| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| US President whose second term was marred by the Monica Lewinski scandal | Bill Clinton | 95%
|
| Men in Black and Independence Day actor who famously slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards | Will Smith | 95%
|
| 'The Bard' | William Shakespeare | 85%
|
| Singer-songwriter whose hits include "Vienna", "Piano Man" and "We Didn't Start the Fire" | Billy Joel | 78%
|
| This philanthropist and founder of Microsoft has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories | Bill Gates | 76%
|
| Disgraced American comedian and sex offender who starred as Cliff Huxtable in his eponymous sitcom | Bill Cosby | 71%
|
| Comedian who starred as Ron Burgundy in Anchorman | Will Ferrell | 71%
|
| Scottish military commander who defeated the English at the 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge | William Wallace | 66%
|
| 25th President of the United States, who was assassinated in 1901 | William McKinley | 61%
|
| American actor who starred in A Simple Plan and Bad Santa, and was married to Angelina Jolie between 2000 and 2003 | Billy Bob Thornton | 56%
|
| TV presenter known as 'the Science Guy' | Bill Nye | 49%
|
| Soul singer whose hits included "Just the Two of Us', "Lovely Day" and "Ain't No Sunshine" | Bill Withers | 49%
|
| Country singer and marijuana advocate whose albums include "The Red Headed Stranger" and "Stardust" | Willie Nelson | 49%
|
| Head coach of the New England Patriots between 2000 and 2024 | Bill Belichick | 41%
|
| Actor who starred as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise | Billy Dee Williams | 41%
|
| Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974 | Willy Brandt | 37%
|
| Scottish stand-up comedian known as the 'Big Yin' | Billy Connolly | 27%
|
| Nobel Prize winning Irish poet who wrote "The Land of Heart's Desire" and "The Second Coming" | William Butler Yeats | 27%
|
| Romantic poet who wandered lonely as a cloud | William Wordsworth | 24%
|
| Romantic English poet who wrote "The Tyger" | William Blake | 22%
|
| Attorney-General under President Donald Trump (2019-20) | William Barr | 20%
|
| Victorious monarch at the Battle of Hastings | William the Conquerer | 17%
|
| TV presenter who could be heard alongside Donald Trump during the notorious Access Hollywood recording | Billy Bush | 15%
|
| English comedian, known for his musical stand-up shows, who starred as Manny in Black Books | Bill Bailey | 12%
|
| Democratic and Populist politician famed for his 1896 "Cross of Gold" speech | William Jennings Bryan | 7%
|