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Person
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A) Famous aviator who notoriously disappeared over the Pacific
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Amelia Earhart
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A) The Fuhrer of Nazi Germany
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Adolf Hitler
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B) Notorious American general who defected to the British side
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Benedict Arnold
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B) His trade to the Yankees in 1920 was considered the trade of the century
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Babe Ruth
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C) Explorer who documented animal species for his theory of evolution
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Charles Darwin
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C) Famous Egyptian pharaoh during the Ptolemaic period
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Cleopatra
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D) Italian poet who wrote of the 7 circles of Hell in Inferno
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Dante
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D) Aka "Ike" he was a WW2 general and president
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Dwight Eisenhower
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E) Anglo Saxon king of England, the last of the House of Wessex
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Edward the Confessor
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E) Tudor queen of England who brought in the Golden Age to her people
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Elizabeth I
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F) Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan empire of Peru
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Francisco Pizarro
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F) Portuguese explorer who was the first to circumnavigate the globe
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Ferdinand Magellan
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G) Spiritual leader of Indias campaign for independence
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Gandhi
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G) Famous Italian astronomer who discovered the phases of Venus
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Galileo Galilei
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H) Roman emperor who constructed a wall in northern England
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Hadrian
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H) Greek author who wrote the Odyssey and Iliad
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Homer
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I) Egyptian architect who designed the first step pyramid
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Imhotep
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I) Grand Prince and Tsar of Moscow, known for inducing fear into his enemies
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Ivan the Terrible
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J) Famous actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln
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John Wilkes Booth
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J) He was crucified, died and rose again, according to Christian teachings
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Jesus
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K) Egyptian architect of the Great Sphinx
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Khafra
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K) Israeli monarch and son of David who united Judah and Israel
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King Solomon
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L) Famous Renaissance painter of the Mona Lisa
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Leonardo DaVinci
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L) German composer whos famous works included Symphony #5
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Ludwig Van Beethoven
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M) Italian Renaissance painter of the Sistine Chapel
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Michelangelo
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M) Medieval Scottish king portrayed in Shakespeares play
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MacBeth
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N) French emperor who met his defeat at Waterloo in 1815 and exiled
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Napoleon
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N) Astronaut who was the first American to walk on the moon
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Neil Armstrong
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O) One of the Wright brothers who invented the flying airplane
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Orville
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O) Irish poet and playwright, author of The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Oscar Wilde
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P) Student of Socrates, he is considered one of the greatest Greek philosophers
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Plato
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P) Famous Spanish artist, known for his cubism paintings
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Pablo Picasso
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Q) Aztec god of the Sun, Wind and Knowledge
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Quetzalcoatl
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Q) Chinese emperor who was buried with terracotta warriors to protect him in the afterlife
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Qin Shi Huang
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R) Actor and later US president during the 1980s
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Ronald Reagan
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R) Medieval king of England who led the Third Crusade
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Richard I
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S) One of the most famous Greek philosophers, teacher of Plato and others
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Socrates
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S) Austrian neurologist and controversial founder of psychoanalysis
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Sigmund Freud
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T) Inventor of the phonograph and rival to Nikola Tesla
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Thomas Edison
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T) US president and author of the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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U) Civil War general and later president
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Ulysses Grant
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U) Pope who convened the Council of Clermont and ignited the Crusades
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Urban
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V) Dutch impressionist who famously cut part of his ear off
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Vincent Van Gogh
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V) Russian ruler who led the Soviet Union until his death in 1924
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Vladimir Lenin
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W) Norman ruler who was victorious at the battle of Hastings
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William
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W) Wild West lawman who, along with his brothers, fought the Clanton gang at Tombstone, AZ
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Wyatt Earp
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X) This Persian king faced a small but fierce Greek army at Thermopylae
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Xerxes
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X) Ancient Greek philosopher and poet who critiqued Homers works
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Xenophanes
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Y) Legendary Yankees catcher known for his catchphrases
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Yogi Berra
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Y) Chinese mathematician during the Song dynasty who invented the magic circle theory
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Yang Hui
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Z) 12th US president who served from 1849-1850
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Zachary Taylor
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Z) Iranian religious leader who founded Zoroastrianism
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Zarathustra
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