Famous Nicknames
Whether an epithet, sobriquet, pet name, or handle, test your moniker memory with this trivia game of famous nicknames.
15 questions · Published February 7, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Which 1980s action movie superstar was nicknamed "The Muscles from Brussels"?
FUN FACT
Former Mr. Belgium Jean-Claude Van Damme studied karate, kickboxing, taekwando, muay thai, and ballet.
- Multiple Choice
2. Born Caryn Johnson, which last name did Whoopi Goldberg briefly use before settling on her now famous surname?
According to Whoopi Goldberg, she got her famous name because she tends to have a problem with gas, and people would say, "You're like a whoopee cushion."
For a very short time she was professionally known as Whoopi Cushion (though she used a French-sounding pronunciation: coo-SHON).
- Multiple Choice
3. Which of these adjectives precedes the Major League Baseball nicknames "______ Cat," "______ Daddy," "______ Hurt," and "The ______ Unit"?
Baseball players are quite keen on using "Big" in their nicknames: "Big Cat" (Andres Galarraga), "Big Daddy" (Cecil Fielder), "Big Hurt" (Frank Thomas), and "The Big Unit" (Randy Johnson).
- Multiple Choice
4. What is Grammy Award-winning musician Sting's birth name?
In the 1985 documentary "Bring on the Night," a journalist calls Sting by his given name, Gordon Sumner. He replies, "My children call me Sting, my mother calls me Sting, who is this Gordon character?"
He received the nickname “Sting” from one of his early bandmates because of the black-and-yellow striped sweater he often wore while performing.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which legendary actor, patriarch of one of the first Hollywood dynasties, was known as "The Great Profile"?
Because posters and photographs of him tended to favor the left side of his face, John Barrymore earned the nickname "The Great Profile."
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