| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Spent 27 years in South African prison* | Nelson Mandela | 96%
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| Non-violent Indian leader* | Mohandas Gandhi | 92%
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| Garfunkel’s partner | Paul Simon | 90%
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| Bearded dictator, Raúl's older brother* | Fidel Castro | 77%
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| German monk, began the Protestant movement | Martin Luther | 71%
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| Author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" | Harper Lee | 67%
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| Oldest member of Monty Python* | John Cleese | 63%
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| Russian composer: "The Nutcracker Ballet" | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 60%
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| Dancer, singer, actor: "Singin' in the Rain" | Gene Kelly | 48%
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| Author of legal thrillers like "The Firm"* | John Grisham | 46%
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| Baroque composer: "The Messiah" | George Frideric Handel | 44%
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| Blind Italian operatic tenor* | Andrea Bocelli | 40%
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| Star Spangled Banner poet* | Francis Scott Key | 38%
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| Lyricist of "Oklahoma!" and "The Sound of Music" | Oscar Hammerstein II | 33%
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| Operator of history's largest Ponzi scheme | Bernie Madoff | 29%
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| Russian composer: "The Rite of Spring" | Igor Stravinsky | 29%
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| Witty songwriter: "Anything Goes," "It's De-Lovely" | Cole Porter | 25%
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| Played Ferris Bueller's economics teacher* | Ben Stein | 23%
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| Star of 80's sitcom set in Vermont inn | Bob Newhart | 23%
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| The father of NFL coaching. Green Bay icon. | Vince Lombardi | 23%
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| Author of Rip Van Winkle* | Washington Irving | 23%
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| Russian pioneer of abstract painting* | Wassily Kandinsky | 21%
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| Female firebrand conservative pundit | Ann Coulter | 19%
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| Zoot-suited singer of "Minnie the Moocher" | Cab Calloway | 19%
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| Mustachioed journalist. Opened Al Capone's vault* | Geraldo Rivera | 17%
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| Brassy, obnoxious host of Monday Night Football* | Howard Cosell | 17%
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| Author: "The Turn of the Screw," "The Ambassadors" | Henry James | 15%
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| Husband & wife publishers of restaurant surveys* | Nina and Tim Zagat | 15%
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