People in History by Wikipedia Descriptions #4 - Statistics

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Hint Person % Correct
A Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. Marie Curie
94%
Two of his songs, "We Are the Champions" and "Bohemian Rhapsody", have also each been voted as the greatest song of all time in major polls Freddie Mercury
80%
A Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Tsar Nicholas II. Rasputin
80%
She made a nonstop solo transatlantic flight, becoming the first woman to achieve such a feat. Amelia Earhart
76%
According to one account, he nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517. Martin Luther
72%
Tony Blair erroneously accused him of possessing weapons of mass destruction. Saddam Hussein
72%
Through further military campaigns, he ousted Spanish rulers from Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Simon Bolivar
69%
Considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival, the fellow Florentine and client of the Medici, Leonardo da Vinci. Michelangelo
68%
The popular belief is that she was bitten by an asp. Cleopatra
63%
He built a new imperial residence at Byzantium and renamed the city after himself. Constantine
62%
At 19 months old she contracted an unknown illness that left her both deaf and blind. Helen Keller
61%
The new continent was named America after the Latin version of his first name. Amerigo Vespucci
59%
On 2 January 1492 she entered Granada to receive the keys of the city, and the principal mosque was reconsecrated as a church. Isabella I
44%
He was the first recognised emperor to rule from western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Charlemagne
43%
He encouraged black Zimbabweans to violently seize white-owned farms. Robert Mugabe
43%
He is the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching. Laozi
35%
He told reporters he had designed a superweapon he claimed would end all war. He would call it "teleforce", but was usually referred to as his death ray. Nikola Tesla
27%
During his reign, Mali may have been the largest producer of gold in the world. Mansa Musa
25%
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