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What is in a Name? Part 2 Trivia Quiz

What is in a Name?

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
60,978

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
3 / 5

Plays
612

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Question 1 of 5

1. Niccolo Fontana( 1500-77) was credited with solving the difficult cubic equation. Despite his shortcomings as a 'stammerer', he was a brilliant mathematician. Who was he better known as?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 5

2. Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski was a great writer. One of my very favorite works by this author is entitled , 'The Secret Agent'. Who was he better known as?

Answer: (Full or last name)

3. Charles Edouard Jeanneret changed his name to honor his ancestral lineage. Visionary in his insights, he created some wondrous and organic-looking buildings...e.g. Ozenfant house and the Notre-Dame-du-haut. Who was he better known as? Hint

Mies van der Rohe

Le Corbusier

Frank L. Wright

Peter Niewensheusen

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Question 4 of 5

4. He was the tutor to Nero and nicknamed 'curius dentatus' because he was born with teeth. Who was this great Stoic philosopher? Hint

Cinna

Aurelius

Seneca

Epictetus

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Question 5 of 5

5. An interesting philosopher and the freed slave of Pompey the Great (Pompeianus), he enjoyed walking into parties and crying out loudly..'Oh, wretched city I am entering..'. Who was he better known as? Hint

Dionysus the Younger

Teophrastus

Demetrius

Horace

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Niccolo Fontana( 1500-77) was credited with solving the difficult cubic equation. Despite his shortcomings as a 'stammerer', he was a brilliant mathematician. Who was he better known as?

Answer: Tartaglia

2. Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski was a great writer. One of my very favorite works by this author is entitled , 'The Secret Agent'. Who was he better known as?

Answer: Joseph Conrad

Answer: Le Corbusier

4. He was the tutor to Nero and nicknamed 'curius dentatus' because he was born with teeth. Who was this great Stoic philosopher?

Answer: Seneca

Answer: Demetrius

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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