| Who... | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Was a Frankish king who became the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800? | Charlemagne | 90%
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| Had the title 'General of the Army' during WW2 and later became US President? | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 88%
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| Led the Chinese Communist Party during the revolution and killed many tens of millions during his reign? | Mao Zedong | 84%
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| Ruled Egypt for over two decades, had relations with Marc Antony, and was as bitten by an asp? | Cleopatra | 80%
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| Led the French Army during the Hundred Years' War, besieged Orléans, and was burned at the stake? | Joan of Arc | 78%
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| Famously held off thousands of Persian soldiers with his force of only 300? | Leonidas | 76%
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| Was 'Lord Protector' of England and overthrew King Charles I in the English Civil War? | Oliver Cromwell | 76%
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| Has a South American country and currencies named after him as a result of his fight for independence from Spain? | Simón Bolívar | 75%
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| Was a conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire with a force of only 600 soldiers? | Hernán Cortés | 65%
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| Conquered Egypt as the first Roman Emperor and ushered in the Pax Romana? | Caesar Augustus | 63%
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| Led the Arab Revolt that helped Britain defeat the Turks and wrote influential books about fighting insurgencies? | Thomas Edward Lawrence | 63%
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| Fought on behalf of Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence and was portrayed by Mel Gibson in Braveheart? | William Wallace | 63%
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| Was a Chiricahua Apache war leader whose name is often exclaimed when jumping from a height? | Geronimo | 59%
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| Is known for his actions in the Trojan War, may or may not have existed, and is the main character in the Odyssey? | Odysseus | 57%
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| Was a conquistador who defeated 80,000 Inca warriors with a force of only 168 men? | Francisco Pizarro | 55%
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| Led the Japanese navy during WW2 and was responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor? | Isoroku Yamamoto | 55%
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| Led the Nationalist Party in China before being toppled by the above and fleeing to Taiwan? | Chiang Kai Shek | 49%
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| Was Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II, and whose name is now shared with an American aircraft carrier class? | Chester W. Nimitz | 43%
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| Was a legendary Viking leader, fathered Ivar the Boneless and Björn Ironside, and died in 865? | Ragnar Lodbrok | 39%
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| Was the American Expeditionary Force commander during WW1, and whose name is shared by the M26 heavy tank? | John J. Pershing | 33%
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