Memorize these and you could recognize 4.2% of all Pop Culture clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | = | 5 | = |
| 2 | the Treaty of Paris | 4 | It ended the Napoleonic Wars(1815) |
| 3 | Jefferson Davis | 4 | This president's last home, Beauvoir, is where he wrote "The Rise & Fall of the Confederate Government" |
| 4 | Helen Keller | 4 | When she was 75, this educator of the blind published the book "Teacher" about Anne Sullivan |
| 5 | Einstein | 4 | In 1987 a record $1,160,000 was paid for a manuscript by this scientist explaining his relativity theory |
| 6 | Lizzie Borden | 4 | Exhibits in her 1893 trial in New Bedford, Mass., included her parents' skulls & the head of a hatchet |
| 7 | Jacques Cousteau | 4 | He produced his first underwater film, "Eighteen Meters Down", during WWII |
| 8 | Florence Nightingale | 4 | Despite the objections of her family, this Englishwoman went to Germany for medical training in 1850 |
| 9 | Vanna White | 3 | She really knows the alphabet on "Wheel of Fortune" |
| 10 | the United States | 3 | Educator Allan Carpenter has written over 135 books, including 50 geography books on these |
| 11 | Rosa Parks | 3 | Refusing to give up her seat on the bus in 1955 got her a seat of honor in Atlanta's 1986 M.L. King Parade |
| 12 | Ronald Reagan | 3 | He called Mayor Clint Eastwood to ask "What's an actor who once played with a monkey doing in politics?" |
| 13 | Raymond Massey | 3 | Late actor whose brother, Vincent Massey, was Canada's governor-general |
| 14 | Oregon | 3 | Teams from this PAC 10 school are nicknamed the "Ducks" |
| 15 | Oliver Wendell Holmes | 3 | His father wrote "Old Ironsides" & he was a justice of the Supreme Court |
| 16 | Nietzsche | 3 | In 1886 he published "Beyond Good and Evil" to correct any misconceptions about the Superman |
| 17 | Mighty Mouse | 3 | "Here I come to save the day! means that this mouse is on his way |
| 18 | Martin Van Buren | 3 | The only U.S. president to fit this category |
| 19 | Mark Twain | 3 | Pilaster House in Hannibal, Missouri |
| 20 | Joseph Stalin | 3 | This world leader's real name was Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili |
| 21 | John Paul Jones | 3 | He was commissioned a Lieut. in the Continental Navy 7 months before we declared our independence |
| 22 | Joan Collins | 3 | A woman known as "Passion Flower" fainted on the stand during this star's 1987 divorce trial |
| 23 | Godzilla | 3 | In 2015 this character was made an honorary citizen of Japan after over 60 years of residence there |
| 24 | George Washington | 3 | It's said Thomas Jefferson called this other tall Virginian the greatest horseman of his time |
| 25 | Gandhi | 3 | Prior to moving back to India in 1914, he lived in South Africa for 21 years, editing the Indian Opinion newspaper |
| 26 | El Salvador | 3 | Central American country whose president's middle name is Napoleon |
| 27 | Dead Sea | 3 | A jug of oil used to anoint kings of ancient Judah was recently found at Qumran near this body of water |
| 28 | D.H. Lawrence | 3 | Author of "Sons & Lovers", he supposedly had a favorite horse made into a duffel bag after it died |
| 29 | Clara Barton | 3 | Born in Oxford, Mass. in 1821, she was christened Clarissa Harlowe |
| 30 | Charles Schulz | 3 | His "Peanuts" is the most syndicated comic strip with 2,300 newspapers in 68 countries |
| 31 | Boston | 3 | A Manet portrait, "Chez Tortoni", was stolen from this city's Gardner Museum in 1990 |
| 32 | Boris Yeltsin | 3 | While Gorbachev was headed for Washington, this man was elected President of the Russian Republic |
| 33 | Black Beauty | 3 | This 1877 best seller, Anna Sewell's only book, protested cruelty to horses |
| 34 | Barbara Walters | 3 | She's the only woman from any branch of the news media ever to make Gallup's list of "Most Admired Women" |
| 35 | Babe Ruth | 3 | Left-handed New York Yankees have included the Iron Horse, Lou Gehrig, & the Bambino, this man |
| 36 | an egg | 3 | In 1990 Dale Lyons ran a marathon in 3 hours, 47 minutes carrying one of these on a spoon |
| 37 | Al Jolson | 3 | This "Jazz Singer" was born in Russia under the sign of Gemini; we don't know what his mammy's sign was |
| 38 | the Civil War | 3 | Mary Walker, the 1st woman to win the Cong. Medal of Honor, was a nurse & surgeon during this war |
| 39 | ZZ Top | 2 | Drummer Frank Beard is the only member of this band seen here who doesn't have a beard |
| 40 | Wonder Woman | 2 | Professor William Marston created a lie detector & this comic-book heroine who used a similar device |
| 41 | Winter | 2 | A play by James Goldman:"The Lion in ____" |
| 42 | William Bennett | 2 | Much of President Bush's anti-drug program is attributed to this man, his drug czar |
| 43 | Warren Buffett | 2 | A 1994 book details the "way" he became "the world's greatest investor" |
| 44 | Walter Reed | 2 | In 1900, this U.S. Army medical officer proved yellow fever is spread by mosquito bites |
| 45 | Vladimir Horowitz | 2 | In April 1986, he gave his first concert in Russia since leaving that country 61 years earlier |
| 46 | Vincent van Gogh | 2 | Leonard Nimoy traded his pointy ears for one when he portrayed this painter |
| 47 | Ulysses | 2 | His real first name was Hiram, but in a mix-up at West Point this future president dropped it |
| 48 | Timothy Leary | 2 | Psychedelic '60s soothsayer seen here |
| 49 | Thor Heyerdahl | 2 | In 1947 he sailed the Kon-Tiki from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands in the South Pacific |
| 50 | Thomas Jefferson | 2 | Highest price paid for any bottle of wine was $157,500 for a 1787 Chateau Lafite bearing his initials, T.J. |