| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Einstein | Born 1879: German-born theoretical physicist | 19th | 69%
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| Nelson Mandela | Born 1918: Anti-apartheid activist and first president of South Africa | 20th | 67%
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| William the Conqueror | Born 1028: Victor at the Battle of Hastings | 11th | 58%
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| Thomas Jefferson | Born 1743: Founding Father and third president of the United States | 18th | 56%
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| Christopher Columbus | Born 1451: Italian explorer and navigator | 15th | 52%
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| Florence Nightingale | Born 1820: English social reformer and founder of modern nursing | 19th | 50%
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| Mao Zedong | Born 1893: Revolutionary and founder of the People's Republic of China | 19th | 49%
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| William Shakespeare | Born 1564: English playwright, poet and actor | 16th | 48%
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| Leonardo da Vinci | Born 1452: Italian polymath of the High Renaissance period | 15th | 37%
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| Frida Kahlo | Born 1907: Mexican painter best known for her self-portraits | 20th | 36%
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| Henry VIII | Born 1491: Tudor King of England who had six wives | 15th | 34%
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| Johann Sebastian Bach | Born 1685: German composer and musician | 17th | 34%
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| Isaac Newton | Born 1643: English mathematician and physicist | 17th | 32%
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| Simón Bolívar | Born 1783: Venezuelan military and political leader | 18th | 32%
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| Catherine the Great | Born 1729: Last Empress of Russia who reigned from 1762 to 1796 | 18th | 29%
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| Genghis Khan | Born 1162: Founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire | 12th | 25%
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| Emperor Hirohito | Born 1901: Japanese head of state from 1926 until his death in 1989 | 20th | 25%
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| Robert the Bruce | Born 1274: King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329 | 13th | 24%
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| Voltaire | Born 1694: French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher | 17th | 22%
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| Saladin | Born 1137: First sultan of both Egypt and Syria | 12th | 21%
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| Francis of Assisi | Born 1181: Italian Catholic friar, inspired to lead a life of poverty | 12th | 19%
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| Geoffrey Chaucer | Born 1343: English poet and author of The Canterbury Tales | 14th | 18%
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| Marco Polo | Born 1254: Venetian merchant, explorer and writer | 13th | 17%
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| Mansa Musa | Born 1280: Mali empire ruler, perhaps the wealthiest person in history | 13th | 16%
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| Li Qingzhao | Born 1084: Considered one of the greatest poets in Chinese history | 11th | 15%
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| Dante Alighieri | Born 1321: Italian poet, writer and philosopher | 14th | 15%
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| Montezuma I | Born 1398: King of Tenochtitlan who united the Aztec Empire | 14th | 14%
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| Nostradamus | Born 1503: French astrologer, apothecary and physician | 16th | 14%
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| El Cid | Born 1043: Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain | 11th | 12%
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| Akbar the Great | Born 1542: Third ruler of the Mughal empire | 16th | 9%
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