Statistics for European History by Letter - X

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Radiological method discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895	X-ray	99%
Scottish chemist William Ramsay discovered this noble gas in 1898	Xenon	85%
Athens defeated this Persian king in the naval battle of Salamis	Xerxes	85%
Saint-Saëns wrote the first concert with specific use of this instrument	Xylophone	80%
Major player in the most successful era of FC Barcelona	Xavi	73%
Co-founder of the Jesuit order, canonized in 1622 (Francis)	Xavier	56%
Daughter of Tsar Boris Godunov, victim of several rapes during the “time of troubles” (first name)	Xenia (Borisovna)	38%
Three monasteries were built in this city in Western Thrace	Xanthi	35%
Greek military leader and philosopher, sometimes considered a rival of Plato	Xenophon	29%
This sugar substitute was discovered by German Emil Fischer in 1891	Xylitol	17%
The name of Socrates’ wife is unfairly used to describe a quarrelsome wife	Xanthippe	15%
Swiss soccer club from Neuchâtel with three national championships	Xamax	14%
Longtime head of the Platonic Academy (339-314 BC)	Xenocrates	14%
Wife of Spanish national hero El Cid, ruled Valencia around 1100 (ancient spelling)	Ximena (Jimena)	11%
Greek avant garde composer and architect (Iannis, 1922-2001)	Xenakis	9%
French surgeon Princeteau conducted the first of its kind by transplanting parts of a rabbit’s kidney into a child in 1905 (it died a few days later)	Xenotransplantation	9%
Immortal horse in Greek mythology with the ability to speak, drew Achilles’ chariot in the Trojan war	Xanthus	8%
Italian sculptor (1855-1926) whose works are displayed in Italy, the US, Brazil and Ukraine (Ettore)	Ximenes	6%
e.g. the Euro in Montenegro and Kosovo	Xenocurrency	5%
Personal secretary of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, wrote the book “The true story of the conquest of Peru” (Francisco)	Xerez	5%