Statistics for Famous People from the 6th century BC

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Greek philosopher and mathematician: a² + b² = c²	Pythagoras	92%
Chinese Philosopher, Author of the Analects	Confucius	81%
Founder of Buddhism	Siddhārtha Gautama	81%
Author of the fables	Aesop	77%
Persian conqueror of Babylon and Lydia	Cyrus the Great	77%
Persian King, who conquered Egypt, but lost at Marathon	Darius	77%
Founder of Taoism	Laozi	77%
Author of the Art of War	Sun Tzu	77%
Persian religion founder and worshipper of Ahura Mazda	Zoroaster	69%
Babylonian king, who build the Hanging Gardens and the Ishtar Gate	Nebuchadnezzar II	42%
Rich king of Lydia, who was defeated by the Persians	Croesus	31%
Author of "The Persians" and "The Oresteia"	Aeschylus	27%
Biblical Prophet, who predicted the reclaimation to the land of Israel	Ezekiel	23%
Greek Philosopher: "Everything flows"	Heraclitus of Ephesus	19%
First greek philosopher, who predicted an eclipse	Thales of Miletus	19%
Queen of Sparta, wife of King Leonidas	Gorgo	15%
Biblical prophet, considert 11th of the 12 smaller prophets	Zechariah	8%
Indian father of linguistics	Pāṇini	4%