| Initial letter | Clue | Name ending in N | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | Surname of the biologist behind the theory of evolution | Darwin | 100%
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| B | Prussian composer of Für Elise and Moonlight Sonata | Beethoven | 91%
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| I | Apple-loving physicist who wrote Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica | Isaac Newton | 91%
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| J | Beatles guitarist | John Lennon | 91%
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| L | Soviet leader and revolutionary | Lenin | 91%
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| N | Disgraced US president Richard | Nixon | 91%
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| W | Filmmaker and actor famous for Annie Hall | Woody Allen | 91%
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| Z | Meditative form of Buddhism | Zen | 91%
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| A | Surname of Norwegian who was the first person to reach the South Pole | Amundsen | 82%
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| K | Silent film actor and stuntman Buster | Keaton | 82%
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| F | Actor Errol | Flynn | 73%
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| Q | Old actor Anthony and quarterback Ewers | Quinn | 73%
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| U | Pope, the second of whom launched the Crusades in 1096 | Urban | 73%
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| E | Liverpool football team | Everton | 55%
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| T | Line of latitude around the Earth at 23.5 degrees south | Tropic of Capricorn | 55%
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| Y | The modern name for the city of Rangoon in Myanmar | Yangon | 55%
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| O | Geometric stage name of a rapping doctor | Octagon | 45%
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| M | Monty Python member | Michael Palin | 36%
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| H | One of the seven wonders of the world, located in Iraq | Hanging Gardens of Babylon | 27%
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| G | American punk infamous for his extreme onstage behaviour | G.G. Allin | 18%
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| R | Actor whose credits include The Magnificent Seven and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Robert Vaughn | 18%
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| S | Sultan of Egypt who defeated the Christians in the Third Crusade | Saladin | 18%
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| V | Czech football team from the town which gave its name to Pilsner lager | Viktoria Plzeň | 18%
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| C | British record label who released music by My Bloody Valentine and Oasis | Creation | 9%
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| P | Castle near Bangor in Wales | Penrhyn | 9%
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| X | Ancient Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian | Xenophon | 9%
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