Stats: 100 Most Influential Historical Figures

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1	Central figure of Christianity	Jesus	99%
2	Emperor of France, involved in the Battle of Waterloo	Napoleon Bonaparte	93%
7	Fuehrer of Nazi Germany, involved in World War II	Adolf Hitler	90%
6	1st U.S. President, involved in the American Revolution	George Washington	89%
4	English playwright, wrote "Hamlet"	William Shakespeare	89%
5	16th U.S. President, involved in the American Civil War	Abraham Lincoln	88%
12	Scientist, created (more accurately proposed) the theory of evolution	Charles Darwin	81%
9	Greek (technically Macedonian) conqueror of the Known World	Alexander the Great	79%
3	Prophet and founder of Islam	Muhammed	78%
21	Scientist, creator (again more accurately proposer or discoverer of) the Theory of Gravity	Isaac Newton	77%
16	Queen of Britain, Victorian era	Queen Victoria	77%
18	Premier of the USSR, involved in World War II	Joseph Stalin	76%
29	Italian artist and polymath, painted the "Mona Lisa"	Leonardo Da Vinci	76%
19	Theoretical physicist, creator (more accurately proposer or discoverer) of the Theory of Relativity	Albert Einstein	75%
14	Philosopher, wrote the "Communist Manifesto"	Karl Marx	75%
20	Explorer, discoverer of the New World	Christopher Columbus	74%
17	Protestant Reformation, wrote the "95 Theses"	Martin Luther	73%
10	3rd U.S. President, co-wrote the Declaration of Independence	Thomas Jefferson	73%
37	Prime Minister of Great Britian, involved in World War II	Winston Churchill	72%
15	Roman general and statesman, said Et tu Brute?"	Julius Caesar	70%
25	Greek philosopher, wrote "The Republic"	Plato	70%
40	Inventor of the lightbulb and phonograph	Thomas Edison	70%
8	Greek philosopher and polymath	Aristotle	68%
27	German composer, wrote "Ode to Joy"	Ludwig Von Beethoven	67%
69	The "king of rock and roll"	Elvis Presley	66%
36	43rd U.S. President during the Iraq War (Include middle initial)	George W. Bush	66%
68	Greek philosopher and teacher, sentenced to death by hemlock	Socrates	66%
71	35th president, Cuban Missile Crisis	John F. Kennedy	65%
24	Austrian composer, wrote "Don Giovanni"	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	65%
35	Founding father, scientist, captured lightning	Benjamin Franklin	62%
43	32nd U.S. President, responsible for the New Deal	Franklin Delano Roosevelt	61%
52	Central figure of Buddhism	Guatama Buddha	61%
44	Creator of psychoanalysis	Sigmund Freud	61%
49	Italian physicist and astronomer	Galileo Galilei	59%
38	Founder of the Mongol Empire	Genghis Khan	59%
53	American author, wrote "Huckleberry Finn"	Mark Twain	59%
82	37th U.S. President, involved in Watergate	Richard Nixon	59%
11	King of England, had six wives	Henry VIII of England	56%
32	40th U.S. President, Conservative Revolution	Ronald Reagan	55%
61	Founding Father and 2nd U.S. President	John Adams	54%
46	Indian nationalist leader, instrumental in non-violence	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi	54%
30	First emperor of Rome, Pax Romana	Augustus Caesar	53%
33	English novelist, wrote "David Copperfield"	Charles Dickens	53%
73	Post-impressionist painter, painted "Starry Night"	Vincent Van Gogh	53%
13	Queen of England, known as the "Virgin Queen"	Elizabeth I of England	51%
23	26th U.S President, Progressive Movement	Theodore Roosevelt	51%
47	28th U.S. President, involved in World War I	Woodrow Wilson	51%
75	Soviet revolutionary and Premier of the USSR	Vladimir Lenin	50%
57	Biblical King of Israel, founded Jerusalem	King David	49%
50	Lord Protector of England, involved in the English Civil War	Oliver Cromwell	48%
28	18th U.S. President, general in the American Civil War	Ulysses S. Grant	48%
54	American author, wrote "The Raven"	Edgar Allen Poe	47%
86	Italian sculptor and Renaissance man, sculpted "David"	Michelangelo	47%
26	King of France, known as the Sun King	Louis XIV of France	46%
96	Italian poet, wrote the "Divine Comedy"	Dante Alighieri	45%
94	33rd U.S. President, ordered the dropping of the Atomic bombs	Harry S Truman	45%
22	First Holy Roman Emperor, considered the "Father of Europe"	Charlemagne	44%
60	Explorer and discoverer of Hawaii and Australia	James Cook	44%
85	Mythical 6th century King of Britain	King Arthur	42%
34	Christian apostle and missionary	Paul the Apostle	42%
67	Emperor of Rome, allowed toleration of Christianity	Constantine the Great	41%
95	French military leader and Saint	Joan of Arc	41%
65	Early Christian leader	Saint Peter	41%
51	4th U.S. President, involved in War of 1812	James Madison	40%
91	20th Century Polish Pope, Solidarity	Pope John Paul II	38%
64	French Enlightenment philosopher, wrote "Candide"	Voltaire	38%
70	King of England, Norman Conquest	William the Conqueror	38%
56	Economist, wrote "On the Wealth of Nations"	Adam Smith	37%
83	King of France, executed in the French Revolution	Louis XVI of France	37%
76	Confederate General during the American Civil War (type first name, middle initial, and last name)	Robert E. Lee	37%
77	Irish author and poet, wrote "The Picture of Dorian Grey"	Oscar Wilde	36%
66	7th U.S. president, also known as "Old Hickory"	Andrew Jackson	35%
41	King of England, responsible for the KJV Bible	James I of England	35%
58	King of England, involved in the American Revolution	George III of England	33%
92	French philosopher, coined the term "I think, therefore I am" (cogito ergo sum)	Rene Descartes	33%
45	U.S. Founding Father, National Bank	Alexander Hamilton	32%
42	German philosopher, "God is Dead"	Friedrich Nietzsche	31%
99	French Protestant thelogian, founded Calvinism	John Calvin	30%
55	American religious leader, founded Mormonism	Joseph Smith	30%
98	22nd and 24th U.S. President	Grover Cleveland	29%
63	Russian composer, wrote the "1812 Overture"	Pyotr Ilyrich Tchaikovsky	28%
39	King of England, involved in the English Civil War	Charles I of England	27%
93	Inventor, discovered alternating current	Nikola Tesla	27%
78	King of England, post-Cromwell	Charles II of England	25%
48	Classical composer, wrote the "Well Tempered Clavier"	Johann Sebastian Bach	25%
59	German philosopher, wrote "Critique of Pure Reason"	Immanuel Kant	24%
97	1st Chancellor and unifier of modern Germany	Otto von Bismarck	24%
62	German composer, wrote "Der Ring Des Nibelungen"	Richard Wagner	24%
79	Roman statesman and orator, wrote "On the Republic"	Cicero	22%
88	German writer and polymath, wrote "Faust"	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	22%
100	English Enlightenment philosopher, theorized "tabla rasa"	John Locke	21%
89	Early Caliph and a central figure of Sufism	Ali	20%
80	Philosopher, wrote "On the Social Contract"	Jean-Jacques Rousseau	18%
74	Astronomer, theorized a heliocentric cosmology	Nicolaus Copernicus	18%
90	Italian theologian, "Summa Theologia"	Thomas Aquinas	16%
72	Early Christian theologian, wrote "The City of God"	Augustine of Hippo	15%
31	Swedish biologist, father of Taxonomy	Carl Linnaeus	14%
87	King of Spain, organized the Spanish Armada	Phillip II of Spain	13%
81	English scientist, created the Scientific Method	Francis Bacon	12%
84	Holy Roman Emperor during the Counter-Reformation	Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire	3%

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