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Friday, July 24, 2009

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Middle Names. Can you supply the middle names for these famous people? Where their middle names are not well-known, we give you three possibilities to choose from. Answers here.

1. What was the middle name of the Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart?
2. What was U.S. president John F. Kennedy's middle name?
3. What was Thomas Edison's middle name?
4. Was John Lennon's middle name originally Julian, Anthony or Winston?
5. What was the middle name of the British novelist William Thackeray?
6. Is Stephen Hawking's middle name William, Albert or Alan?
7. Was film director Alfred Hitchcock's middle name John, Joseph or Julian?
8. Is U.S. computer scientist Bill Gates's middle name Henry, Gordon or Michael?
9. Was jazz trumpeter Miles Davis's middle name George, Noah or Dewey?
10. What was the poet Percy Shelley's middle name?

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