QUIZ: Which Of These Historical Figures With Crazy Names Are Real?
QUIZ: Which Of These Historical Figures With Crazy Names Are Real?
Elbridge Gerry. Seymour Butts. We've all heard them, but do you truly know fact from fiction? It's time to put your knowledge of crazy-names to the test.
Elbridge Gerry. Seymour Butts. We've all heard them, but do you truly know fact from fiction? It's time to put your knowledge of crazy-names to the test.
Name: Ten Million --
Baseball player from the early 1900s, known for his outstanding name.
Name: Thursday October Christian --
The son of Fletcher Christian, the leader of the historical mutiny on the Bounty, Christian was named after the day of the week and month in which he was born.
Name: Hank "Humpback" Whale --
Nicknamed before the discovery of the animal that shares his name, Whale was an inventor and tinkerer in the mid 19th century.
Name: Scientific Mapp -- A collegiate basketball player for Florida A&M, Mapp was the brother of prodigy point-guard and once-NBA-hopeful, Majestic Mapp.
Name: Colonel Lieutenant Admiral -- A private in Washington's Continental army by the age of 16, Lieutenant Admiral rose through the ranks to become a colonel before dying in the War of 1812.
Name: Harry Baals -- Baals served as the mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana in the 30's and 40's. He is remembered for improvements to the city's rail system.