Jason Plautz
Lunchtime Quiz: Knight, right?
by Jason Plautz - July 17, 2008 - 10:30 AM

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The Dark Knight comes out at midnight tonight, so in honor of the movie, here’s a quiz about knights. It’s become a tradition for entertainers, sports stars and other celebrities to be knighted by the Queen. We’ve compiled 12 names; can you identify the knights and dames?

Note: Even if they have been honored by the Queen, they may not have been knighted. We’re only looking for those higher than a CBE.

Take the quiz.

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Comments (5)

  1. I know my knights! (but not my days! ;-) )

    posted by beth on 7-17-2008 at 10:57 am

  2. I was under the impression that people who are not British could not be knighted. There is a designation, but they were not tecnically knighted and could not be called “Sir”. Good subject for a MentalFloss post!

    posted by bzzyb on 7-17-2008 at 11:35 am

  3. @bzzyb I totally agree with you, and got half of them wrong because they weren’t British nationals. I too, would love to see a m_f post on the topic of knighthood!

    posted by adam on 7-17-2008 at 6:48 pm

  4. could someone please tell me why these people where knighted?

    posted by maliu on 7-17-2008 at 9:16 pm

  5. I agree. There are several British orders that the queen gives. But you have to be a British citizen (and swear an oath to the crown) to be officially a knight or a dame.

    Also, I got the Robert Mugabe of Nigeria question wrong because I knew that Mugabe had been knighted (Nigeria is a former British commonwealth) but I forgot that he was stripped of the title.

    posted by Yuseff on 8-25-2008 at 9:20 am

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