| Death | Hint | Person | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Singer who died from AIDS-related pneumonia | Freddie Mercury | 91%
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| 1910 | War and Peace, Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy | 83%
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| 1987 | Dancing actor who partnered with Ginger Rogers | Fred Astaire | 73%
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| 1650 | Philosopher of "I think, therefore I am" | René Descartes | 70%
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| 1990 | The Muppets, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth | Jim Henson | 67%
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| 1841 | Ninth US president, who died just 31 days into his presidency | William Henry Harrison | 64%
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| 1913 | Abolitionist of the Underground Railroad | Harriet Tubman | 61%
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| 1996 | Scientist who narrated Cosmos and wrote Contact | Carl Sagan | 56%
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| 1886 | Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic Period | Franz Liszt | 53%
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| 1909 | Apache leader and medicine man | {Geronimo} | 50%
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| 1899 | Austrian "Waltz King" of "The Blue Danube" | Johann Strauss | 47%
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| 1863 | General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War | Stonewall Jackson | 36%
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| 1903 | Frontierswoman, sharpshooter, acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok | Calamity Jane | 30%
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| 1959 | Founder of hardboiled detective fiction, author of The Big Sleep | Raymond Chandler | 27%
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| 1911 | Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer and conductor | Gustav Mahler | 8%
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