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Biography	Answer	% Correct
A figure comparable to Mozart and Beethoven, Baroque music found in the work of the German composer its most perfect expression	Bach	70%
The tormented life of the German musician, unanimously considered the greatest composer of all time	Beethoven	70%
The eventful existence of the author of Don Quixote, a brilliant creation that revolutionized literature and gave rise to the modern novel	Miguel de Cervantes	61%
Known as El Libertador, the Venezuelan general and statesman led the emancipation of Latin America from Spanish colonialism	Simon Bolivar	61%
A military genius and clairvoyant statesman, his empire spread across almost all of Europe before being defeated at Waterloo	Napoleon Bonaparte	57%
He forged an empire from Greece and Egypt to India in less than ten years. Which was the beggining of hellenistic world	Alexander the Great	48%
The expansionist policy of the top Nazi leader led Europe into World War II, the deadliest in history	Hitler	48%
He revolutionized science with the theory of relativity, which rethought the concepts of space and time and those of matter and energy	Albert Einstein	39%
His scientific journey around the world led him to formulate the theory of evolution, which clashed head-on with the concepts of the time	Charles Darwin	39%
A disciple of Plato and preceptor of Alexander the Great, he has been the most influential philosopher in the history of Western thought	Aristotle	35%
The author of the Divine Comedy, an impressive vision of the Christian afterlife, renewed medieval literature and initiated the transition to the Renaissance	Dante Alighieri	35%
Prototype of the Renaissance sage, the brilliant Italian painter and scientist is one of the most fascinating figures in history	Leonardo da Vinci	35%
Their research on radioactivity shed new light on the nature of the atom and enabled numerous applications	Pierre and Marie Curie	35%
Historical facts and fabulous traditions have always been woven into the fascinating biography of the founder of Buddhism	Buddha	30%
Converted by dynastic chance into the most powerful king of his time, he devoted his efforts to establishing a universal Christian empire	Charles V	30%
The distinguished navigator died unaware that, in his search for a shorter route to Asia, he had discovered the new world	Christopher Columbus	30%
Myth of twentieth-century pacifism and formulator of the doctrines of non-violence, he led India's independence process	Gandhi	30%
The ambitious general and statesman played a pivotal role in the future shaping of the Roman Empire	Julius Caesar	30%
The intellectual leader whose ideas led to the fall of the Tsar and the Russian revolution of 1917, which led to the formation of the USSR	Lenin	30%
Creator of the tender and very humane Charlot, the English actor and filmmaker remains one of the great geniuses of the history of the seventh art	Charles Chaplin	26%
Founder of Constantinople, the great Roman emperor managed to restore peace in the Empire and gave a definitive impulse to Christianity	Constantine	26%
An extraordinarily precocious genius, the untimely death of the Austrian composer gave rise to an accumulation of legends	Mozart	26%
The great Italian physicist and astronomer had to face an inquisitorial process to defend the new theories about the universe	Galileo Galilei	22%
The brilliant Spanish painter revolutionized all the artistic forms of the twentieth century and knew how to maintain his social and historical commitment	Pablo Picasso	22%
Creator of psychoanalysis, his conceptions of the unconscious and human psychology revolutionized all areas of culture	Sigmund Freud	22%
His films marked the childhood of several generations and made cartoons a film and artistic genre	Walt Disney	22%
The dark life of the inventor of the printing press, one of the most important technical advances in the cultural history of humanity	Johannes Gutenberg	17%
The never-solved assassination of the young American president cut short the beginning of a period of renewal and hope	John F. Kennedy	17%
The eminent bacteriologist discovered penicillin semi-semi-personally. It was the beginning of antibiotics and modern medicine	Alexander Fleming	13%
After uniting under his leadership the scattered Mongol tribes, he forged a formidable empire that would spread throughout Asia	Gengis Khan	13%
The great military and politician led the independence of the United States, which became the first constitutional state in history	George Washington	13%
The introduction of assembly lines in the manufacture of his famous Ford T was the key event of the second industrial revolution	Henry Ford	13%
His extraordinary journey to the Far East opened the doors to an unknown world in Europe and stimulated future explorers and navigators	Marco Polo	13%
With the dissemination in 1517 of his 95 theses, the German theologian initiated the religious revolution that would give rise to the Protestant Reformation	Martin Luther	13%
The enigmatic life and literary career of the English comedian, considered the greatest playwright of all time	William Shakespeare	13%
The master of suspense enriched the cinematographic language with his brilliant contributions and bequeathed an extraordinary and influential filmography	Alfred Hitchcock	9%
An American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art	Andy Warhol	9%
Considered the father of modern science, his systematization of physics remained in full force until Einstein	Isaac Newton	9%
His analyses of capitalism inspired a multitude of revolutionary movements that would mark the social and political history of the twentieth century	Karl Marx	9%
The revelations received by the Prophet, which were recorded in the Qur'an, would become the foundation of Islamic civilization	Muhammad	9%
Considered the greatest inventor of the modern era, his discoveries improved the living conditions of millions of people	Thomas Edison	9%
Great Spanish painter, undoubtedly one of the most influential and universal artists. Father of "Las Meninas"	Diego Velazquez	4%
Ahead of his time, the work of the very original Spanish painter is considered a precursor of modern artistic trends	Goya	4%
Beauty and expressive vigor came together in the work of the Italian artist, one of the greatest geniuses in the history of art	Michelangelo	4%
The greatest of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, victor of the Hittites and builder of the most impressive Egyptian temples	Ramesses II	4%
In his famous Research he explained the mechanisms of incipient capitalism and laid the foundations of economics as a science	Adam Smith	0%
A roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher of the early 6th century. He wrote "Consolation of Philosphy"	Boethius	0%
Her reign laid the foundations for England's later greatness and the maritime might that would allow it to forge its colonial empire	Elizabeth I of England	0%
His teachings and message gave rise to Christianity, a religion that would shape Western culture and mentality for centuries	Jesus of Nazareth	0%
Despite the brevity of his work, the Mexican narrator is among the most outstanding figures of twentieth-century Hispanic literature	John Rulfo	0%
Embodiment of monarchical absolutism, his reign gave France European hegemony and extraordinary cultural and artistic splendor	Louis XIV of France	0%
The invention of the cinematograph in 1895 gave rise to the most influential art and entertainment form in the contemporary world	Lumière Brothers	0%
Elevated to erotic myth of the twentieth century, bitterness and frustrations marked however his sentimental and professional life	Marilyn Monroe	0%
A key figure in twentieth-century Hispanic poetry, the Chilean Nobel laureate harmonized creative innovation and political commitment	Pablo Neruda	0%
Under his long reign, which gave its name to the Victorian era, Britain became a great economic and colonial power	Victoria I of England	0%