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Mumsnet Discussions: Culture vultures : Right guys I need some help from all of you ~~~ Please be honest.... (34 messages)

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By RTKangaMummy on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:43:10

Please tell me if you know whose name these are when they were babies?

Please do it honestly without www as this is for a quiz I am writing and I need to know if they are too difficult

Thanks

1. Archibald Alexander Leach =

2. Terence Alan Patrick Sean Milligan =

3. Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova =

4. Maurice Joseph Micklewhite =

5. David Williams =

6. Norma Jean Mortensen =

7. Virginia Katherine McMath =

8. Sofia Villani Scicolone =

9. Barbara-Ann Deeks =

10. Jerome Silberman =

11. John Christopher Depp II =

12. Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde =

13. John Joseph Nicholson =

14. Richard Walter Jenkins =

15. Marion Robert Morrison =

16. David John McDonald =

smile

By Majeika on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:44:32

1 cary grant

By Majeika on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:45:23

2 spike milligan

By littlelapin on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:46:45

1. Archibald Alexander Leach = Cary Grant

2. Terence Alan Patrick Sean Milligan = Spike Milligan

3. Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova = Helen Mirren

4. Maurice Joseph Micklewhite = Michael Caine

5. David Williams = David Walliams

6. Norma Jean Mortensen = Marilyn Monroe

7. Virginia Katherine McMath =

8. Sofia Villani Scicolone = Sophia Loren

9. Barbara-Ann Deeks =

10. Jerome Silberman =

11. John Christopher Depp II = Johnny Depp!

12. Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde = Dirk Bogarde

13. John Joseph Nicholson = Jack Nicholson

14. Richard Walter Jenkins =

15. Marion Robert Morrison = John Wayne

16. David John McDonald =

That's without Googling - now I am going to look them up and see how I did!

By Plonker on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:47:18

4. Michael Caine

6. Marilyn Monroe??

By Majeika on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:48:29

9 barbara windsor

By NormaStanleyFletcher on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:48:42

LL you name geek!!

By Majeika on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:49:30

10 gene wilder

By RTKangaMummy on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:49:36

DEFFO BRILL

Thanks guys

I want average answer to be about 11 or 12 out of 16

When you have googled please don't post corrections on here

smile

By Plonker on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:50:08

LL - i can't compete against that ...

grin

By Majeika on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:50:20

16 david tennant

By RTKangaMummy on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:52:27

This is for a team quiz so 8 to 10 people in a team

so do you think the average answer will be between 10 and 12 ?

or are they too hard ?

By mabanana on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:52:47

7 Virginia McKenna? I knew all except 10, 14 and 16

By mabanana on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:52:49

7 Virginia McKenna? I knew all except 10, 14 and 16

By combustiblelemon on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:53:38

I got 10- same as LL but I missed pesky Helen Mirren.

By RTKangaMummy on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:53:39

no it's not virgina mckenna

By mabanana on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:53:58

Ooh, is 14 Richard thingy who married Liz ? Burton, that's it?

By LackaDAISYcal on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:55:57

1 Cary Grant
2 Spike Milligan *
3 ?
4 Michael Caine (?)
5 David Walliams
6 Marilyn Monroe
7 Virginia McKee or Barbara hepburn (?)
8 Sofia Loren *
9 I should know this; I can see her face, but just can't get it!
10 ?
11 Johnny Depp *
12 David Niven *
13 Jack Nicholson *
14 Richard Burton (?)
15 John Wayne
16 ?

the ones marked * are a bit obvious I think.

By RTKangaMummy on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:55:59

yes richard burton

By soph28 on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:56:19

I knew none!

By RTKangaMummy on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:57:16

daisy you have no 7 and 12 wrong

By LackaDAISYcal on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:58:13

although looking at lapins list, maybe david niven not obvious blush

By Majeika on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:58:40

7 GINGER ROGERS

By RTKangaMummy on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:58:53

oh dear soph

do you know any actors actresses with different names that they were born with that are known differently now?

By RTKangaMummy on Thu 02-Oct-08 23:59:48

yes no 7 is ginger rogers

By RTKangaMummy on Fri 03-Oct-08 00:01:03

daisy to be fair to you my DH said the same thing and so it is in there as a sort of decoy/trick question

By LackaDAISYcal on Fri 03-Oct-08 00:01:08

durr @ barbara ann deeks.....I watched her on comedy connections recently!

By RTKangaMummy on Fri 03-Oct-08 00:02:32

Thank you soooooooooo much you have all been deffo brill

Cos it needs some really easy ones and some really hard ones and then lots of them in the middle IYSWIM

smile

By LackaDAISYcal on Fri 03-Oct-08 00:05:24

decoy = clever.....catch the buggers out!

I think they are pretty reasonable then in difficulty; she says with the hindsight of google wink

By mabanana on Fri 03-Oct-08 00:07:10

interesting list of celeb's real names

By NappiesGalore on Fri 03-Oct-08 00:09:40

2 - spike milligan?
5- david walliams?
6 - marilyn monroe?
8. sofia loren?
11 - johnny depp, surely.
12 Dirk Bogard?
13 - jack nicholson
15. john wayne?

how'd i do??

By LackaDAISYcal on Fri 03-Oct-08 00:12:41

I know a few pop stars, but so does everyone I guess....

david jones, robert zimmerman, cilla white, reginald dwight......etc etc

Roy Scherer = Rock Hudson...could be a decoy for Roy Scheider?

Aaron Chwatt = Red Buttons

Bernie Schwarz = Tony Curtis

John Charles Carter = Charlton Heston

All Hail Halliwells film guide grin

By MadBadandDangeroustoKnow on Fri 03-Oct-08 00:17:02

I got 10 without looking them up (and had a forehead-smacking moment with Richard Burton).

By RTKangaMummy on Fri 03-Oct-08 10:01:42

Deffo brill

Thanks for all your help

smile

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