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Answer
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A
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The author behind Pride and Prejudice as well as many other renowned novels
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Jane Austen
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B
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An Iconic sitcom star and the first female head of a major TV-studio
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Lucille Ball
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C
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She revitalized Russia under her reign, making it one of Europe's great powerst
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Catherine the Great
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D
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The Origin of Species is likely his most known work
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Charles Darwin
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E
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E=mc²
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Albert Einstein
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F
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One who is widely considered the Queen of Soul and took Home 18 Grammy awards
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Aretha Franklin
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G
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Know for riding naked through the streets of Coventry as a protest
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Lady Godiva
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H
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She is considered to be one of the most successful pharaohs of all time
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Hatshepshut
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I
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He was an ancient Egyptian architect, chancellor to the Pharaoh and a high priest
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Imhotep
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J
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An American lawyer, soldier, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United State
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Andrew Jackson
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K
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She earned 39 Grand Slam titles and won the "Battle of Sexes" in tennis
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Billie Jean King
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L
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Her cells are the source of the first immortalized human cell line
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Henrietta Lacks
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M
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One who has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science
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Niccolò Machiavelli
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N
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An admiral who met his end at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805
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Horatio Nelson
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O
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"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds"
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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P
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France's national chanteuse and one of the country's most widely known international stars
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Edith Piaf
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Q
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The first emperor of unified China
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Qin Shi Huang
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R
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The Mexican artist best known for his expansive and politically-charged murals
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Diego Rivera
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S
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A Shoshone Indian who traveled with the Lewis and Clark expedition from 1804-1806
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Sacagawea
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T
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The army general and prime minister who led Japan through much of World War II
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Hideki Tojo
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U
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The Thirty Years War pope who condemned Galileo Galilei as a heretic
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Urban VII
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V
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At the time of his murder in 1997, he had an extensive empire that included boutiques, fragrances and household products
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Gianni Versace
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W
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The author of 1792’s A Vindication for the Rights of Woman, one of the earliest treatises to advocate equal rights for women
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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X
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The passionate and controversial black activist who was assassinated in New York City in 1965
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Malcolm X
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Y
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The first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight
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Chuck Yeager
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Z
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An American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field, then turned to professional golf, winning 10 LPGA major championships.
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias
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