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Put away your textbooks! This is a closed-book test! 🌎 ✍️

Two separate historical portraits: one of a man in a suit and tie; the other of a smiling woman in an aviator uniform and cap

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The Average Adult Has Enough History Knowledge To Reach Level 20, But How Far Can You Score In This Sudden Death Historical Figures Quiz?

If You Can't Pass This Historical Figures Identification Quiz, You Shouldn't Have Graduated...

Sudden Death Historical Figures Identification Quiz

(Sudden death quiz = if you miss a question, the quiz restarts).

**Who is this historical figure?**

**And who is this historical figure?**

You got to question {{points}}/50! You were just getting started! Try again!

"F" grade written in red pen on notebook paper.

You got to question {{points}}/50! Your history knowledge is just below average right now! Try again!

D plus (D+) grade written in red on notebook paper

You got to question {{points}}/50! You have about average-level history smarts! Try again!

You got to question {{points}}/50! You were sooooo close to a historic finish! Go on, try again!

B plus (B+) grade written in red on notebook paper

You got to question {{points}}/50! You are a history know-it-all! Seriously, you aced this!

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The Average Adult Has Enough History Knowledge To Reach Level 20, But How Far Can You Score In This Sudden Death Historical Figures Quiz?

How well did you really pay attention in history class? Can you recognize famous historical figures from decades and DECADES ago? Right on the spot? We'll see if you can with this ultimate, sudden death 50 QUESTIONS historical figures quiz: