Amadeus (actually Amadè) is not his name at all but a nickname he gave himself based on one of his middle names. His name listed in baptismal records was: Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart.
Also, that other cultures have very different naming systems. On classical composers news, Johann Sebastian Bach would have gone by "Sebastian" in his life- most of his brothers were also Johann Bachs...
There's an important distinction to be made between adding an interesting bit of additional information (trivia) and saying, "this quiz is wrong and it needs to be changed because here's something inconsequential that I know."
Not sure why this is sad. I'm sure nearly everyone knows Edison, but it's not that important that they know his middle name, is it? Besides, Tesla > Edison. :-)
Everyone's objections could be addressed in one fell swoop by changing the description to guessing the middle name these people *were most known by*, or something to that effect.
Well her maiden name rather than surname but we know what you mean. I think this quiz is more about the extra names that they were known by rather than their legal middle names.
Eehhh.... I know this is way late, and perhaps won't be read... but anyway: Gabriel García Márquez doesn't qualifies for this quiz, at least in the "middle name" sense. Let me break his name:Gabriel: First name. Just the way almost every language uses it.García: Paternal surname. This one is what you (English-speakers) use as last name.Márquez: Maternal surname. This is what you call "maiden last name", but with a catch:The women in Spanish-speaking countries don't lose their surnames due to marriage. They might add their husbands' first surname after their first surname, prefixed with "de" ("of"), for example: "Luisa Márquez de García" (in case you wonder, Gabriel's mother). And even this practice is losing ground faster and faster.
So, García's "everyday's" name is Gabriel García. But, since this is a rather common name-surname combo, the maternal surname is used to further identify him: Gabriel García Márquez.
Not sure if he’s completely worthy of this quiz, but J.S. Bach’s son Johann Christian Bach is worth noting. He was quite influential to the development of the concerto and sonata form.
The son is George Walker Bush
He was KNOWN as Edgar Allen Poe.
Save the superciliousness for a more appropriate forum.
Marquez was his mother's maiden name (just as Fitzgerald was JKF's mother Rose's middle name.
Joyner was Joyner-Kersee's maiden name before she got married.
So, García's "everyday's" name is Gabriel García. But, since this is a rather common name-surname combo, the maternal surname is used to further identify him: Gabriel García Márquez.