Mediocre Famous People of History A -Z

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	Hint	Answer
A	Greek astronomer developing a heliocentric cosmos theory	Aristarchus
B	General of Justinian, who conquered Rome	Belisarius
C	Swedish king in the Great Northern War	Charles XII
D	Roman emperor, who splitted the empire in 4 parts	Diocletian
E	Austrian general in the Great Turkish and Spanish Succession War	Eugen of Savoy
F	Important mathematician and scientific advisor of Napoleon	Joseph Fourier
G	Military leader, who forged the Majapahit Empire	Gajah Mada
H	Invented Ammonia synthesis and modern chemical warfare	Fritz Haber
I	Grand Prince of Musovy and first Tsar of Russia	Ivan III
J	Successor to Abraham Lincoln, arguably one of the worst presidents	Andrew Johnson
K	Sassanid King leading the empire to a golden age	Khosrow I
L	Chief of German General Staff in WWI, supported the Hitler Coup of 1923	Erich Ludendorff
M	Incredibly rich king of Mali	Mansa Musa

	Hint	Answer
N	Founder of the Church of the East (Assyrian Church)	Nestorius
O	German emperor, who defeated the Magyars at Lechfeld	Otto I
P	French diplomat, who divided the Levant after WWI	François Georges Picot
Q	Emperor, who gave China its name	Qin Shi Huang
R	Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany, signed a non-aggression pact with Molotov	Joachim von Ribbentrop
S	National hero of Albania, who defeated the Ottomans	Skanderbeg
T	Central Asian conqueror of Iran, Iraq and India	Timur the Lame
U	Second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate and important figure in Sunni Islam	Umar
V	Dutch painter of the Golden Age (Girl with a Pearl Earring)	Johannes Vermeer
W	Leader of the Dutch Resistance in the 80 Years War	William of Orange
X	Athenian general and student of Socrates	Xenophon
Y	Korean admiral who defeated the Japanese using Turtle Ships	Yi Sun-sin
Z	French author involved in the Dreyfus affair	Émile Zola

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3 Comments

Level 59

Mar 23, 2019

Besides all of the grammatical errors on this test, you spelled Aristarchus wrong

Level 36

Mar 24, 2019

Why do you allow "Nestorius", "Francois Picot", "Joachim von Ribbentrop" and "Timur" (the lame), but not "Willem van Oranje"? - His title was NOT William of Orange!

Level 66

Mar 15, 2021

A fun idea, but for some it's hard to see why they have been deemed "mediocre".