Can you name the country that these famous figures were born in? by LondonBlue

Famous Figure	Country of Birth	Famous for...
Eva Herzigová		Supermodel
Sharbat Gula		Subject of the most famous photograph in National Geographic's history
Serge Blanco		International Rugby Union Player
Samuel Eto'o		International Footballer
Pope Benedict XVI		Incumbent Pope & Head of Catholic Church
Alexander the Great		Emperor, Military Leader
Saddam Hussein		Politician, Dictator, War Criminal
Jimmy Choo		Fashion Designer
Genghis Khan		Emperor, Military Leader
Ban Ki-moon		Incumbent UN Secretary-General
Siddhārtha Gautama		Spiritualist, founder of Bhuddism
Uri Geller		Magician
Kim Collins		World Athletics Championships Gold-Medallist
Billy Ocean		Pop Musician
Amitabh Bachchan		Actor & Singer (Zanjeer)
Hristo Stoichkov		International Footballer, former Ballon d'Or recipient
Nicolaus Copernicus		Astronomer
Björk		Alternative Singer
Sun Tzu		Military Leader, Author (The Art of War)
Rihanna		R&B Singer
Monica Ali		Novelist (Brick Lane)
Nelson Mandela		Politician, Revolutionary
Antoni Gaudí		Modernist Architect
Eric Moussambani		'Eric the Eel', Olympic Swimmer
Neil Armstrong		Astronaut & First Man on the Moon
Shakira		Pop Star
Frida Kahlo		Surrealist Painter
Coco Chanel		Fashion Designer
Roger Federer		Professional Tennis Player
Paulo Wanchope		Former International Footballer
Kim Yong-il		Politician
Didier Drogba		International Footballer
Vasco da Gama		Explorer
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini		Politician, Religious Leader
Irving Saladino		Olympic Gold-Medallist
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar		Former UN Secretary-General
Djimon Hounsou		Actor (Gladiator)
Kofi Annan		Former UN Secretary-General

Famous Figure	Country of Birth	Famous for...
Mikhail Baryshnikov		Ballet Dancer
Rembrandt		Portrait/Religious Painter
Muhammad		Prophet, Founder of Islam
Sir Alexander Fleming		Pharmacologist, Nobel Laureate
Emmanuel Adebayor		International Footballer
Youssou N'Dour		Singer
Ryuichi Sakamoto		Musician/Composer
Idi Amin		Military Dictator
Slobodan Milošević		Politician/War Criminal
Borat Sagdiyev		Fictional TV Presenter
Vlad III the Impaler		Prince
Mika Häkkinen		Formula 1 World Champion
Joseph Stalin		Communist Leader
Hassanal Bolkiah		Sultan
Ingrid Bergman		Actress (Casablanca)
Marco Polo		Explorer
Salote Tupou III		Queen
Paul Rusesabagina		Humanitarian
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie		Olympic Gold-Medallist
Armin Tamzarian aka Seymour Skinner		Fictitious Elementary School Principal
Sir Edmund Hillary		Conqueror of Mount Everest
Robert Mugabe		Politician
Fidel Castro		Communist Leader, Revolutionary
Edvard Grieg		Classical Composer
Brian Lima		Former International Rugby Union Player
Louis B Mayer		Hollywood Producer
U Thant		Former UN Secretary-General
Hakeem Olajuwon		Former Professional Basketball Player
George Weah		International Footballer, former Ballon d'Or recipient
Prince Albert II		Sovereign Prince
Frankie Fredericks		Olympic Silver-Medallist
Shabani Nonda		International Footballer
Keanu Reeves		Actor (The Matrix)
Eddy Grant		Reggae Singer
Hicham El Guerrouj		Olympic Gold-Medallist
Iman		Supermodel
Muammar al-Gaddafi		Military Leader
Paradorn Srichaphan		Professional Tennis Player

Famous Figure	Country of Birth	Famous for...
Eva Perón		First Lady, Spiritual Leader
László József Bíró		Inventor
Ang Lee		Director (Brokeback Mountain)
Pablo Neruda		Poet, Nobel Laureate
Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard		Neurophysiologist, describer of Brown-Séquard syndrome
Adolf Hitler		Politician, Nazi Leader
Haile Selassie I		Emperor, Internationalist
Milla Jovovich		Actress (Resident Evil)
Niels Bohr		Physicist, Nobel Laureate
Louis Theroux		TV Presenter (When Louis Met...)
Luol Deng		Professional Basketball Player
Sir Donald Bradman		Test Cricketer
Freddy Keiaho		Professional American Football Player
Isla Fisher		Actress (Home & Away)
Mehmed II		Sultan & Conqueror of Constantinople
Barack Hussein Obama, Sr.		Father of Barack Obama, Incumbent President of the United States
Bianca Jagger		Human Rights Advocate/Ambassador
Benazir Bhutto		Revolutionary Politician
Audrey Hepburn		Actress (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
Hồ Chí Minh		Politician, Communist Revolutionary
David Banda		Madonna's Adopted Son
James Joyce		Novelist/Poet (Ulysses)
Usain Bolt		Olympic Gold-Medallist
Wayne Gretzky		Former Professional Ice Hockey Player
Pol Pot		Khmer Rouge Leader
Pyotr Tchaikovsky		Classical Composer
Roque Santa Cruz		International Footballer
Sir Viv Richards		Test Cricketer
Mother Teresa		Nun/Humanitarian
Clarence Seedorf		International Footballer
Wyclef Jean		Musician/Rapper, Producer
Sérgio Mendes		Jazz Musician
Goran Višnjić		Actor (ER)
Cleopatra VII		Queen/Pharoah
Daniela Hantuchová		Professional Tennis Player
Gavrilo Princip		Nationalist, Assassin, Instigator of World War I
Garry Kasparov		Chess Grandmaster
Muttiah Muralitharan		Test Cricketer

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Where are they from? Quiz

by LondonBlue

Created Nov 27, 2009 in Geography
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	LondonBlue:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 15:45 GMT	3 points
	Some of these are a bit obscure, but I wanted to get all 195 countries in. Also, the person in the clue was BORN in the country in the answer, but is not necessarily associated with the country. If there are any suggestions to make it better (ie more famous citizens of a particular country), or any mistakes, then let me know. Good Luck!

	beatrixkiddo:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 16:44 GMT	1 point
	great quiz - i only managed 80 in my 15 minutes.

	waterjoe:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 17:23 GMT	4 points
	It gets hard to scroll down to find the "famous for" and then scroll back up to enter the answer. Is there a way to put the "famous for" hint by the entry box? I am not familiar enough with how to create quizzes to know if the at is possible.

	LondonBlue:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 17:31 GMT	2 points
	Fair point there, but it is impossible unless I combine the name and the hint in the same box. It would be untidy then. I'm thinking of dropping a lot of the obscure ones - or should I leave them in?

	gqb:	Nov 27th, 2009 at 21:37 GMT	0 points
	Either that or break it into two quizzes - maybe Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere or something like that.

	LondonBlue:	Dec 2nd, 2009 at 23:16 GMT	3 points
	I decided to cut the relatively unknown ones out - especially ones that aren't really household names. However, there is now an abundance of sports stars - sorry!

	md853:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 14:51 GMT	1 point
	Mustafa Kemal was actually born in Thessaloniki wich is Greek nowadays.

	LondonBlue:	Dec 3rd, 2009 at 17:10 GMT	2 points
	Good spot - I've changed it.

	sevorak:	Feb 4th, 2010 at 17:50 GMT	2 points
	You should specify that these are the present day countries, or also accept the country that was there when they were born. For example, the USSR contained Kasparov's country of birth at the time and Austria-Hungary contained Gavrilo Princip.

	Fidelio:	Feb 4th, 2010 at 18:20 GMT	2 points
	I was really expecting to see Freddie Mercury on here, but alas, no Tanzania. Also...I suggest giving us more time.

	bambam:	Feb 4th, 2010 at 19:10 GMT	1 point
	The name Sharbat Gula meant nothing to me but when I saw the hint, her face came to me immediately. Whenever I see that picture, it's hard to stop looking at it.