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People in History by Wikipedia Descriptions #4

Can you name these people in history based on excerpts from their Wikipedia description?
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A Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity
Marie Curie
Through further military campaigns, he ousted Spanish rulers from Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
Simon Bolivar
On 2 January 1492 she entered Granada to receive the keys of the city, and the principal mosque was reconsecrated as a church
Isabella I
Tony Blair erroneously accused him of possessing weapons of mass destruction
Saddam Hussein
He told reporters he had designed a superweapon he claimed would end all war. He would call it "teleforce", but was usually referred to as his death ray
Nikola Tesla
Considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival, the fellow Florentine and client of the Medici, Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
A Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Tsar Nicholas II
Rasputin
He built a new imperial residence at Byzantium and renamed the city after himself
Constantine
He was the first recognised emperor to rule from western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire
Charlemagne
She made a nonstop solo transatlantic flight, becoming the first woman to achieve such a feat
Amelia Earhart
The popular belief is that she was bitten by an asp
Cleopatra
He encouraged black Zimbabweans to violently seize white-owned farms
Robert Mugabe
The new continent was named America after the Latin version of his first name
Amerigo Vespucci
He is the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching
Laozi
At 19 months old she contracted an unknown illness that left her both deaf and blind
Helen Keller
During his reign, Mali may have been the largest producer of gold in the world
Mansa Musa
According to one account, he nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517
Martin Luther
Two of his songs, "We Are the Champions" and "Bohemian Rhapsody", have also each been voted as the greatest song of all time in major poll
Freddie Mercury
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27 Comments
divantilya
+2
Level 36
Sep 26, 2019
Flawed. e.g. where Remus? The questions asks about "the twins", yet only Romulus is accepted as the answer.
WolfCam
+1
Level 67
Sep 26, 2019
My bad, meant to make both work. That's fixed now.
jcmeis12
+5
Level 85
Oct 3, 2019
Thank you, African history class! My final report was about Mr. Musa I.
KIS
+2
Level 82
Oct 4, 2019
I cannot keep his name in my head. I think I need to read a book about him or something. (The article I read a while ago clearly didn't get the name to stick. I just think "oh THAT guy!")
tshalla
+1
Level 78
Oct 4, 2019
I tried Sunjata and Mansa. Not good enough.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Oct 4, 2019
Mansa just means "sultan".
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Oct 4, 2019
And, no, Mansa Musa is NOT the richest person of all-time.
komradtombstone
+1
Level 59
Aug 27, 2022
No, but he certainly had a treasury full of gold and a huge number of slaves!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Feb 8, 2020
I got the same information from Civ IV
ingriddurden
+1
Level 59
Oct 4, 2019
Could you accept others spelling for Lao Zi ? Lao Tse ?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Oct 4, 2019
Lao Tse (and many other spellings) are accepted.
howard38
+1
Level 62
Feb 8, 2020
Accept Cleo for Cleopatra. That's what we called her in high school.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Aug 25, 2020
Me too. There are not many other words beginning with CLEO, so it could be a type-in.
Miorz
+7
Level 30
Feb 8, 2020
It should be Maria Skłodowska. That was her Polish name.
Jacktheguy
+6
Level 93
Feb 8, 2020
But Curie’s much easier to spell. And remember.
GlaucusExquisita
+4
Level 78
Aug 24, 2022
I agree it should stay Curie, but it couldn't hurt to accept it as an alternative type-in at least ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Aug 26, 2022
That seems fair - but I doubt it would satisfy some of our more hardcore Polish nationalists...
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 72
Aug 26, 2022
If she had married a Krzysztof Kowalski, would you still insist we call her Skłodowska? I'm pretty sure you wouldn't. We could probably call her Maria Skłodowska, put a Polish flag next to her name, say she was born in Poland, pretend she lived there all her life, that she married a Polish man, that she did all her relevant research in Poland, that she died in Poland a Polish Polishwoman, and there'd still be some small-minded Polish nationalist who'd find a reason to complain.
stubart409
+1
Level 69
Feb 9, 2020
I totally drew a blank on Michelangelo and misspelled Charlemagne.
madridismo
+9
Level 59
Aug 24, 2022
It should be MARIA SKŁODOWSKA CURIE. She had double last name tho...
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Aug 24, 2022
Was her entire name written in CAPSLOCK, too?
Daber09
+6
Level 16
Aug 24, 2022
No, but it is important to write her name right. She was Pole and many of people forget about her origin. So please change her name for Maria Skłodkowska-Curie
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Aug 25, 2022
it's not important, nor is writing her name Marie Curie incorrect.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Aug 26, 2022
Nobody denies or forgets that she was born Polish, and the clue literally says so. Poland is a great country, that has so much going for it, and it would be so much more respected if not for the constant bickering and small-minded nationalism of some (luckily not all) of its citizens.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Aug 28, 2022
something you might want to take to heart, too.
slayedbypoland
+1
Level 35
Aug 24, 2022
POLAND YEAAH
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Sep 4, 2025
18/18
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