Barkham Village Residents Association

By what name are the following better known:

  1. Q. Robert Zimmerman
    A, Bob Dylan
  2. Q. Marion Morrison
    A, John Wayne
  3. Q. Stefani Germanvotta
    A, Lady Gaga
  4.  Q. Norma Jean Mortensen
    A, Marilyn Monroe
  5.  Q. Farrokh Bulsara
    A,  Freddie Mercury
  6.  Q. Mary Ann Evans
    A,  George Eliot
  7.  Q. Reginald Dwight
     A, Elton John
  8.  Q. Caryn Johnson
     A, Whoopi Goldberg
  9.  Q. Stevland Judkin
    A, Stevie Wonder
  10. Q.. Gordon Summer 
    A, Sting

 The odd one out is the 19th century female novelist, George Eliot, who in a male-dominated literary world, chose a male name to ensure her work would be taken seriously and to avoid potential prejudice against her as a female author.

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