Statistics for "Our Best": the 200 "Greatest Germans"

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Rank	Hint	Answer	% Correct
2	Theologian	Martin Luther	91%
12	Composer	Ludwig van Beethoven	87%
10	Theoretical physicist	Albert Einstein	85%
8	Printing press pioneer	Johannes Gutenberg	83%
6	Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach	83%
7	Poet	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	81%
9	Chancellor and general	Otto von Bismarck	81%
3	Economist	Karl Marx	74%
1	Chancellor	Konrad Adenauer	72%
102	Economist	Erich Gutenberg	70%
13	Chancellor	Helmut Kohl	62%
130	Emperor	Wilhelm II	60%
36	Football player/coach	Franz Beckenbauer	55%
179	Football player	Oliver Kahn	55%
69	Composer	Richard Wagner	55%
180	Football player	Gerd Müller	53%
26	Racecar driver	Michael Schumacher	53%
133	Racecar driver	Ralf Schumacher	53%
20	Composer	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	53%
116	Psychoanalyst	Sigmund Freud	51%
35	Tennis player	Boris Becker	49%
93	Businessman	Karl Benz	49%
5	Chancellor	Willy Brandt	49%
32	Tennis player	Steffi Graf	47%
63	Rocket scientist	Wernher von Braun	45%
43	Philosopher	Immanuel Kant	43%
142	Businessman	Levi Strauss	43%
38	Pop singer	Nena	43%
84	Philosopher	Friedrich Nietzsche	40%
50	Actress	Marlene Dietrich	40%
82	Chancellor	Gerhard Schröder	38%
126	Physicist	Max Planck	38%
76	Novelist	Thomas Mann	38%
200	Model	Claudia Schiffer	36%
68	Novelist	Friedrich Schiller	36%
41	TV presenter	Harald Schmidt	36%
21	Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt	36%
182	Engineer, inventor	Nicolaus Otto	36%
37	Industrialist, his List	Oskar Schindler	36%
115	Emperor	Otto I	36%
175	Novelist	Günter Wilhelm Grass	34%
4	Member of the White Rose	Hans Scholl	34%
166	Astronomer, mathematician	Johannes Kepler	34%
4	Member of the White Rose	Sophie Scholl	34%
134	Diarist	Anne Frank	30%
70	Figure skater	Katarina Witt	30%
110	Businessman	Gottlieb Daimler	28%
77	Novelist	Hermann Hesse	28%
66	Minister of Defence	Franz Josef Strauß	26%
135	Emperor	Frederick I	26%
92	Boxer	Max Schmeling	26%
195	Composer	Richard Strauss	26%
51	Physician	Robert Koch	26%
91	Painter	Albrecht Dürer	23%
154	Philosopher	Arthur Schopenhauer	23%
89	Physicist	Carl Fredrich Gauss	23%
153	Philosopher, mathematician	Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz	23%
174	Roman officer, tribal Germanic chieftain	Arminius	21%
52	Vice Chancellor	Joschka Fischer	21%
186	Federal President	Roman Herzog	21%
112	Politician, activist	Rosa Luxemburg	21%
113	Playwright	Bertold Brecht	19%
49	Military officer	Claus von Stauffenberg	19%
146	Businessman	Ferdinand Porsche	19%
42	King	Frederick II of Prussia	19%
96	Novelist	Heinrich Heine	19%
100	Football player	Uwe Seeler	19%
158	Physicist	Werner Heisenberg	19%
61	Explorer	Alexander von Humboldt	17%
23	Feminist, journalist	Alice Schwarzer	17%
105	Theologian	Edith Stein	17%
94	Emperor	Frederick II	17%
71	Football player	Fritz Walter	17%
157	Cardinal, future Pope	Joseph Ratzinger	17%
53	Novelist	Karl May	17%
27	Chancellor	Ludwig Erhard	17%
95	Pop singer	Reinhard Mey	17%
14	Industrialist, founder of corporate namesake	Robert Bosch	17%
24	TV presenter	Thomas Gottschalk	17%
88	Women who rebuilt German cities	Trümmerfrauen	17%
29	TV presenter, journalist	Günther Jauch	15%
128	Writer	Jacob Grimm	15%
31	Cyclist, 1997 Tour de France	Jan Ullrich	15%
78	Actress	Romy Schneider	15%
162	Engineer, inventor	Rudolf Diesel	15%
145	Physicist, businessman	Werner von Siemens	15%
128	Writer	Wilhelm Grimm	15%
30	Pop singer, producer	Dieter Bohlen	13%
178	Fashion designer	Karl Lagerfeld	13%
108	Astronomer	Nicolaus Copernicus	13%
120	Rock musician	Udo Lindenberg	13%
28	Physicist	Wilhelm Röntgen	13%
18	Physician	Albert Schweitzer	11%
103	Chess player	Emanuel Lasker	11%
181	Aviation pioneer	Ferdinand von Zeppelin	11%
132	Novelist	Heinrich Böll	11%
57	Comedian	Heinz Erhardt	11%
90	Football player	Helmut Rahn	11%
25	Rock singer, actor, activist	Herbert Grönemeyer	11%
46	Nun, poet, composer	Hildegard von Bingen	11%
16	Inventor	Konrad Zuse	11%
56	Football player	Rudi Völler	11%
143	Football coach	Seep Herberger	11%
65	Metal singer	Campino	9%
34	Theologian	Dietrich Bonhoeffer	9%
39	Vice Chancellor	Hans-Dietrich Genscher	9%
45	Pop singer	Hartmut Engler	9%
72	Pop singer	Nicole	9%
165	Punk singer	Nina Hagen	9%
48	Federal President	Richard von Weizsäcker	9%
163	Presenter, musician	Stefan Raab	9%
114	President of West Germany	Theodor Heuss	9%
118	Writer	Wilhelm Busch	9%
97	Would-be assassin	Georg Elser	6%
185	Journalist, philosopher	Hannah Arendt	6%
40	Actor	Heinz Rühmann	6%
191	Boxer	Henry Maske	6%
193	Football player	Michael Ballack	6%
199	Physician, activist	Mildred Scheel	6%
197	Pirate	Nikolaus Störtebeker	6%
74	Aviator	Otto Lilienthal	6%
149	Magician	Roy Horn	6%
149	Magician	Siegfried Fischbacher	6%
87	Businesswoman	Beate Uhse	4%
15	Pop singer	Daniel Küblböck	4%
137	Swimmer	Franziska van Almsick	4%
47	Pop singer	Heino	4%
59	Racecar driver	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4%
127	Federal President	Johannes Rau	4%
124	Cardinal, activist	Josef Frings	4%
156	Businessman	Karl Hans Albrecht	4%
19	Actor, activist	Karlheinz Böhm	4%
86	Priest	Karl Lehmann	4%
144	Actor	Klaus Kinski	4%
139	King	Ludwig II	4%
62	Rock singer	Peter Kraus	4%
85	Activist	Rudi Dutschke	4%
136	Cosmonaut	Sigmund Jähn	4%
79	Ski jumper	Sven Hannawald	4%
156	Businessman	Theodor Paul Albrecht	4%
54	Film director	Vicco von Bülow	4%
109	Mathematician	Adam Ries	2%
11	Priest	Adolph Kolping	2%
55	Theologian	Albertus Magnus	2%
184	Communist, feminist	Clara Zetkin	2%
169	Comedian	Dieter Hildebrandt	2%
196	Minister President of Bavaria	Edmund Stoiber	2%
106	Rock singer	Farin Urlaub	2%
122	Physician	Ferdinand Sauerbruch	2%
73	Theologian	Friedrich von Bodelschwingh	2%
173	East German politician, Mayor of Berlin	Gregor Gysi	2%
167	Radio, TV presenter	Hans Rosenthal	2%
129	Freiherr	Hieronymous Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen	2%
99	Composer	James Last	2%
83	Artist	Joseph Bueys	2%
17	Theologian	Joseph Kentenich	2%
98	Linguist	Konrad Duden	2%
75	Journalist	Marion Gräfin Dönhoff	2%
44	TV presenter	Patrick Lindner	2%
123	Pop singer	Peter Maffay	2%
22	Politician	Regine Hildebrandt	2%
58	Rock singer	Roy Black	2%
131	Journalist	Rudolf Augstein	2%
67	Physician	Sebastian Kneipp	2%
81	Actor	Willy Millowitsch	2%
60	Activist	Wolfgang Apel	2%
148	Poet	August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben	0%
194	Scientist, film director	Bernhard Grzimek	0%
140	Physicist, businessman	Carl Friedrich Zeiss	0%
117	Businesswoman	Christine Lucci	0%
150	Bobsledder	Christoph Langen	0%
138	Theologian	Clemens August Graf von Galen	0%
64	Basketball player	Dirk Nowitzski	0%
80	Empress	Elisabeth Wittelsbach	0%
111	Writer	Erich Kästner	0%
121	Theologian	Eugen Drewermann	0%
189	Pop singer	Frank Schöbel	0%
161	Actor, comedian	Götz George	0%
183	Businesswoman	Grete Schickedanz	0%
164	Singer, actor	Hans Albers	0%
177	Pop singer	Hans Hartz	0%
172	Reggae singer	Hans Söllner	0%
159	Actor	Harald Juhnke	0%
192	Violinist	Helmut Zacharias	0%
187	Rocket physicist	Hermann Orberth	0%
119	Politician	Hildegard Hamm-Brücher	0%
141	Actress	Hildegard Knef	0%
176	Actress	Inge Meysel	0%
190	Businessman	Jakob Fugger	0%
101	Physician, activist	Jenny de la Torre Castro	0%
188	Comedian, actor	Karl Valentin	0%
171	Priest, activist	Kilian Saum	0%
155	Novelist, journalist	Kurt Tucholsky	0%
152	Physicist	Manfred von Ardenne	0%
170	Actress	Marie Theres Kroetz-Relin	0%
151	Singer, Eurovision	Michelle	0%
198	Presenter, comedian	Peter Frankenfeld	0%
147	Journalist	Peter Scholl-Latour	0%
104	Philosopher	Rudolf Steiner	0%
168	Physician, journalist, activist	Rupert Neudeck	0%
33	Physician	Samuel Hahnemann	0%
125	Schoolgirl, admin of Internet forum	Silke Fritzen	0%
160	Fictional	Till Eulenspiegel	0%
107	Soul singer	Xavier Naidoo	0%