Author Topic: Pseudonymy (Read 3818 times)

phobos · « **on:** August 15, 2006, 11:18:57 AM »

Not sure how long this can run, because there's probably a limited stock of characters, but here goes:

There are many people who are better known by an alias, a nickname, a nom de plume, a title, or a tabloid-coined epithet of criminal notoriety. So: given the obscure name of the famous figure, return the name by which they're better known. Or at least not quite so obscure. Then set a new one. So:

Kal-El

Superman.

â€“-

See?

Yeah.

So, to begin:

Temujin.

Tamsin · « **Reply #1 on:** August 15, 2006, 11:23:32 AM »

Genghis Khan.

Who was The Swamp Fox?

Aeryven · « **Reply #2 on:** August 15, 2006, 11:25:52 AM »

General Francis Marion

and let's see...

FranÃ§ois-Marie Arouet was...?

NoxEquites · « **Reply #3 on:** August 15, 2006, 11:36:28 AM »

Voltaire

Who was thought to be originally named Aristocles?

phobos · « **Reply #4 on:** August 15, 2006, 11:37:52 AM »

Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whiskey every day...

edit: not sure that's truly a pseudonym.

Eric Blair

NoxEquites · « **Reply #5 on:** August 21, 2006, 07:56:20 PM »

George Orwell

Who is Rodrigo DÃaz de Vivar more commonly known as?

Aeryven · « **Reply #6 on:** August 21, 2006, 10:11:18 PM »

I know the answer, but i can't think of another pseudonym, so I can't play.

Imp · « **Reply #7 on:** August 22, 2006, 06:25:48 AM »

The saviour of the Spaniards, El Cid.

Now to even the genders a bit...

Mary Ann Evans.

Fever · « **Reply #8 on:** August 22, 2006, 03:38:39 PM »

George Eliot

Richard Bachman (could that be any easier?)

TheManda · « **Reply #9 on:** August 22, 2006, 06:53:44 PM »

Stephen King, of course!

Marion Michael Morrison

Gwoo · « **Reply #10 on:** August 23, 2006, 09:59:15 PM »

John Wayne, the Duke!

Frances Gumm

Aeryven · « **Reply #11 on:** August 23, 2006, 10:16:59 PM »

Judy Garland!

I got one... Da Boss (ooo...tricky!)

dadu · « **Reply #12 on:** August 25, 2006, 10:53:27 AM »

Bruce Springsteen

The Rock

Imp · « **Reply #13 on:** August 25, 2006, 11:26:45 AM »

Duane Johnson.

Ruth Davis.

dadu · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2006, 11:47:51 AM »

Bette Davis

Archibald Leach

Imp · « **Reply #15 on:** August 25, 2006, 12:05:08 PM »

Cary Grant.

Lucille Fay LeSeuer.

dadu · « **Reply #16 on:** August 25, 2006, 12:10:24 PM »

Junkies down in brooklyn are going crazy
Theyre laughing just like hungry dogs in the street
Policemen are hiding behind the skirts of little girls
Their eyes have turned the color of frozen meat

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Joan crawford has risen from the grave

Farrokh Bulsara

Imp · « **Reply #17 on:** August 25, 2006, 12:15:55 PM »

The late, Great Freddie Mercury!

Thomas Edward Lawrence.

dadu · « **Reply #18 on:** August 25, 2006, 12:20:09 PM »

Lawrence of Arabia

Cheryl Sarkisian LaPiere

Imp · « **Reply #19 on:** August 25, 2006, 12:39:03 PM »

Cher.

Gordon Sumner.

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