| Hint | Figure | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. President during WWII | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 99%
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| Jimmy Carter's successor | Ronald Reagan | 94%
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| Founders of Rome (name either) | Romulus | Remus | 93%
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| "The Lionheart" king | Richard I | 92%
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| Painter of "The Night Watch" | Rembrandt | 79%
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| Oil baron and first dollar billionaire | John D. Rockefeller | 78%
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| Hard-to-kill "Mad Monk" | Rasputin | 77%
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| "Desert Fox" general of WWII | Erwin Rommel | 75%
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| Israeli PM assassinated in 1995 | Yitzhak Rabin | 69%
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| German Jew who founded a banking dynasty | Mayer Rothschild | 64%
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| King who restored Scottish independence in 1328 | Robert the Bruce | 63%
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| Explorer and court favorite of Queen Elizabeth | Sir Walter Raleigh | 63%
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| Louis XIII's chief advisor | Cardinal {Richelieu} | 57%
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| Author of "The Satanic Verses" | Salman Rushdie | 56%
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| He broke baseball's color barrier | Jackie Robinson | 51%
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| "Incorruptible" and bloodthirsty revolutionary | Maximilien Robespierre | 51%
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| "Great" pharaoh also known as Ozymandias | Ramesses II | 51%
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| Painter of cherubs and "The School of Athens" | Raphael | 49%
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| Philosopher who influenced the French Revolution | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 38%
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| X-rays discoverer | Wilhelm Röntgen | 36%
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