[history quiz] how many of these ten can you get

Who is this person?

1] Inclined to favour Matilda, Countess of Anjou, this man was arrested at St Albans, he acquiesced, was set free, gathered a force, took Cambridge, the abbey at Ramsay was sacked and then this man withdrew to the fens, in preparation for a long siege.

2] Schiller, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Twain, Shaw, and Brecht, have created works about her, and depictions of her continue to be prevalent in film, television, and song. She had visions, became a heroine at 17 and died at 19, on a trumped up charge.

3] He surrounded himself with all the luxuries and the external grandeur of an Eastern monarch, and his government prospered. He entered into an alliance with Hiram I, king of Tyre; the first half of his reign was better - in the second, he fell into idol worship.

4] When 19, he opened his own tailor shop; an unsophisticated, pugnacious but honest man without oratorical and political skills, he did more for the power of the presidency against congress than any before or since. Ross voted him not guilty.

5] Reporter, columnist and editor for Baltimore's Sun papers, he was especially well-known in the 1920s for his witty and insightful commentaries on the wretchedness of humanity. He edited The Smart Set and American Mercury.

6] Of Scottish descent, he became Russian Minister of War in 1810 and his cold, determined and scientific approach probably saved his army from early destruction at the hands of a full-strength Grande Armee. Other commanders did not like his caution.

7] A dutch exotic dancer, she was also adept at ballet and tried her hand at intrigue but the French were not impressed with he efforts. Apocryphal story of her once wearing only a fur coat and boots, her myth finally caught up with her.

8] Considered by many historians as the world's first multi-genius, he was revered in the ancient world as a poet, philosopher, physician, and astronomer. But he is best remembered as the creator of the first pyramid, the step pyramid and for two recent movies.

9] Raised in Tulsa, Clapton is perhaps his greatest fan, has influenced Dire Straits, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, the Allman Brothers, Johnny Cash, The Band, Santana, Captain Beefheart, and Bryan Ferry. Widespread Panic covered him not so long ago; he remains cantankerous and yet laid back in the extreme.

10] Played the clavier at three and composed his first piece at five; the Pope conferred knighthood on him early. He wrote on an official form regarding his salary: "Too much for what I accomplish, and too little for what I could accomplish."

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