| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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| Founding Father, drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, inventor and writer | 1706 | Benjamin Franklin | 90%
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| Poet and writer, "The Raven" | 1809 | Edgar Allan Poe | 90%
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| Primary benefactor of an Ivy League university which is named in his honor | 1649 | Elihu Yale | 90%
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| Ambassador and patriach of a political Irish-American family | 1888 | Joseph Kennedy | 90%
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| Founding Father, second cousin to a President and Governor of Massachusetts from 1794 to 1797 | 1722 | Samuel Adams | 90%
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| Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009 | 1932 | Ted Kennedy | 90%
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| Singer and ex-husband of Whitney Houston, "Every Little Step" "Can You Stand the Rain" | 1969 | Bobby Brown | 80%
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| Actor, known for his role as Spock in "Star Trek" | 1931 | Leonard Nimoy | 80%
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| Actor and former rapper, "Ted" "The Departed" "Daddy's Home" "Transformers" | 1971 | Mark Wahlberg | 80%
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| Singer, nicknamed "Queen of Disco" | 1948 | Donna Summer | 70%
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| Actor, "Fight Club" "American History X" "Birdman" "Primal Fear" | 1969 | Edward Norton | 70%
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| One of the best-selling music artists of all time, "You've Got a Friend" "Fire and Rain" "Sweet Baby James" | 1948 | James Taylor | 70%
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| Actress, "Pulp Fiction" "Kill Bill" "Batman & Robin" | 1970 | Uma Thurman | 70%
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| Actress, "I, Tonya" "The West Wing" "Mom" | 1959 | Allison Janney | 60%
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| Singer, actor and former member of New Kids on the Block | 1969 | Donnie Wahlberg | 60%
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| Billionaire, candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and Mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013 | 1942 | Michael Bloomberg | 60%
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| Inventor, co-developer of Morse code and developer of the commercial use of telegraphy | 1791 | Samuel Morse | 50%
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| Actor, "Sixteen Candles" "The Breakfast Club" | 1968 | Anthony Michael Hall | 40%
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| Hall of Fame first baseman who sepnt his entire career with the Houston Astros, he received the NL MVP Award in 1994 | 1968 | Jeff Bagwell | 40%
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| Owner of the Philadelphia Eagles | 1951 | Jeffrey Lurie | 40%
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| Actress, "American Pie" "Legally Blonde" "2 Broke Girls" | 1961 | Jennifer Coolidge | 40%
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| Actor and director, "The Office" "A Quiet Place" "Jack Ryan" | 1979 | John Krasinski | 40%
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| Head coach of the Seattle Seahawks since 2024 | 1987 | Mike Macdonald | 40%
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| Actor, known for his role as Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz" | 1904 | Ray Bolger | 40%
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| Head football coach at Boston College since 2024 and former head coach of the Houston Texans and at Penn State | 1969 | Bill O'Brien | 30%
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| Actor, "Captain America" "Snowpiercer" "Knives Out" "Gifted" | 1981 | Chris Evans | 30%
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| Actor best known for his role as Phil Coulson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe | 1962 | Clark Gregg | 30%
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| Quarterback who plays for the Las Vegas Raiders, first overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft and he won the Heisman Trophy in 2025 during his time at the University of Indiana | 2003 | Fernando Mendoza | 30%
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| Actor, known for his role as Tin Man in "The Wizard of Oz" | 1897 | Jack Haley | 30%
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| Actor, "Avengers: Age of Ultron" "Boston Legal" "The Blacklist" | 1960 | James Spader | 30%
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| Singer and former member of New Kids on the Block | 1968 | Jonathan Knight | 30%
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| Actress, "ER" "The Affair" "Beautiful Boy" "Primal Fear" | 1965 | Maura Tierney | 30%
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| Actress best known for her role as Piper Chapman in "Orange Is the New Black" | 1984 | Taylor Schilling | 30%
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| Chief of Staff from 2017 to 2019 and retired Marine Corps general | 1950 | John F. Kelly | 20%
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| Actress best known for her roles as Leah Clearwater in the "Twilight" films and Kohana in "Westworld" | 1981 | Julia Jones | 20%
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| Senator from New Hampshire since 2017 and Governor of New Hampshire from 2013 to 2017 | 1958 | Maggie Hassan | 20%
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| Author, her prison memoir was adapted into "Orange Is the New Black" | 1969 | Piper Kerman | 20%
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| Head Coach of the Houston Rockets from 2020 to 2023 | 1973 | Stephen Silas | 20%
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| Actress best known for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in "Orange Is the New Black" | 1981 | Uzo Aduba | 20%
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| Actress best known for her role as Sydney Adamu in "The Bear" | 1995 | Ayo Edebiri | 10%
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| GM of the New York Giants from 2018 to 2021 and of the Carolina Panthers from 2013 to 2017 | 1951 | Dave Gettleman | 10%
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| Owner of Olympique Marseille and former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers | 1953 | Frank McCourt | 10%
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| Actor, known for his leading role in "Eraserhead" | 1943 | Jack Nance | 10%
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| Actor, "Django Unchained" "Dexter" "Sex and the City" "Gotham" | 1953 | James Remar | 10%
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| Actor, "Succession" "The Big Short" "The Trial of the Chicago 7" | 1978 | Jeremy Strong | 10%
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| Ice hockey coach who has been the head coach of several NHL teams and led the Tampa Bay Lightning to the 2024 Stanley Cup championship | 1958 | John Tortorella | 10%
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| President of Marvel Studios and primary producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe | 1973 | Kevin Feige | 10%
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| Secretary of labor from 2021 to 2023 and Mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021 | 1967 | Marty Walsh | 10%
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| Actor best known for his role as Castiel in "Supernatural" | 1974 | Misha Collins | 10%
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| Film producer, CEO of Mandalay Entertainment and co-owner of the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Dodgers | 1942 | Peter Guber | 10%
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| Philosopher, essayist and poet who led the transcendentalist movement | 1803 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | 10%
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| Considered one of the most important organic chemist of the twentieth century, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965 | 1917 | Robert Burns Woodward | 10%
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| Founding Father, first attorney general of Massachusetts and founding member of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society | 1731 | Robert Treat Paine | 10%
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| Actress best known for her role as Supergirl in "The Flash" | 1995 | Sasha Calle | 10%
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| Billionaire, owner of casinos in Las Vegas and Singapore, owner of newspapers in Israel and the U.S. and influential political donor | 1933 | Sheldon Adelson | 10%
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| Molecular biology pioneer and Nobel laureate | 1932 | Walter Gilbert | 10%
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| Pioneer of the automobile industry and co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet | 1861 | William C. Durant | 10%
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| Founding Father representing North Carolina | 1742 | William Hooper | 10%
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| Painter and one of the foremost painters in American art of the 19th century | 1836 | Winslow Homer | 10%
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