Letter
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Clue
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Answer
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A
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Roman politician: "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..."
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Mark Antony
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B
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Baroque German composer
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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C
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British Prime Minister during World War II
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Winston Churchill
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D
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English author of novels such as A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, and Oliver Twist
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Charles Dickens
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E
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First European in North America
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Leif Erikson
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F
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Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis
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Sigmund Freud
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G
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Inventor of the printing press
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Johannes Gutenberg
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H
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Military commander from Carthage
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Hannibal
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I
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Queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand II of Aragon united Spain
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Isabella
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J
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Seventh US president and face on a $20 bill
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Andrew Jackson
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K
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17th Century German mathematician and astronomer who studied the motion of the planets
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Johannes Kepler
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L
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Chinese inventor of paper
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Cai Lun
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M
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Founder of Islam
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Muhammad
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N
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Swedeish inventor of dynamite
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Alfred Nobel
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O
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American artist best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers
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Georgia O'Keeffe
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P
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"The King of Rock and Roll"
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Elvis Presley
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Q
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One accepted spelling for the Libyan leader overthrown in 2011
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Muammar Qaddafi
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R
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Celtics center who won 11 championships
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Bill Russell
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S
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Ancient Greek philosopher who created the method of questioning through which to examine various concepts
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Socrates
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T
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African American runaway slave who helped others escape via the Underground Railroad
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Harriet Tubman
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U
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11th Century pope who started the Crusades
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Pope Urban II
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V
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Prominent general in the Mexican Revolution
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Francisco "Pancho" Villa
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W
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Tallest person in history
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Robert Wadlow
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X
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Persian king who invaded Greece in 480 BCE
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Xerxes I
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Y
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First president of the Russian Federation (post-Soviet Russia)
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Boris Yeltsin
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Z
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Communist founder of the People's Republic of China
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Mao Zedong
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