Statistics for 30 Historical People You Probably Don't Know

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Answer Stats

CluePerson% Correct
"Great" empress of RussiaCatherine the Great
77%
The real-life inspiration for DraculaVlad the Impaler
59%
Serbian inventor whose AC power defeated Edison's DC powerNikola Tesla
57%
Founder of modern nursing who tended to soldiers in the Crimean WarFlorence Nightingale
53%
American actress who married Monaco's Prince RainierGrace Kelly
51%
President of North Vietnam until his death in 1969Ho Chi Minh
51%
First man to orbit the EarthYuri Gagarin
46%
Father of modern TurkeyMustafa Kemal Atatürk
45%
Babylonian ruler known for his written code of "an eye for an eye"Hammurabi
44%
British commander at WaterlooDuke of Wellington
43%
Third wife of Henry VIIIJane Seymour
42%
First European to reach AmericaLeif Ericson
41%
Revolutionary War general who switched from American to British allegianceBenedict Arnold
39%
The inventor of the radio (according to most)Guglielmo Marconi
39%
Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"Harriet Beecher Stowe
37%
Spanish King who launched an Armada against EnglandPhilip II
37%
Steel tycoon who started thousands of librariesAndrew Carnegie
36%
Most well-known Zulu leaderShaka
36%
"Great" King of PrussiaFrederick the Great
33%
Muslim commander who battled the Crusaders and earned their respectSaladin
33%
Dutchman who "discovered" TasmaniaAbel Tasman
28%
Economist who proposed government stimulus to correct the Great DepressionJohn Maynard Keynes
27%
Lakota war leader who defeated CusterCrazy Horse
25%
Romantic poet and seducer who died fighting for Greek independenceLord Byron
25%
Jewish officer wrongly convicted of treason in 1894 FranceAlfred Dreyfus
24%
"Great" Byzantine emperor who conquered ItalyJustinian
22%
Chinese leader who made free market reforms after Mao's deathDeng Xiaoping
18%
First emperor of China who took mercury pills to seek immortalityQin Shi Huang
14%
Egyptian sometimes called the world's first architect and doctorImhotep
13%
Man who doubled wheat yields in South Asia - saving millions from starvationNorman Borlaug
4%

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