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Friday, 24 July 2009 |
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Middle Names
Can you supply the middle names for these famous people? Where their middle names are not well-known, we give you three possibilities to choose from.
- What was the middle name of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart?
Amadeus. - What was U.S. president John F. Kennedy's middle name?
Fitzgerald. - What was Thomas Edison's middle name?
Alva. - Was John Lennon's middle name originally Julian, Anthony or Winston?
Winston. - What was the middle name of the British novelist William Thackeray?
Makepeace. - Is Stephen Hawking's middle name William, Albert or Alan?
William. - Was film director Alfred Hitchcock's middle name John, Joseph or Julian?
Joseph. - Is U.S. computer scientist Bill Gates's middle name Henry, Gordon or Michael?
Henry. - Was jazz trumpeter Miles Davis's middle name George, Noah or Dewey?
Dewey. - What was the poet Percy Shelley's middle name?
Bysshe.
Questions set by Tony Augarde, author of "The Oxford Guide to Word Games"
How did you do?
0 - 1 Mmmm, not exactly brilliant. 2 - 5 A reasonable stab. 6 - 8 A good showing. But there's still room for improvement! 9 - 10 You really know your stuff. Well done!
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- Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia including Atlas
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