| As 8 were born there, this state is "The Mother of Presidents" |
Virginia |
200 |
March 10, 2021 |
| Around the turn of the 20th century, some U.S. Navy battleships were nicknamed this fleet, like a shark |
the Great White Fleet |
400 |
March 10, 2021 |
| Soprano Jenny Lind was nicknamed "the Swedish" this bird, known for its song |
the nightingale |
600 |
March 10, 2021 |
| The Hughes Flying Boat was also known by this rhyming nickname |
the "Spruce Goose" |
800 |
March 10, 2021 |
| (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.) An official of the FBI's New York office said in 1992, "The Don is covered in Velcro" & every charge stuck when the Bureau, at last, succeeded in convicting mafia boss John Gotti, known by this slippery nickname |
"The Teflon Don" |
1000 |
March 10, 2021 |
| Born in Austria, the Governator |
Schwarzenegger |
200 |
April 30, 2020 |
| AKA Mr. Tepes, the Impaler |
Vlad (Count Dracula) |
400 |
April 30, 2020 |
| A Keystone Star, The Little Tramp |
Charlie Chaplin |
600 |
April 30, 2020 |
| A frequent presidential candidate, the Great Compromiser |
Henry Clay |
800 |
April 30, 2020 |
| Died in 1400, the Father of English Poetry |
Geoffrey Chaucer |
1000 |
April 30, 2020 |
| In the 1980s a Californian won the contest to nickname Seattle, with this entry out of Oz |
the Emerald City |
200 |
February 5, 2020 |
| The grand scale of Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C Major earned it this nickname, after the chief Roman god |
Jupiter |
400 |
February 5, 2020 |
| This matinee idol and grandfather of actress Drew had good looks and an aquiline nose, which got him the nickname "The Great Profile" |
John Barrymore |
600 |
February 5, 2020 |
| Referring to the extensive quarries there, it's "the Granite State" |
New Hampshire |
200 |
September 25, 2015 |
| Andrew Jackson's toughness during the War of 1812 earned him this "Old" nickname |
"Old Hickory" |
400 |
September 25, 2015 |
| Stockbroker Jordan Belfort's nickname, it's the title of Scorsese's 2013 biopic of him |
"the Wolf of Wall Street" |
600 |
September 25, 2015 |
| This French tennis player & shirt tycoon was "the Crocodile" |
(René) Lacoste |
800 |
September 25, 2015 |
| A Yat, as in "Where y'at?", is a person from this Southern U.S. city |
New Orleans |
1000 |
September 25, 2015 |
| In the 1920s agents who worked here came to be known as G-men |
the FBI |
200 |
April 1, 2015 |
| A scouse is someone from this seaport on the coast of England |
Liverpool |
400 |
April 1, 2015 |
| The frigate known as the Constitution earned this nickname after British shot was seen bouncing off its hull |
"Old Ironsides" |
600 |
April 1, 2015 |
| Many Jewish comedians got their start performing in the Catskills region with this soupy 2-word nickname |
the Borscht Belt |
800 |
April 1, 2015 |
| His love of playing in a Mississippi creek earned blues guitarist McKinley Morganfield this nickname |
Muddy Waters |
|
April 1, 2015 |
| This famous nickname of Ty Cobb sounds like a state fruit |
the "Georgia Peach" |
200 |
October 14, 2004 |
| Abraham Lincoln earned this nickname from his skill in chopping wood in half to make fences |
"the Rail-splitter" |
400 |
October 14, 2004 |
| Emily Dickinson was "the Belle of" & later "the Nun of" this Massachusetts town |
Amherst |
600 |
October 14, 2004 |
| General Patton's toughness on his enemies & his own men earned him the nickname "Old" this |
"Blood and Guts" |
800 |
October 14, 2004 |
| (Hi there. Iâm George Jones. You know,...) Early in my career, a deejay gave me this nickname because he thought I resembled a certain American marsupial |
"Possum" |
1000 |
October 14, 2004 |
| This nickname of Mrs. Gore comes from a song recorded by Jan August & The Harmonicats |
Tipper |
100 |
November 29, 2000 |
| The nickname of a Notre Dame star played by Ronald Reagan, it was later applied to Reagan himself |
"The Gipper" |
200 |
November 29, 2000 |
| Nickname of Jack, whose actions resulted in the 1888 resignation of Scotland Yard commissioner Charles Warren |
"The Ripper" |
300 |
November 29, 2000 |
| Though Mets fans insist on "Larry", this is the nickname of Atlanta Braves MVP Jones |
Chipper |
400 |
November 29, 2000 |
| Superstar Wilt Chamberlain was "The Big" one |
"Dipper" |
500 |
November 29, 2000 |
| "The Father of the Telegraph" |
Samuel Morse |
100 |
October 11, 1999 |
| "America's Oldest Teenager" |
Dick Clark |
200 |
October 11, 1999 |
| Tuesday night's "Mr. Television" |
Milton Berle |
300 |
October 11, 1999 |
| Would-be assassin "Squeaky" |
Lynette Fromme |
400 |
October 11, 1999 |
| Aviator "The Red Baron" |
Manfred von Richthofen |
500 |
October 11, 1999 |
| Ivan I was Ivan Moneybag, Ivan II was Ivan the Red, & Ivan IV was this |
Ivan the Terrible |
100 |
March 24, 1998 |
| Buck Taylor, a star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, earned this "Royal" nickname before Roy Rogers |
King of the Cowboys |
200 |
March 24, 1998 |
| George W. Perkins gave so much money to this political party that he was nicknamed "The Dough Moose" |
the Bull Moose Party |
300 |
March 24, 1998 |
| We presume this Virginian felt good about his nickname, "The Era-Of-Good-Feeling President" |
James Monroe |
400 |
March 24, 1998 |
| Some called this "Messiah" composter "The Thunderbolt" after Mozart said he struck like one |
Handel |
500 |
March 24, 1998 |
| "Schnozzola" |
Jimmy Durante |
100 |
April 4, 1997 |
| "The Father of Printing" |
Johannes Gutenburg |
200 |
April 4, 1997 |
| "Tippecanoe" |
William Henry Harrison |
300 |
April 4, 1997 |
| "The Betrayer of Norway" |
Vidkun Quisling |
400 |
April 4, 1997 |
| "The Napoleon of Luzon" |
Douglas MacArthur |
500 |
April 4, 1997 |
| Born in Vienna, this French queen was called, contemptuously, L'Autrichienne, "The Austrian" |
Marie Antoinette |
100 |
October 5, 1995 |
| His nicknames include "The Father of Protestantism" & "The Father of the Reformation" |
Martin Luther |
200 |
October 5, 1995 |
| This first Secretary of the Treasury was known as "The King of the Feds" |
Alexander Hamilton |
300 |
October 5, 1995 |
| Otto von Bismarck was "The Man of Blood and Iron" & this WWII general was "Old Blood and Guts" |
Patton |
400 |
October 5, 1995 |
| It was the nickname of Robert Stroud, who wrote a 1942 "Digest of the Diseases of Birds" |
The Birdman of Alcatraz |
500 |
October 5, 1995 |
| This explorer who set sail in 1492 was nicknamed "Iberia's Pilot" |
Columbus |
100 |
May 2, 1995 |
| While British prime minister, she earned the nickname "TINA", which stood for "There is no alternative" |
Margaret Thatcher |
200 |
May 2, 1995 |
| Born in 1809, he evolved into "The Great Naturalist" |
Darwin |
300 |
May 2, 1995 |
| This author of "The Song of Hiawatha" was known as "The Poet of the Commonplace" |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
400 |
May 2, 1995 |
| This Revolutionary War general earned his famous nickname after a mad attack at Stony Point, N.Y. |
"Mad" Anthony Wayne |
500 |
May 2, 1995 |
| "The Bard of Avon" |
Shakespeare |
100 |
May 11, 1993 |
| "The Hero of Appomattox" |
(U.S.) Grant |
200 |
May 11, 1993 |
| "Lucky Lindy" |
Charles Lindbergh |
300 |
May 11, 1993 |
| "The Lady with the Lamp" |
Florence Nightingale |
400 |
May 11, 1993 |
| "The Mother of the Girl Scouts" |
Juliette Gordon Low |
500 |
May 11, 1993 |
| "The Peanut President" |
Jimmy Carter |
100 |
November 19, 1992 |
| "No-Hit Nolan" |
Nolan Ryan |
200 |
November 19, 1992 |
| "First Lady of the American Stage" |
Helen Hayes |
300 |
November 19, 1992 |
| "The Steel King" |
Andrew Carnegie |
400 |
November 19, 1992 |
| "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" |
Rosa Parks |
500 |
November 19, 1992 |
| "The Lord of San Simeon" |
(William Randolph) Hearst |
100 |
March 24, 1992 |
| Empress known as "The Little Mother of All the Russias" |
Catherine the Great |
200 |
March 24, 1992 |
| Showman known as the "Prince of Humbugs" |
P.T. Barnum |
300 |
March 24, 1992 |
| Wisconsin senator who liked to be known as "Tailgunner Joe" |
Joseph McCarthy |
400 |
March 24, 1992 |
| This 19th century South Carolina senator was called "The Great Nullifier" |
John C. Calhoun |
500 |
March 24, 1992 |
| Sobriquet of L.A. Lakers player Earvin Johnson |
"Magic" |
100 |
January 9, 1992 |
| "Yellow Hair" & "The Boy General" |
Custer |
200 |
January 9, 1992 |
| The Indians called this Texas president "Big Drunk" |
Sam Houston |
300 |
January 9, 1992 |
| "The Father of the Constitution" |
James Madison |
400 |
January 9, 1992 |
| This French explorer for whom a lake was named was known as the "Father of New France" |
Champlain |
500 |
January 9, 1992 |
| Sitting Bull nicknamed her "Little Sure Shot" |
Annie Oakley |
100 |
May 2, 1990 |
| He was the "Rock of Notre Dame" |
Knute Rockne |
200 |
May 2, 1990 |
| This colonist was nicknamed "Little Indian Fighter", but we don't know what Priscilla called him |
Miles Standish |
300 |
May 2, 1990 |
| "Dark" nickname shared by Jackie Onassis' father, John Bouvier, & General Pershing |
"Black Jack" |
400 |
May 2, 1990 |
| Early 19th century chief justice nicknamed "Silver Heels" because he had run races in his stocking feet |
John Marshall |
500 |
May 2, 1990 |
| Baseball player Jay Hanna Dean was known by this giddy moniker |
Dizzy Dean |
100 |
April 6, 1990 |
| Bewhiskered western sidekick George Hayes went by this "talkative" nickname |
Gabby Hayes |
200 |
April 6, 1990 |
| He's been called "The World's Oldest Living Teenager" |
Dick Clark |
300 |
April 6, 1990 |
| He earned the nickname "Hero of Mobile Bay" in the Civil War |
Admiral David Farragut |
400 |
April 6, 1990 |
| This producer of "Hello, Dolly!" has been called "The Barnum of Broadway Producers" |
David Merrick |
500 |
April 6, 1990 |
| "The Father of Pennsylvania" |
William Penn |
100 |
March 1, 1990 |
| "The King of Ragtime" |
Scott Joplin |
200 |
March 1, 1990 |
| "Schnozzola" |
Jimmy Durante |
300 |
March 1, 1990 |
| "The Handcuff King" |
Harry Houdini |
400 |
March 1, 1990 |
| "The Belle of Amherst" |
Emily Dickinson |
500 |
March 1, 1990 |
| English sailors were nicknamed this from the fruit they ate to prevent scurvy |
limey |
100 |
December 26, 1988 |
| One source we have calls Betty Grable the "No. 1" this, another hangs it on Dorothy Lamour |
pin-up girl |
200 |
December 26, 1988 |
| Nickname of singer King, ballplayer Reese, & comic Herman |
Pee Wee |
300 |
December 26, 1988 |
| During the 1950s this 5' 4" blonde was known as "The Singing Rage" |
Patti Page |
400 |
December 26, 1988 |
| U.S. general who was called "The Napoleon of Luzon" & "The Beau Brummel of the Army" |
(Douglas) MacArthur |
500 |
December 26, 1988 |
| From the knife cut on his cheek, Al Capone got this nickname |
Scarface |
100 |
June 9, 1987 |
| The Information Please Almanac lists among this state's nicknames "The Spud State" |
Idaho |
200 |
June 9, 1987 |
| The nickname "gat", meaning gun is from the name of this man who invented the machine gun |
Richard Gatling |
300 |
June 9, 1987 |
| Among his lesser known nicknames are "Old Harry" & "The Angel of the Bottomless Pit" |
Lucifer (the Devil) |
400 |
June 9, 1987 |
| Nickname of Sydney Greenstreet's character in "The Maltese Falcon" |
"The Fat Man" |
500 |
June 9, 1987 |
| Being taken for a ride & coming back alive earned this gangster the nickname "Lucky" |
Luciano |
100 |
January 16, 1986 |
| Then a bunch of rookies, this nickname for the Chicago White Stockings stuck & became their name |
the Chicago Cubs |
200 |
January 16, 1986 |
| Carole Lombard called him "Pa", while he called Carole "Ma" |
Clark Gable |
300 |
January 16, 1986 |
| The soldiers' definition of his nickname was "his guts; our blood" |
Patton |
400 |
January 16, 1986 |
| Nickname in 1898 of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry |
the Rough Riders |
500 |
January 16, 1986 |