Can you name the nationalities of these famous people who are more famous in other countries? by LiamAllen

Famous Person	Country of Origin	Why they are famous
Adolf Hitler		German Dictator
Fryderyk Chopin		French Composer
Rihanna		American Singer
Che Guevara		Figurehead of Cuban Revolution
Russell Crowe		Australian Actor
Mila Kunis		American Actress
Freddie Mercury		British Singer
George Orwell		British Novelist
Mel Gibson		Australian Actor
Natalie Portman		American Actress
Emma Watson		British Actress
Bruce Willis		American Actor
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington		British General

Famous Person	Country of Origin	Why they are famous
Katie Melua		British Singer
J.R.R. Tolkien		British Novelist
Louis Theroux		British TV Presenter/ Journalist
Amy Adams		American Actress
Eddie Izzard		British Comedian
Pamela Anderson		American Glamour Model
Audrey Hepburn		British Actress
Alexander Hamilton		1st US Secretary of the Treasury
John McCain		US Senator for Arizona
Joe Strummer		British Musician
Mervyn Peake		British Writer
Al Bowlly		US Jazz Musician

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Surprising Nationalities of Famous People Quiz

by LiamAllen

Created Feb 27, 2011 in Miscellaneous
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	Neilos:	Feb 27th, 2011 at 23:18 GMT	2 points
	Great idea - a couple I wouldn't call 'surprising' (Rihanna and Stephen Hawking), but those aside great quiz, plenty of surprises in there.

	giveupyet:	Feb 27th, 2011 at 23:21 GMT	3 points
	I agree with the above comment, and might add Che Guevara to the list, but I liked that there were a few surprises! 5 orbs + nominated!

	brittain33:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 00:35 GMT	3 points
	It's a stretch to refer to some of these people as having foreign nationalities when they were born of expats living abroad (like Eddie Izzard, Amy Adams, and Emma Watson.)

	jelfire:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 01:25 GMT	7 points
	Why does Hawking's extra info just state 'theoretical physicist' when every other answer has a different nationality? Also, who considers Russell Crowe an Irish actor?

	beckala63:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 03:56 GMT	2 points
	Zanzibar is not a country. Very interesting quiz though!

	Chase:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 07:20 GMT	4 points
	If you're accepting Zanzibar for Freddy Mercury you should also accept USSR for Mila Kunis.

	quizzicle:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 08:59 GMT	4 points
	Russell Crowe is considered to be Australian, not Irish.

	Riko:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 09:02 GMT	0 points
	While I think it's wise and fair to accept the modern countries, I think it would be interesting to display the name of the nation at the time of the person's birth like you did for Mercury: USSR, British India, Orange Free State and Aden for those others.

	James:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 11:31 GMT	7 points
	Surely it is common knowledge that Hitler was Austrian, Chopin was Polish, and Hawking is British?

	Neostinker:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 13:01 GMT	0 points
	Might consider replacing some of the obvious ones with other obscure ones such as Katie Melua, Joanna Lumley?

	flixuk:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 16:35 GMT	4 points
	I think the surprise with Hawking is that his computer 'voice' has an American accent.

	LiamAllen:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 22:05 GMT	4 points
	Thanks for the comments everyone. They have really helped me to improve the game and I appreciate that. Keep them coming please!

	csw:	Mar 1st, 2011 at 18:38 GMT	0 points
	Heh, waffles. NOMINATE OR REPORT? BOTH!!!!!

	csw:	Mar 1st, 2011 at 18:40 GMT	-2 points
	Where the hell is Stephen HAwking!!!!

	LiamAllen:	Mar 1st, 2011 at 19:17 GMT	5 points
	I removed Stephen Hawking and replaced him with Katie Melua as Hawking was not so suprisingly British.

	imclala:	Mar 3rd, 2011 at 21:04 GMT	1 point
	Freddie Mercury.

	Isstvan:	Mar 4th, 2011 at 18:32 GMT	0 points
	Should accept United States for USA.

	daniel12345:	Mar 4th, 2011 at 20:20 GMT	1 point
	Nice quiz!!

	LiamAllen:	Mar 4th, 2011 at 20:32 GMT	0 points
	Thanks for the helpful comments!

	Aidan27:	Mar 4th, 2011 at 22:23 GMT	1 point
	Can I suggest Nicole Kidman, who famously Australian but born in Hawaii?

	LiamAllen:	Mar 5th, 2011 at 09:05 GMT	0 points
	Then I would have two famous Australians born in the USA.

	Mutford:	Mar 5th, 2011 at 22:15 GMT	2 points
	How about Gene Simmons? Born in Israel.

	adamnvillani:	Mar 6th, 2011 at 09:15 GMT	2 points
	John McCain - Panama (Canal Zone). Again, though, he wasn't a Panamanian national. Alexander Hamilton -- St. Kitts and Nevis (British Leeward Islands colony, I think, at the time).

	LiamAllen:	Mar 6th, 2011 at 11:54 GMT	0 points
	When John McCain was born, the Panama Canal Zone was under US control.

	ReverendTom:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 02:03 GMT	1 point
	Joe Strummer was born in Turkey, Mervyn Peake in China and Al Bowlly in Mozambique. The last two might be a little obscure, though.

	catcherj:	Mar 24th, 2011 at 23:48 GMT	1 point
	@adamnvillani: Way to say exactly what I was going to say (18 days earlier). Hamilton needs fixing, and McCain should be removed entirely. If McCain was in fact born in Panama, he would not be eligible for the US presidency.

	LiamAllen:	Apr 1st, 2011 at 14:12 GMT	0 points
	As I said before, McCain was born in Panama when it was under US control and a President does not have to be a natural born citizen as long as they are an official citizen of the US and have lived there for 14 years.