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Were They Alive at the Same Time?

I'll give you two random people, you have to tell me if they were both alive at the same time.
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Last updated: March 14, 2021
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First submittedMarch 14, 2021
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Average score55.6%
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1. Charlie Chaplin & Robert Downey Jr.
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No
Chaplin: 1889-1977, Downey: 1965-
2. Thomas Edison & Warren Buffett
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No
Edison: 1847-1931, Buffett: 1930-
3. George Washington & Abraham Lincoln
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No
Washington: 1732-1799, Lincoln: 1809-1865
4. Albert Einstein & Stephen Hawking
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No
Einstein: 1879-1955, Hawking: 1942-2018
5. Al Capone & Robin Williams
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No
Capone: 1899-1947, Williams: 1951-2014
6. Walt Disney & Kanye West
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No
Disney: 1901-1966, West: 1977-
7. Orville Wright & Neil Armstrong
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No
Wright: 1871-1948, Armstrong: 1930-2012
8. Queen Victoria & Dr. Seuss
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No
Victoria: 1819-1901, Seuss: 1904-1991
9. Martin Luther King Jr. & Jay-Z
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King: 1929-1968, Jay-Z: 1969-
10. Frank Sinatra & Justin Bieber
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Sinatra: 1915-1998, Bieber: 1994-
11. Adolf Hitler & Donald Trump
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Hitler: 1889-1945, Trump: 1946-
12. Winston Churchill & Brad Pitt
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Churchill: 1874-1965, Pitt: 1963-
13. Johann Sebastian Bach & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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No
Bach: 1685-1750, Mozart: 1756-1791
14. Napoleon Bonaparte & Karl Marx
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Bonaparte: 1769-1821, Marx: 1818-1883
15. Mohandas Gandhi & Ben Kingsley
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Gandhi: 1869-1948, Kingsley: 1943-
16. Wyatt Earp & Paul Newman
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Earp: 1848-1929, Newman: 1925-2008
17. Theodore Roosevelt & Kirk Douglas
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Roosevelt: 1858-1919, Douglas: 1916-2020
18. Susan B. Anthony & Nelson Mandela
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Anthony: 1820-1906, Mandela: 1918-2013
7 Comments
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Level 90
Nov 1, 2021
overtired made a quiz similar to this one that you can earn points for. Check it out over here.
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Level 44
Mar 15, 2021
This is a great quiz idea

Good job

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Level 91
Oct 4, 2021
Was working on the same quiz idea and did a search before I finalized mine. I've got an idea how I can rework mine so it will be different from this quiz. I'll nominate this one as well.
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Level 78
Mar 28, 2022
18 yes/no answers. Average score = 10, Predicted score for a monkey = 9, My score =5. Draw your own conclusions.
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Level 78
Jun 1, 2022
My conclusion: you're better than half a monkey! Way to go!
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Level 60
Nov 13, 2022
Would've been better with people further apart so that they could actually be worked out. When people miss each other by less than 5 years or overlap by less than 5 years it's just a guessing game *shrug*.
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Level 90
Sep 15, 2024
Yeah you make a good point. At the time I made this, I hadn't really thought about the fact that you'd probably do better on this quiz if you knew when each person was born and when they died, which not a lot of people do given the stats. I'll probably give this an update at some point in the future with new names added to the questions.