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History Makers Words for the imposter game
- Marie Curie
- Genghis Khan
- Jane Austen
- Neil Armstrong
- Cleopatra
- Nikola Tesla
- Florence Nightingale
- Julius Caesar
- Vincent Van Gogh
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Isaac Newton
- Marco Polo
- Anne Frank
- Beethoven
- Alexander the Great
- Rosa Parks
- Galileo
- Amelia Earhart
- Michelangelo
- Confucius
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20 of the 55 words in Imposterly’s History Makers pack, from the Pop Culture shelf. Family-safe, so kids can play too. New to the game? How to play.
What the words mean
The app shows each word with a line like this, so nobody gets caught out by a word they’ve never heard.
- Marie Curie
- Polish-French scientist who won two Nobel Prizes for radioactivity
- Genghis Khan
- Mongol warrior who built a giant empire
- Jane Austen
- English novelist who wrote Pride and Prejudice
- Neil Armstrong
- American astronaut, the first person to walk on the Moon
- Cleopatra
- The last queen of ancient Egypt
- Nikola Tesla
- Inventor who pioneered AC electricity
- Florence Nightingale
- British nurse called the Lady with the Lamp
- Julius Caesar
- Famous Roman general and ruler
- Vincent Van Gogh
- Dutch painter of The Starry Night and Sunflowers
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Leader of India's peaceful fight for independence
- Isaac Newton
- English scientist who explained gravity
- Marco Polo
- Venetian explorer who travelled to China
- Anne Frank
- Jewish girl whose wartime diary became famous
- Beethoven
- German composer who kept writing music after going deaf
- Alexander the Great
- Macedonian king who conquered a vast empire
- Rosa Parks
- Civil rights hero who refused to give up her bus seat
- Galileo
- Italian astronomer who studied the skies with a telescope
- Amelia Earhart
- First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
- Michelangelo
- Italian artist who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling
- Confucius
- Ancient Chinese teacher and philosopher
Everyone’s card says Marie Curie. The imposter’s says Genghis Khan.
That’s Decoy mode: the imposter knows they’re the imposter and gets a word from the same pack to hide behind. In Classic, they get no word at all. How to play
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