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So Newsweek offered America the cover to the left, which naturally led us to wonder what other specious historical faceoffs we could come up with. Granted, none of ours, right, has the admittedly remarkable coincidence of Lincoln and Darwin being born on the same day, but Newsweek didn’t have the guts to include a fictional lizard.

Lincoln vs. Darwin: Who matters more?

Obama vs. Edison: Who wanted change more?

Newton vs. Daley: Who is smarte– Never mind.

Phelps vs. Washington: Who’d cross the Delaware faster?

Gandhi vs. Godzilla: Can just anybody learn non-violence?

Jolie vs. Jesus: Who can sell more magazines?