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Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II?
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Winston Churchill
Which Russian composer is known for his ballets 'Swan Lake' and 'The Nutcracker'?
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Which Italian explorer is credited with discovering America?
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Christopher Columbus
Which Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
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Michelangelo
Who was the last Tsar of Russia?
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Nicholas II
Who was the first person to win five Wimbledon singles titles in a row?
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Bjorn Borg
Which English mathematician and physicist formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
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Isaac Newton
Who painted the famous artwork 'The Mona Lisa'?
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Leonardo da Vinci
Who wrote the famous play 'Hamlet'?
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William Shakespeare
Who was the first African American to become president of the United States?
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Barack Obama
Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
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Margaret Thatcher
Which French military leader became Emperor of France in 1804?
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Who was the first person to win three Formula One World Championships in a row?
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Juan Manuel Fangio
Which famous historical figure is known for inventing the telephone?
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Alexander Graham Bell
Which Scottish economist wrote 'The Wealth of Nations'?
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Adam Smith
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
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Marie Curie
Who was the first person to win a Women's World Cup soccer championship?
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United States
Which famous historical figure is known for painting the Mona Lisa?
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Leonardo da Vinci
Who was the first person to win a Tour de France five times in a row?
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Jacques Anquetil
Who was the first Emperor of Rome?
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Augustus
Who was the first person to win an Olympic gold medal in women's swimming?
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Charlotte Cooper
Which African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist delivered the famous 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech?
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Sojourner Truth
Who was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity?
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Constantine the Great
Which famous historical figure is known for his theory of relativity?
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Albert Einstein
Who was the first person to discover penicillin?
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Alexander Fleming
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
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Neil Armstrong
Which Egyptian pharaoh's tomb was discovered by archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922?
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Tutankhamun
Who was the first female astronaut to travel to space?
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Valentina Tereshkova
Which famous historical figure is known for his role in the French Revolution, including his reign of terror as leader of the Committee of Public Safety?
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Maximilien Robespierre
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe?
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Ferdinand Magellan
Who was the first person to win an Olympic gold medal in the decathlon?
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Jim Thorpe
Which Chinese philosopher is best known for his teachings on ethics and social harmony?
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Confucius
Who was the first person to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
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Janet Gaynor
Who was the founder of the Mongol Empire?
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Genghis Khan
Which Roman general and statesman played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire?
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Julius Caesar
Which Dutch painter is known for works such as 'The Night Watch' and 'The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp'?
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Rembrandt
Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?
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Roald Amundsen
Which famous historical figure is known for being the first emperor of Rome?
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Julius Caesar
Which Aztec emperor was captured by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés?
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Moctezuma II
Who was the first person to win a US Open tennis championship eight times?
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Bill Tilden
Which historical figure was known as the 'Maid of Orleans'?
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Joan of Arc
Which famous historical figure is known for his plays Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth?
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William Shakespeare
Who was the first person to discover America?
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Christopher Columbus
Which Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis authored 'The Interpretation of Dreams'?
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Sigmund Freud
Which famous explorer reached India by sailing around Africa in 1498?
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Vasco da Gama
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
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Amelia Earhart
Which British author wrote the dystopian novel '1984'?
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George Orwell
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?
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Joseph Stalin
Who was the first person to win an Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating?
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Sonja Henie
Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?
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Neil Armstrong
Which famous historical figure is known for his contributions to the field of evolution, including his theory of natural selection?
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Charles Darwin
Which famous historical figure is known for discovering America?
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Christopher Columbus
Who was the first person to win an Olympic gold medal in women's track and field?
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Fanny Blankers-Koen
Who was the first person to win a PGA Championship three years in a row?
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Walter Hagen
Who was the first person to win a Super Bowl MVP award?
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Bart Starr
Which scientist is credited with developing the polio vaccine?
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Jonas Salk
Which famous historical figure is known for his military conquests, including the Battle of Gaugamela?
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Alexander the Great
Who was the first person to win a Grand Slam in tennis?
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Don Budge
Which British naturalist is best known for his contributions to the science of evolution?
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Charles Darwin
Which Greek philosopher is known for his allegory of the cave?
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Plato
Which Mongolian warrior and ruler founded the Mongol Empire?
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Genghis Khan
Who was the first person to win four consecutive Olympic gold medals in the same event?
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Al Oerter
Which Greek philosopher tutored Alexander the Great?
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Aristotle
Which Indian political and spiritual leader led India to independence from British rule through nonviolent civil disobedience?
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Mahatma Gandhi
Who was the first person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
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Emil Jannings
Who was the first person to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
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Edith Wharton
Which German-born theoretical physicist developed the theory of relativity?
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Albert Einstein
Who was the first person to win an NBA Finals MVP award?
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Jerry West
Who was the first person to win an Olympic gold medal in women's gymnastics?
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Vera Caslavska
Who was the first person to win a Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Sully Prudhomme
Which famous historical figure is known for leading the Salt March in India?
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Mahatma Gandhi
Who was the first person to climb Mount Everest?
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Sir Edmund Hillary
Who is known as the 'Father of the Nation' in India?
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Mahatma Gandhi
Who was the first person to sail around the world?
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Ferdinand Magellan
Who was the first emperor of China?
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Qin Shi Huang
Which Polish astronomer proposed the heliocentric model of the universe, placing the Sun at its center?
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Nicolaus Copernicus
What famous historical figure was responsible for the unification of Germany in 1871?
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Otto von Bismarck
Which famous historical figure is known for his role in the American Revolution, including his famous ride to warn of British troops?
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Paul Revere
Which famous historical figure is known for writing 'The Communist Manifesto'?
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Karl Marx
Which American civil rights activist delivered the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech?
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Which famous historical figure is known for his 'I Have a Dream' speech?
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Which historical figure is known for his role in the Protestant Reformation?
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Martin Luther
Which American inventor is credited with inventing the light bulb?
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Thomas Edison
Which famous historical figure is known for his contributions to the field of electricity, including his invention of the lightning rod?
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Benjamin Franklin
Who was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt?
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Cleopatra
Which queen ruled over ancient Egypt alongside her brother Ptolemy XIII?
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Cleopatra
Which famous historical figure is known for his leadership during World War II as prime minister of the United Kingdom?
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Winston Churchill
Which famous historical figure is known for his contributions to the field of physics, including his laws of motion?
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Isaac Newton
Which female pilot disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during an attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937?
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Amelia Earhart
Which Venetian merchant traveler dictated his experiences in the book 'Il Milione'?
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Marco Polo
Which famous historical figure is known for his role in the American Civil War, including his Emancipation Proclamation that declared slaves in Confederate-held territory to be free?