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Pen Names, Anyone? Trivia Quiz

Do you know your pen names? Here's your chance to find out...

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
16,786

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1187

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What pen name did Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov use?

Answer: (Last name or full name acceptable.)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Moliere's real name?

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the pen name of Karen Blixen?

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Question 4 of 10

4. What pen name did H. H. Munro use?

Answer: (One word name.)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the collective real last name of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell?

Answer: (Last name only please.)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Solomon J. Rabinowitz used which pen name?

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Question 7 of 10

7. We knew him as Voltaire, but what did his mom and dad call him?

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known as?

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Question 9 of 10

9. Marie Henri Beyle took what one word pen name?

Answer: (One word name.)

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Question 10 of 10

10. The good Dr. Seuss was known to his loved ones as what?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What pen name did Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov use?

Answer: Gorky

2. What was Moliere's real name?

Answer: Jean Baptiste Poquelin

3. What was the pen name of Karen Blixen?

Answer: Isak Dinesen

4. What pen name did H. H. Munro use?

Answer: Saki

5. What was the collective real last name of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell?

Answer: Bronte

6. Solomon J. Rabinowitz used which pen name?

Answer: Aleichem

7. We knew him as Voltaire, but what did his mom and dad call him?

Answer: Francois

8. What was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known as?

Answer: Lewis Carroll

9. Marie Henri Beyle took what one word pen name?

Answer: Stendhal

10. The good Dr. Seuss was known to his loved ones as what?

Answer: Geisel

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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