Historical Figures Quiz

Can you name some the most influential men and women in history from a photo? In this quiz you are challenged to name 40 historical figures! How many can you answer correctly under time pressure?

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[DrEvil]

This is certainly a hard challenge. The problem is many were either famous before photography, or photography was in it's infancy, so their images are rarely seen.

[AnonSFO]

About 33 out of 40. This was a good quiz, much more challenging than multiple choice quizes, which I can almost always guess correctly.

[luciebrisson]

This quiz popped up in my recommended today. I love quizzes. 26 of 40 I knew from the paintings or photographs. The others I had heard most of their names before but just had no idea what they looked like.

[surviverskywalker]

I’ve not seen pictures of most of these historical figures but I am happy that I knew who 37 of them were when the names flashed up. Thank you for posting this as it was a fun challenge.

[hoddo]

Pretty poor 20/40, although I'd heard of them all. Mistook 3 early ones for Copernicus and then missed him when he finally came up :D

[Pushbike]

Great fun. Learned a few too. For the 10 who gave a thumbs down…why?!

[davidchiles]

27/40 those guys with the long beards got me

[DrMerle-gwwj]

Here's a tip to get a higher score. Mute the audio. It will stop the annoying, mind numbing "music" to allow you to think of the answer more quickly.

[niuinkp]

For Marie Curie you should’ve picked a photo of her when she was older, as that would’ve been more recognizable.

[alfajuj]

Most of them were dead easy, but I had no idea what Simon Bolivard, Dickens, Descartes. Pasteur, Watt, or Copernicus looked like!

[linasbutcher]

10/40…. Dang this one was really hard for me. I think I need a serious refresher course on history!

[pipper]

32/40. Some I had no clue and others I've seen a different painting of them. Overall, an excellent quiz.

[PenaldoTheAndorraman]

8/40😂and the worst is i have heard most of them, but completly forgot it! My history sucks

[deed]

Only missed 6 or 7, which is not too bad. Hadn't heard of about 4 of those. Great quiz.

[rajenkasi]

Fantastic quiz. Difficult but educational. I got maybe 10 only but not embarrassed. I knew about 20 of these figure.

[rg]

37. Missed Freud...of course I knew who it was, just couldn't pull the name. Watt and Smith, I had no idea.

[DavetheAvatar]

35. That's good enough for me! Fun quiz with some challenges in there.

[helia]

Despite being 15 in iran, i got 26/40 i think that's a good score but gotta learn more!

[crescentsi]

17/40 A hard quiz! I hadn't seen pictures of many of them, but a fun to do....!

[Josilee]

I knew all these...but not all by the photos presented...LOL !!!