read Egyptian hieroglyphics? Hint

Roald Amundsen

Leo Kanner

Chester Alan Arthur

Jean Francis Champollion

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who was born in Alabama? Hint

Margaret Mead

Chester Alan Arthur

Henry Louis Aaron

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which of the following was an NBC personality? Hint

Hattie McDaniel

Tom Brokaw

Robert Louis Stevenson

Leo Kanner

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which of the following people died at the age of 56? Hint

John Chapman

Chester Alan Arthur

Konrad Adenauer

Oscar Rubio

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which of the following people mysteriously disappeared? Hint

Roald Amundsen

Hattie McDaniel

Oscar Rubio

Jean Francois Champollion

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Question 10 of 15

10. Who studied children and described "autism" disorder to the world? Hint

Margaret Mead

Camilo Jose Cela

Gloria Steinem

Leo Kanner

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Question 11 of 15

11. Who is the apple spreader? Hint

Konrad Adenauer

Jaret Reddick

John Chapman

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which one of the following is a boy band member? Hint

Henry Louis Aaron

Leo Kanner

Camilo Jose Cela

Jaret Reddick

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which of the following was an anthropologist? Hint

Konrad Adenauer

Tom Brokaw

Hattie McDaniel

Margaret Mead

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which of the following is a member of the Catholic Centre Party? Hint

Jean Francois Champollion

Chester Alan Arthur

Konrad Adenauer

Roald Amundsen

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Question 15 of 15

15. Who wrote "The Hive" (a translated title)? Hint

Konrad Adenauer

John Chapman

Gloria Steinem

Camilo Jose Cela

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. One of these people is an Academy Award winner. Do you know who?

Answer: Hattie McDaniel

Hattie became the first African American to win an Academy Award for her supporting role in "Gone With The Wind".

2. Who is the "Teller of Tales"?

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert's Samoan name was "Tusitala" or the "teller of tales". He was a dedicated writer. He wrote "Kidnapped", "Weir of Hermiston" and many others. "Weir of Hermiston" was unfinished as he died before the book was finished.

3. It may (or may not) come as a surprise, but one of the people mentioned is a professional wrestler. Who is it?

Answer: Oscar Rubio

Oscar is better known as Rey Misterio, Jr. or Rey Mysterio, who is a signed professional wrestler of World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE's "Smackdown". He was born in San Diego, California, on December 11, 1974. He is best known for the "619" and his high flying style of fighting.

4. Which of the following is a magazine founder?

Answer: Gloria Steinem

Gloria became the most prominent spokesperson of the women's rights movement when she founded "Ms." magazine. In 1989, due to financial losses, "Ms." went out of business. However, by popular demand, "Ms." was resurrected and Gloria became its consulting editor.

5. Which of the following can read Egyptian hieroglyphics?

Answer: Jean Francis Champollion

Jean deciphered the mysterious symbols of the Rosetta Stone in 1822. The Rosetta Stone is a tablet containing the same text written in Egyptian hieroglyphs, demotic and Greek. This was the first time an Egyptian text was translated.

6. Who was born in Alabama?

Answer: Henry Louis Aaron

Henry was born in Mobile, Alabama. He is American baseball's all-time champion home-run hitter. He broke Babe Ruth's 714 career home runs with a career home run of 755. He won National League's MVP of 1957, and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.

7. Which of the following was an NBC personality?

Answer: Tom Brokaw

Tom is a leading television journalist and news anchor. He was born in Webster, South Dakota. He joined NBC News in 1966. From 1976-1992, he hosted NBC's "Today" show. He also wrote "The Greatest Generation" in 1998.

8. Which of the following people died at the age of 56?

Answer: Chester Alan Arthur

Chester became the 21st president of the United States after James A. Garfield was shot by a crazy man. Most thought of him as an unfit leader, although he was an honest and courageous man. He died on November 18, 1886, at the age of 56 in his home in New York due to health failure.

9. Which of the following people mysteriously disappeared?

Answer: Roald Amundsen

Roald was the first person to successfully lead an expedition to the South Pole. On December 14, 1911, he and his crew reached the South Pole. In June 1928, Roald set out to rescue Umberto Nobile, an Italian aviator, who crashed at the Arctic. Roald's plane disappeared and nobody saw him ever again.

10. Who studied children and described "autism" disorder to the world?

Answer: Leo Kanner

Leo first described the syndrome of autism or "self" in Greek, in 1943 while studying eleven children who had unusual behaviors and interests.

11. Who is the apple spreader?

Answer: John Chapman

John was a pioneer who vowed to spread the apple tree around the States. Throughout the early 1800s, he provided seeds and seedlings for settlers heading westward. He started orchards in West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana. John inspired the legendary character of Johnny Appleseed.

12. Which one of the following is a boy band member?

Answer: Jaret Reddick

Jaret is the lead singer and guitarist for the pop band "Bowling For Soup." He was born on March 6, 1972 in Grapevine, Texas. His guitar has Texas designed on it.

13. Which of the following was an anthropologist?

Answer: Margaret Mead

Margaret was a renowned anthropologist who did much of her fieldwork in the early 1900s. Her ethnographies of Pacific islanders are read world wide.

14. Which of the following is a member of the Catholic Centre Party?

Answer: Konrad Adenauer

Konrad opposed Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party costing him his freedom. He was imprisoned in 1934. He became the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).

15. Who wrote "The Hive" (a translated title)?

Answer: Camilo Jose Cela

Camilo won a Nobel Prize for literature in 1989 for his novel, "La familia de Pascual Duarte (Pascual Duarte's family)" in 1942. It's about a criminal who has no idea why he commits crimes. Camilo also wrote "La Colmena" (The Hive) which is a satire of the Spanish Civil War.

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Source: Author wanna_be19

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