Birth Name or Nickname? #1

Guess if the name representing each person is/was their birth name or a nickname.

Pseudonyms, aliases, honorifics etc., plus names given to them later on (in addition to their birth name) are included under nicknames.

Slight name variations (such as English versions of names from other languages) are counted as birth names.

Parts of names located within square brackets are the ones that have to be guessed, ignore the other part(s).

Quiz by

Rate:

Last updated: August 27, 2020

You have not attempted this quiz yet.

More quiz info >>

First submitted	August 27, 2020
Times taken	30
Average score	80.0%
Report this quiz	Report

Quiz and answer stats >>

Friends stats >>

4:00

The quiz is paused. You have remaining.

Copied!

Scoring

You scored / = %

This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is

Your high score is

Your fastest time is

more stats >>

friends stats >>

Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...

1. Caravaggio

Born Michele Angelo Merigi (or Amerighi), he took the name Caravaggio from the town where he is presumed to have grown up.

Birth name

Nickname

2. Caligula

Born Gaius Julius Caesar, he was given the nickname Caligula (which means "little (soldier's) boot) by his father's soldiers when he was two or three. This occurred when he joined his father on campaigns in the north of Germania; the soldiers were amused by the fact that he was dressed in a miniature soldier's outfit. Although the name was meant to be affectionate, Gaius reportedly grew to dislike it.

Birth name

Nickname

3. Socrates

Birth name

Nickname

4. Tamer[lane]

His real name was Timur, with the name Tamerlane (or Timur the Lame) given to him by Europeans, referring to his injuries.

Birth name

Nickname

5. Pachacuti

Birth name

Nickname

6. Ferdinand [Magellan]

Birth name

Nickname

7. [Buzz] Aldrin

Born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr., he acquired the nickname due to the fact that one of his sisters mispronounced "brother" as "buzzer", which was then shortened to "Buzz". It became his legal first name in 1988.

Birth name

Nickname

8. Ashoka

Birth name

Nickname

9. [Nelson] Mandela

His birth name was Rolihlahla Mandela, but he was given the name "Nelson" by his teacher at the local Methodist school he attended.

Birth name

Nickname

10. Hokusai

Birth name

Nickname

11. Butch Cassidy

His birth name was Robert LeRoy Parker. He acquired the name "Butch" after working as an apprentice to a butcher, and took the name "Cassidy" in honour of his friend Mike Cassidy, a cattle thief.

Birth name

Nickname

12. Kǒng [Fūzǐ] (Confucius)

"Kǒng Fūzǐ" (from which we get the name "Confucius") means "Master Kǒng". His birth name was "Kǒng Qiū".

Birth name

Nickname

13. Friedrich [Nietzsche]

Birth name

Nickname

14. [Ronald] Reagan

Birth name

Nickname