Statistics for Famous English People

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Clue	Person	% Correct
One of the greatest playwriters of all time; wrote 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet'	William Shakespeare	100%
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the majority of the Second World War	Winston Churchill	98%
Geologist and biologist who conceived the theory of evolution	Charles Darwin	96%
Mathematician and physicist who formulated the laws of motion	Isaac Newton	92%
First wife of Prince Charles known for her activism and charity work	Princess Diana	88%
One of the greatest fiction writers of all time; wrote 'A Christmas Carol'	Charles Dickens	82%
19th century writer known for her social commentary; wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'	Jane Austen	82%
Humanitarian activist and founder of modern nursing	Florence Nightingale	69%
Catholic involved in the Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I	Guy Fawkes	69%
Led armies of Parliament against King Charles I during the English Civil War	Oliver Cromwell	65%
Theoretical physicist and cosmologist who suffered from ALS	Stephen Hawking	65%
Renowned for his role in Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire	T.E. Lawrence	63%
Best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition	Sir Francis Drake	51%
King of the Anglo-Saxons who repelled Viking advances in England	Alfred the Great	43%
Conservative politician and classical scholar who was fluent in eight languages	Enoch Powell	6%