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10 Most Fascinating People By Year

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Name the 10 most fascinating people by year according to Barbara Walters – no list for 2000 & 2001, some lists aren’t exactly 10. A couple answers are naming a TV show’s cast – simply name the show (hint will be ‘TV Show’). Last year of this list was in 2015. Sorted alphabetically by last name for each year.

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jdtrue63

2 years ago

Harris, Martin & Winfrey were all guessed and accepted but all 3 also showed up in 20 missed answers and 20 hardest answers???

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darin

2 years ago

Reply to jdtrue63

yeah I messed up making this quiz and can’t fix the stats easily without deleting them all, so I’m just gonna leave as is.

sheamcc

2 years ago

I gave up and started guessing common last names and it worked for me

K7vn

10 years ago

One of the few quizzes where I’m proud to have scored so low.

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Will2Power

6 years ago

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I guessed Lady Gaga to test it and she was one of them so I quit.

delta1

10 years ago

There are no winners in this quiz.

Ovamiat

2 years ago

Reply to delta1

2002 has a winner in it. *hums the “Jeopardy” theme*

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