| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Ruler of Wallachia who inspired the name of Bram Stoker's literary vampire | Vlad the Impaler | 88%
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| Female gymnast, 5 times Olympic gold medalist. In 1976, at the age of 14, she was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games | Nadia Comăneci | 80%
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| Dictator, he was the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989 and Communist leader of Romania | Nicolae Ceaușescu | 80%
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| Footballer of 1990s, he played in Barcelona, Real Madrid and Galatasaray | Gheorghe Hagi | 72%
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| One of the most influential sculptors of XX century and pioneer of modernism | Constantin Brâncuși | 59%
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| Marshal, Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War Two. He was shot by firing squad for war crimes in 1946 | Ion Antonescu | 53%
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| The most famous and influential Romanian poet. He worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul (The Time), the official newspaper of the Conservative Party | Mihai Eminescu | 53%
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| Actor famous for his role as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe | Sebastian Stan | 44%
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| The first ruler of Romania Principalities, considered one of the founders of the modern Romanian state and a national hero | Alexandru Ioan Cuza | 43%
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| Composer, violinist and conductor, the greatest musician in Romanian history | George Enescu | 41%
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| Playwright, one of the key figures of the French avant-garde theatre in XX century. Author of The Bald Soprano which contributed to the beginnings of the Theatre of the Absurd | Eugène Ionesco | 37%
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| Philosopher of the theory of eternal return. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established key paradigms in religious studies | Mircea Eliade | 35%
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| Prince of Wallachia considered one of Romania's greatest national heroes. Since the XIX century has been regarded by Romanian nationalists as a symbol of Romanian unity | Michael the Brave | 33%
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| Holocaust survivor, winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 | Elie Wiesel | 32%
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| Artist, one of the founders and central figures of the anti-establishment Dada movement | Tristan Tzara | 31%
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| Philosopher, his work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, style, and aphorisms. His works frequently engaged with issues of suffering, decay, and nihilism | Emil Cioran | 28%
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| One of the most influential cell biologists ever, winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1974 | George Emil Palade | 24%
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| Female writer famous for her works depicting the effects of violence, cruelty and terror of the Socialist Republic of Romania | Herta Müller | 21%
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| Physicist winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2014 for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy | Stefan Hell | 20%
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| Actor of Hollywood's Golden Era, famous for his roles as gangsters in films as Little Caesar and Key Largo | Edward G. Robinson | 17%
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