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Pseudonyms 55 questions.
What was he called again?
Pub quiz question 1013 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was Elton John's real name?
  2. Answer: A: Reginald Dwight
  3. Categories: Entertainment (5) Pseudonyms (5)
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Pub quiz question 8789 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What was Mahatma Gandhi's real name?
  2. Answer: A: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
  3. Notes: *: Mahatma was what his followers called him, meaning “the great-souled one.” https://www.history.com/topics/asian-history/mahatma-gandhi
  4. Categories: Pseudonyms (9) Names (9) Religion (9)
Pub quiz question 992 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who, born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, a singer/songwriter, was a member of The Police?
  2. Answer: A: Sting
  3. Categories: Pseudonyms (4) Music (4)
Pub quiz question 1007 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who, born Norma Jeane Mortenson, was a singer and actress who died in 1962?
  2. Answer: A: Marilyn Monroe
  3. Notes: *: She was baptised, soon after birth, as Norma Jeane Baker.
  4. Categories: Pseudonyms (4) Entertainment (4) 1960s (3)
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Pub quiz question 998 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta; a singer with an outrageous sense of fashion?
  2. Answer: A: Lady Gaga
  3. Categories: Pseudonyms (5) Music (5) 2000s (5) 2010s (5)
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Pub quiz question 1011 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, is a singer who was arrested for lewd behaviour in 1998, posession of drugs in 2006, drugs again in 2008, and in 2010 for being unfit to drive after crashing his car?
  2. Answer: A: George Michael
  3. Categories: 1990s (3) 2000s (3) 2010s (3) Pseudonyms (3) Music (3)
Pub quiz question 993 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who, born Brian Hugh Warner, is the leading band member of his eponymous band?
  2. Answer: A: Marilyn Manson
  3. Categories: Pseudonyms (5) Music (5)
Pub quiz question 1002 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who, born Bernard William Jewry, is a singer and actor who's debut hit was "My Coo Ca Choo?"
  2. Answer: A: Alvin Stardust
  3. Categories: Music (3) 1970s (3) Pseudonyms (4)
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Pub quiz question 1000 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who, born Alecia Beth Moore, is a 'Colourful' singer, who had a Cameo appearance in the Spongebob episode "Truth or Square," and plays Gloria in Happy Feet 2.
  2. Answer: A: Pink
  3. Categories: Music (4) Pseudonyms (4) Spongebob (4)
Pub quiz question 980 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is David Walliams' real name?
  2. Answer: A: David Williams
  3. Notes: *: The actor changed his name to David Walliams when he joined College Equity (the trade union for the entertainment industries) as there was already a member named David Williams
  4. Categories: Pseudonyms (3) Entertainment (4) Television (4)