| Hint | Year | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet | 1616 | William Shakespeare | 100%
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| "The Virgin Queen" of England | 1603 | Queen Elizabeth I | 92%
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| Lord Protector of England | 1658 | Oliver Cromwell | 85%
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| The inventor of the astronomical telescope | 1642 | Galileo Galilei | 79%
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| The Dutch master known for his self-portraits | 1669 | Rembrandt | 68%
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| King of England, Scotland and Wales from 1625 until his execution | 1649 | Charles I | 67%
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| Author of Don Quixote | 1616 | Miguel de Cervantes | 61%
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| The Algonquian princess who befriended English settlers in 1607 | 1617 | Pocahontas | 61%
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| The philosopher who said "I think, therefore I am" | 1650 | René Descartes | 61%
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| Dutch painter of Girl With a Pearl Earring | 1675 | Jan Vermeer | 52%
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| The astronomer who explained planetary motion | 1630 | Johannes Kepler | 42%
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| Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance | 1614 | El Greco | 41%
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| Transylvanian countess who bathed in the blood of virgins | 1614 | Erzsebet Bathory | 36%
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| Long-nosed literary hero | 1655 | Cyrano de Bergerac | 35%
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| Flemish painter of the Baroque period | 1640 | Peter Paul Rubens | 32%
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| English scientist from the Renaissance and Scientific Enlightenment | 1626 | Francis Bacon | 26%
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| Danish astronomer, known for his accurate astronomical observations | 1601 | Tycho Brahe | 23%
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| Queen consort of France and the mother of King Louis XIV | 1666 | Anne of Austria | 21%
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| Founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate which ruled Japan from 1600 to 1868 | 1616 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 17%
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| Dominican friar found guilty by the Inquisition, and burned at the stake | 1600 | Giordano Bruno | 15%
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