| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| English author he revered, especially for "Hamlet" | William Shakespeare | 94%
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| Drama about a Doctor whom Marlowe and Mann also wrote about | Faust | 90%
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| French emperor from whom he received the Legion of Honor | Napoleon Bonaparte | 89%
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| Town in which he settled in 1775 (think German Republic between the World Wars) | Weimar | 81%
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| Goethe was part of this "secret" society, as well as fourteen US presidents | Freemasons | 77%
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| Literary movement he used to be a part of (translated as "Storm and Drive") | Sturm und Drang | 71%
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| Country he famously journeyed through 1786-88 | Italy | 68%
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| Hymn about a Greek hero who brought fire to humanity | Prometheus | 67%
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| Novel about a tragic lover who commits suicide: "The Sorrows of Young ___" | Werther | 66%
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| City of birth | Frankfurt am Main | 63%
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| Diabolic character with whom the same Doctor makes a pact | Mephistopheles | 60%
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| Fellow poet he was friends with 1794-1805 | Friedrich Schiller | 59%
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| What is his scientific work "Zur Farbenlehre" concerned with? | Theory of Color | 59%
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| Ballad about a magician's student that was adapted with Mickey Mouse in "Fantasia" | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | 43%
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