Tournament no. 3

16 October 2026

The measure

Players were told: eight people, ranked by a year. The secret was Who was born first?

The eight, in order

Elizabeth I1533
Isaac Newton1643
Napoleon Bonaparte1769
Vincent van Gogh1853
Winston Churchill1874
Albert Einstein1879
Charlie Chaplin1889
Walt Disney1901

How the bracket went

Quarter-final: Isaac Newton beat Albert Einstein
Quarter-final: Vincent van Gogh beat Walt Disney
Quarter-final: Napoleon Bonaparte beat Charlie Chaplin
Quarter-final: Elizabeth I beat Winston Churchill
Semi-final: Isaac Newton beat Vincent van Gogh
Semi-final: Elizabeth I beat Napoleon Bonaparte
Final: Elizabeth I beat Isaac Newton