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WWII First Names

Based on the last name, guess the first names of these prominent WWII personalities.
If multiple answers fit, guess the more well-known
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First submittedMay 25, 2014
Times taken38,680
Average score45.5%
Rating4.46
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First
Last
Winston
Churchill
Franklin
Roosevelt
Douglas
MacArthur
Bernard
Montgomery
Adolf
Hitler
Benito
Mussolini
Erwin
Rommel
Kai-Shek
Chiang
First
Last
Hermann
Göring
Hideki
Tojo
George
Patton
Charles
de Gaulle
Philippe
Petain
Robert
Oppenheimer
Chester
Nimitz
First
Last
Georgy
Zhukov
Joseph
Stalin
Heinrich
Himmler
Wernher
von Braun
Karl
Dönitz
Curtis
LeMay
Harold
Alexander
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33 Comments
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Jul 22, 2014
I thought it was Charlie Chang. and I got Georgy Zhukov, thanks to reading several histories of the battle for Stalingrad, but I thought it was spelled Georgi. Can't believe I got him but couldn't think up Werner.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Aug 7, 2019
Did much better this time. Only missed the last 3.
Diver1
+2
Level 60
Jul 22, 2014
Could you please accept J. Robert for Oppenheimer as well as Robert. It was his full name.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jul 23, 2014
My bad. J. Robert and Julius will work now.
OfTheMountain
+5
Level 62
Jul 22, 2014
Isn't Chaing the first name and Kai-Shek the last name?
ander217
+3
Level 75
Jul 22, 2014
That one threw me, too, although I should have known it.
ecp
+12
Level 43
Jul 26, 2014
We usually don't switch name order when talking about Chinese people in English, which is why you know him as Chiang Kai-shek, but I'm glad to see the quizmaster made the distinction of which is ACTUALLY the "first name".
jmaddog
+3
Level 33
Jul 22, 2014
I thought it was Monty Montgomery. That's how I know him.
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 91
Oct 24, 2019
I know him as blame someone else.
starfast
+3
Level 58
Jul 22, 2014
I don't really know what to say about the 2% of people that didn't get Adolf Hitler.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 73
Sep 3, 2019
Well, there are people that dont know the last name of elvis. He is much more often called by his last name than his full name, and it is not a very common name, so the moment you cant think of it, it is hard to drag it up from the depths. Everybody has mmoments the can;t think of the simplest of things. So you know what it says, that they are just human.

Sometimes I forget the names of people I have known for years, hell sometimes even family members, (aunts an uncles etc, not my sisters name for instance, though both my mom and dad, often call us the wrong name, like a quarter of the time! though it has gotten less lately I think) (And no we dont look alike and are not the same age, we are almost 5 years apart)

Osibruh
+3
Level 57
Apr 28, 2022
Now 3%
Amilcar
+2
Level 69
Feb 5, 2025
It's probably mostly people who open the quiz, answer a question, and then close it because they have something else to do.
Moosefight
+2
Level 60
Jul 23, 2014
So how did Chiang Kai-Shek wind up with the initials PF?
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Jul 29, 2014
Did you guys watch The World Wars on the History Channel recently? Pretty good program. I liked the way they decided to approach the narrative- focusing on several important figures (Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Roosevelt, Tojo, Churchill, etc) and how they evolved from WW1 through the end of WW2... my only complaint would be that they seemed to miss an opportunity by saying virtually nothing about Stalin before/during WW1. I just finished reading the book Young Stalin, and there were a lot of interesting bits they could have thrown in there. Would have been good to develop his character since he became so important during WW2. They focus more on the younger versions of Hitler and Churchill, though.
thecoolestdude2
+6
Level 68
Feb 2, 2015
Actual history on the History Channel? I'm shocked.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Aug 7, 2019
yeah it's remarkably and sadly rare but once in a long while they do something good.
tripsaplenty
+3
Level 55
Jun 15, 2016
Petain's first name was actually Henri
Mercenary1998
+2
Level 16
Dec 10, 2018
You misspelled Josef Stalin
Nestormakhno
+2
Level 74
Jun 18, 2019
True
bentshaggyoil
+1
Level 62
Aug 25, 2022
He was originally born with the name Ioseb
RobertoCF
+1
Level 78
Jul 21, 2024
Actually his birth name would have been იოსებ. And by WWII he was known as Иосиф. There can be different ways to transliterate the different alphabets.
Account
+4
Level 59
Jul 2, 2019
I'm sure you mean Jason Alexander.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 73
Sep 3, 2019
I suck at history.. 7/22 it makes me feel slightly better though that the average isnt like 18 as i was sort of expecting. but 10!
JonOfKent
+2
Level 58
Apr 28, 2020
I would have done a LOT better if it had accepted "Admiral", "General" and so on as names :-S
HutHutVikes
+2
Level 64
Jul 3, 2021
VERY surprised not to see Joseph Goebbels on this quiz.
ornei
+2
Level 65
Jul 15, 2021
Ah, I should've gotten Curtis LeMay. I'm not a big WWII buff, but recognize him as George Wallace's running mate from the 1968 presidential election.
Osibruh
+2
Level 57
Apr 28, 2022
I missed von Braun, LeMay and Chiang.
Andrew169
+1
Level 76
Feb 24, 2023
I wasn't familiar with all of these people, but I did score 15/22. Thanks for the quiz!
elcampeador
+1
Level 79
Mar 9, 2023
Field marshal Montgomery? Admiral Nimitz?
elcampeador
+1
Level 79
Mar 9, 2023
(I realize these aren't their first names)
GoblinOfCooz
+1
Level 78
Feb 20, 2024
No Omar Bradley?
IMGOOD22
+1
Level 24
Oct 9, 2024
"doctor" von Braun didn't work :(
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