| Hint | Year | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| The first President of the United States | 1799 | George Washington | 92%
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| English genius who explained gravity | 1727 | Isaac Newton | 88%
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| Composer of The Four Seasons | 1741 | Antonio Vivaldi | 86%
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| Famous pirate whose real name was Edward Teach | 1718 | Blackbeard | 85%
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| Longest-ruling female leader of Russia | 1796 | Catherine the Great | 85%
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| The Queen of France during French revolution | 1793 | Marie Antoinette | 85%
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| Discoverer of a famous comet | 1742 | Edmond Halley | 80%
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| English explorer of the Pacific | 1779 | James Cook | 78%
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| King of France known as the Sun King | 1716 | Louis XIV | 78%
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| French revolutionary leader during the Reign of Terror | 1794 | Maximilien Robespierre | 75%
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| The czar who modernized 18th century Russia | 1725 | Peter the Great | 75%
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| Composer of Eine kleine Nachtmusik | 1791 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 75%
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| One of the Founding Fathers of the United States | 1790 | Benjamin Franklin | 71%
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| Scientist after who is first standardized temperature scale name | 1736 | Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit | 71%
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| German composer known for Brandenburg Concertos | 1750 | Johann Sebastian Bach | 69%
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| The King of France during French revolution | 1793 | Louis XVI | 69%
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| The author of Robinson Crusoe | 1731 | Daniel Defoe | 66%
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| Italian adventurer whose name is now synonymous with "womanizer" | 1798 | Giacomo Casanova | 58%
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| The satirical Irish author of Gulliver's Travels | 1745 | Jonathan Swift | 58%
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| Craftsman of string instruments from Lombardy | 1737 | Antonio Stradivari | 51%
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| Witty playwright and author of Candide | 1778 | Voltaire | 51%
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| English philosopher and the Father of Classical Liberalism | 1704 | John Locke | 37%
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| Swedish botanist who formalised binomial nomenclature | 1778 | Carl Linnaeus | 36%
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| The only female ruler of the Habsburg Empire | 1780 | Maria Theresa | 36%
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| Political philosopher known for his ‘Social Contract‘ | 1778 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 34%
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| Scottish pirate whose real name was William | 1701 | Captain Kidd | 17%
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| The mathematician who said God created the best of all possible worlds | 1716 | Gottfried Leibniz | 17%
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| Welsh pirate known as Black Bart | 1722 | Bartholomew Roberts | 14%
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| English pirate commonly known as Calico Jack | 1720 | John Rackham | 12%
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| English pirate known as Black Sam and Prince of Pirates | 1717 | Samuel Bellamy | 8%
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