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Can you name the 200 people, dead or alive, whose articles are viewed most frequently on Wikipedia?
created by
nrsilver
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Explorer
131
Spouse
73
Religious Leader
53
161
Porn Star
96
146
Musician (Classical)
82
176
CEO/Entrepeneur
72
139
165
179
189
Artist
26
110
148
149
162
Author
14
132
194
196
World Leader
5
95
134
Criminal
57
121
191
TV Personality
20
23
28
56
92
123
154
Monarch
19
49
55
100
125
141
147
Activist/Revolutionary
10
40
63
77
83
133
169
188
Scientist/Inventor
29
33
66
104
116
120
164
181
185
198
President (U.S.)
2
7
16
25
47
48
60
70
80
87
101
135
143
190
Actor
12
22
31
37
46
50
52
59
62
64
65
67
69
75
79
88
89
90
91
93
98
103
107
113
126
137
140
144
157
175
178
183
199
Actress
9
13
15
21
24
34
42
58
74
84
94
108
115
119
122
127
128
130
152
153
174
180
182
187
195
197
Musician (Pop/Rock/Other)
1
8
11
18
32
38
45
51
61
76
81
97
99
105
106
117
124
136
142
150
156
168
170
171
172
173
186
192
Musician (Hip-Hop/R&B)
3
4
6
17
30
36
39
41
43
44
85
102
109
111
112
118
129
145
151
158
159
167
177
Athlete
27
35
54
68
71
78
86
114
138
155
160
163
166
184
193
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200 Most Famous People (on Wikipedia) Quiz
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Created Oct 28, 2009 in
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nrsilver
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 07:13 GMT
6 points
Sorry for deleting the earlier version; the formatting here should hopefully be much better.
spongebob
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 09:48 GMT
1 point
great quiz, might make it!
Fidelio
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 09:58 GMT
7 points
It's Michelangelo, not Michaelangelo, and the dead reality star is Jade Goody, not Jane Goody.
nrsilver
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 10:31 GMT
5 points
Spelling bugs should be fixed
sporcl_er
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 15:11 GMT
1 point
great quiz! date range might be helpful, though.
kittens
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 18:31 GMT
20 points
Julius Caesar not Caeser
rockgolf
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 21:05 GMT
32 points
Who else got MIA free when trying Michelangelo? Or thought
Paul
McCartney would be on the list? Or finally, thought it odd that Porn Stars and Religious Leaders would end up side by side?
rockgolf
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 21:07 GMT
-4 points
Important hint: Add a space between "Activist/" and "Revolutionary". The current format makes a mess of the results page.
rockgolf
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 21:08 GMT
-3 points
Important hint:
Add a space between "Activist/" and "Revolutionary". Same with "Scientist/" & "Inventor". The current format makes a mess of the results page, because it treats these as unbreakable single words.
spurtle
:
Oct 28th, 2009 at 21:18 GMT
15 points
Great quiz. I agree that maybe another clue would be better, perhaps like nationality? Can't believe Stravinsky is more searched than Mozart.
IsThisIt
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 21:57 GMT
6 points
rockgolf: I got M.I.A. while trying Yao Ming, then realized Wikipedia is most likely blocked in China.
DRB
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 22:35 GMT
18 points
Excellent quiz... although a little depressing!
peanut4
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 22:43 GMT
5 points
This is a fantastic quiz. Only very disturbing some of those in this list and the amount of actors and actresses and even more the TV personalities in favour of some real people.
mcbain
:
Oct 28th, 2009 at 23:12 GMT
51 points
Apparently 12-year-olds really like Wikipedia.
fm_
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 23:30 GMT
9 points
Good job, though you misspelled Caesar.
RS89
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Oct 28th, 2009 at 23:43 GMT
9 points
Julius Caeser was not a monarch. He never managed to become emperor before he was killed.
BeatNavy
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 00:23 GMT
9 points
good thing paris hilton isn't listed under musician or actress.
DonEscamillo
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 00:49 GMT
11 points
Excellent. Once again, I'm surprised at how 'lazy' my mind is when it's got to look for answers it already knows...I mean, I knew about 150 of these answers, yet only answered 54.
Johnny
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 04:58 GMT
0 points
rockgolf: I don't really know how I got M.I.A, i typed it accidentaly lol
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Sally
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Oct 29th, 2009 at 19:43 GMT
-5 points
Is Michelle Obama seriously listed under "Spouse"? How about "First Lady"?
JezuzFingerz
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Oct 30th, 2009 at 04:44 GMT
12 points
A First Lady is a spouse.
batmann
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Oct 30th, 2009 at 18:03 GMT
4 points
surprised about a lot of these. i think the reason some people are so high is because they died recently (like jade goody, who the hell is that?)
NJScouser
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Nov 2nd, 2009 at 15:05 GMT
4 points
Only 80. This was pretty hard, but very good.
JezuzFingerz
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Nov 3rd, 2009 at 01:46 GMT
4 points
Just took a closer look at the quiz results. I didn't recognize the most popular actor so I Googled him. How disappointing....
Devil5231
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Nov 4th, 2009 at 17:20 GMT
3 points
I can't believe "John Cena" is 64.
Annie
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Nov 5th, 2009 at 00:11 GMT
8 points
If the columns could be arranged so they're not from shortest to longest, this quiz could be a lot more compact if the shortest was in line with the longest and the more medium columns were in the same column. I realize the wording of this is awkward, but I hope my point comes across.
kristen58
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Nov 5th, 2009 at 05:38 GMT
-4 points
you should also take JFK. I typed that and then just assumed Kennedy must not be there.
CharlieBrown
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Nov 8th, 2009 at 05:31 GMT
1 point
I think this quiz should wait till the end of the year. It would be a nice send off.
tscheno2
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Nov 10th, 2009 at 03:05 GMT
7 points
Should we laugh or be a little sad that Jenna Jameson is guessed more than MLK Jr.?
rsdwv5
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Nov 10th, 2009 at 03:31 GMT
18 points
Stephanie Meyer better add this quiz to her favorites real soon bc its the first and last time she'll ever be mentioned in the same breath these great authors.
recklessness
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Nov 10th, 2009 at 22:34 GMT
18 points
No Oprah nor Clooney in the top 200!
treemeister2
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Nov 11th, 2009 at 23:14 GMT
11 points
not gonna lie, i started this quiz and got bored very quickly, i think 200 might be too many
rockgolf
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Nov 12th, 2009 at 14:35 GMT
3 points
@Devil5231: Me either. He doesn't look a day over 40.
rockgolf
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Nov 12th, 2009 at 14:37 GMT
1 point
@Annie: I think I know what you mean, but the Sporcle quiz-builder can't set things up that way. This is actually pretty well spaced.
sousuffer
:
Nov 13th, 2009 at 17:39 GMT
5 points
Apparently outside of Jesus, famous people didn't exist until 1995!
anAmatuer
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Nov 14th, 2009 at 04:58 GMT
14 points
You would think Mozart would make this list.
autigers
:
Nov 17th, 2009 at 06:12 GMT
13 points
I stopped playing when I jokingly typed pattinson and he was the number one actor.
Gold26
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Nov 17th, 2009 at 16:49 GMT
4 points
This game is great. That is all.
Masatzuma
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Nov 19th, 2009 at 11:45 GMT
22 points
Who is Robert Pattinson?
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Spl89
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Nov 19th, 2009 at 20:25 GMT
-13 points
There's no evidence for the existance of Jesus at all.
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