1) Previously holding the position as Princeton University president, what U.S. President was nicknamed "Professor"? He had also been the governor of New Jersey.

a) Jimmy Carter

b) Richard Nixon

c) James Monroe

d) Woodrow Wilson

2) What NBA player earned his nickname, "Magic," from Michigan sportswriter Fred Stabley, Jr. when he was a star at Everett High School?

a) Earvin Johnson

b) Julius Irving

c) Allen Iverson

d) Michael Jordan

3) The vodka and tomato juice drink Bloody Mary, was also the nickname of which famous Mary?

a) Mary Shelly, Author of Frankenstein

b) Mary Ann Evans, Author (AKA George Eliot)

c) Mary I, Queen of England

d) Mary Poppins, Nanny

4) What celebrity nicknamed himself "The King of All Media"?

a) Howard Stern

b) Michael Jackson

c) Stephen King

d) Elvis Presley

e) Walt Disney

5) What legendary star went by the nicknames "The Chairman of the Board", "The Voice", "The King of Crooners", and "Ol' Blue Eyes"?

a) Elvis Presley

b) Frank Sinatra

c) John Lennon

d) Elton John

6) What city was nicknamed the "Windy City" because of the excessive local bragging that accompanied the Columbian Exhibition of 1893? It has actually been rated as only the 16th breeziest city in America...

a) Chicago, Illinois

b) Knockemstiff, Ohio

c) Hurricane, Utah

d) Mesa, Arizona

7) What rock star, better known as Sting, got his nickname from the yellow-and-black jerseys he used to wear, which fellow musicians thought made him look like a bumble bee?

a) Stewart Copeland

b) Gordon Sumner

c) Andy Summers

d) Steve Perry

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