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Test your knowledge with the Most Famous People (MIT's Pantheon) 10x10 Grid Quiz. Fill in the grid with top-ranking historical figures.

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Most Famous People (MIT’s Pantheon) 10×10 Blackout

The object of this game is to fill all 100 squares in the grid by naming people who meet the qualifications listed across the top for the birth year range shown in the cells. People must be in the top 10000 of the MIT Pantheon's listing of most famous people of all time.

Occupation is based on Pantheon's occupation classification - obviously many people can fit into multiple occupations, but only one is assigned to each person.

One word refers to the Pantheon name for the person being a one-word name.

Birth year ranges and columns are randomized each time the quiz is loaded. Occasionally a cell may not have a qualifying answer in which case it will appear blank and be a gimme.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red. Missed answers will be the person ranked the highest who qualifies for that cell.

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Most Famous People Born In The 1800’s (MIT’s Pantheon) 10×10 Blackout

The object of this game is to fill all 100 squares in the grid by naming people who meet the qualifications listed across the top for the birth year range shown in the cells. People must be in the top 10000 of the MIT Pantheon's listing of most famous people of all time and be born in the 1800s or later. There are a little over 2000 such people included on this quiz.

Occupation is based on Pantheon's occupation classification - obviously many people can fit into multiple occupations, but only one is assigned to each person.

One word refers to the Pantheon name for the person being a one-word name.

Birth year ranges and columns are randomized each time the quiz is loaded. Occasionally a cell may not have a qualifying answer in which case it will appear blank and be a gimme.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red. Missed answers will be the person ranked the highest who qualifies for that cell.

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Most Famous People Born In The 1900’s (MIT’s Pantheon) 10×10 Blackout

The object of this game is to fill all 100 squares in the grid by naming people who meet the qualifications listed across the top for the birth year range shown in the cells. People must be in the top 10000 of the MIT Pantheon's listing of most famous people of all time and be born in 1900 or later. There are a little over 3000 such people included on this quiz.

Occupation is based on Pantheon's occupation classification - obviously many people can fit into multiple occupations, but only one is assigned to each person.

One word refers to the Pantheon name for the person being a one-word name.

Birth year ranges and columns are randomized each time the quiz is loaded. Occasionally a cell may not have a qualifying answer in which case it will appear blank and be a gimme.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red. Missed answers will be the person ranked the highest who qualifies for that cell.

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Top 1000 Baby Names 10×10 Blackout

Fill in the 100 squares with top 1000 US Baby Names (1000 for male, 1000 for female - most current year of data) based on the categories in the top row and the first letter of the name given in the cell. For example, if you are looking at a cell with 'C' in its row, and '8+ Letters' in the column, that cell can be filled in with 'Charlotte.'

Baby names not in the top 1000 for either gender will not be accepted.

Occasionally a cell may not have a qualifying answer, in which case it will appear blank and be a gimme.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red - they will be the baby name with the most births which qualified in each cell.

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Top 1000 Baby Names Triple Blackout

Fill in the 100 squares with 3 top 1000 US Baby Names (1000 for male, 1000 for female - most current year of data) based on the categories in the top row and the first letter of the name given in the cell. For example, if you are looking at a cell with 'C' in its row, and '8+ Letters' in the column, that cell can be filled in with 'Charlotte.' When a cell is completed it fills in green.

Baby names not in the top 1000 for either gender will not be accepted.

Occasionally a cell may not have any qualifying answer, in which case it will be filled in bright green and be a gimme. Cells with two answers left will have a very dark green background, those with one answer left more of an evergreen shade, and finally bright green for those which have been completed. Some cells with only 1 or 2 valid answers will start with a green shade corresponding to how many answers are left.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red - they will be the baby name with the most births which qualified in each cell.

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Top 5000 US Surnames 10×10 Blackout

Fill in the 100 squares with top 5000 US surnames based on the categories in the top row and the first letter of the name given in the cell. For example, if you are looking at a cell with 'C' in its row, and '4 Letters' in the column, that cell can be filled in with 'Cook.'

Surnames not in the top 5000 will not be accepted.

Occasionally a cell may not have a qualifying answer, in which case it will appear blank and be a gimme.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red - they will be the most popular surname which qualified in each cell.

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Top 5000 US Surnames Triple Blackout

Fill in the 100 squares with 3 top 5000 US surnames based on the categories in the top row and the first letter of the name given in the cell. For example, if you are looking at a cell with 'C' in its row, and '4 Letters' in the column, that cell can be filled in with 'Cook.' When a cell is completed it fills in green.

Surnames not in the top 5000 will not be accepted.

Occasionally a cell may not have any qualifying answer, in which case it will be filled in bright green and be a gimme. Cells with two answers left will have a very dark green background, those with one answer left more of an evergreen shade, and finally bright green for those which have been completed. Some cells with only 1 or 2 valid answers will start with a green shade corresponding to how many answers are left.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red - they will be the most popular surname which qualified in each cell.

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