| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| General of the Union Army and 18th President of the USA | Ulysses S. Grant | 68%
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| 1985 Snooker World Champion from Coalisland | Dennis Taylor | 42%
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| Cook who spread infectious disease to 53 of her employers in New York, 3 of whom died | Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary) | 37%
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| Edinburgh body snatcher of the early 19th century | William Burke | 34%
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| Namesake of the above who won the 2011 Open (first and last name) | Darren Clarke | 31%
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| First Tyrone man to lift the Sam Maguire | Peter Canavan | 29%
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| Founder of a bank in Pittsburgh and namesake of a university in the same city | Thomas Mellon | 27%
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| Signatory of the 1916 Easter Proclamation (first and last name) | Tom Clarke | 24%
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| Dramatist and short story writer; works include "Philadelphia, Here I Come!" and "Translations" | Brian Friel | 20%
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| Novelist who wrote "At Swim-Two-Birds" and "The Third Policeman" (most famous nom de plume) | Flann O'Brien | 19%
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| Singer and guitarist from Strabane who was briefly a member of Planxty | Paul Brady | 15%
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| Writer and broadcaster born in Omagh | Benedict Kiely | 7%
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| Former unionist MP for North Down | Sylvia Hermon | 7%
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