Can you name the alternate spellings of Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi's surname?

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Source: abcnews.com
Because of the difficulty transliterating Arabic to English, there are several different ways to spell Gaddafi. Just be glad we didn't ask for the entire name!
Note: In the interest of sanity, 'Al' and 'El' are not included in the name.
Also try: Famous Logos in Arabic

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Can you spell Gadaffi? Quiz

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	Hullabaloo:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 16:11 GMT		8 points
	Dayum that was a toughie. I could only get 7

	1derfool:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 16:19 GMT		61 points
	A crazy name for a crazy guy

	lucia:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 16:20 GMT		5 points
	I got 9. Here in Brazil, we call it mostly Kadafi. Some say Gadafi, though

	jshep:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 16:27 GMT		11 points
	It's a good thing you didn't include his first name -- that probably would double the number of answers!

	passwordcat:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 16:54 GMT		0 points
	really hard - i only got 7 :(

	skSK:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 17:26 GMT		51 points
	I'm surprised just plain old "daffy" isn't a bonus answer.

	lichenboy:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 17:49 GMT		14 points
	Argh! That was frickin' difficult! And fun. I'm also amazed at how many of my guesses failed, when they seemed no less logical than the ones that make it into print. A rough estimate of the number of possible permutations for each phoneme (only the last a is constant): Ga, Ka, Gha, Kha, Qa, Qua: 6 d, dd,dh, dhdh, dth, th, zz: 7 a: 1 f, ff: 2 i, y: 2 That's 168. Good luck guessing which are on the list.

	Tower:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 18:03 GMT		66 points
	Who clicked "Give Up" instantly just to see how many ways his name can be spelled?

	Uhlan:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 18:09 GMT		10 points
	I missed the most-got one (Gadafi) and yet scored at the 96th percentile. How the hell is that even possible?

	TAR2:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 18:14 GMT		17 points
	"Qadhdhāfī"...Wow.

	hibernia:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 18:15 GMT		0 points
	@Uhlan... sporcle math. Actually, the numbers measure two separate items. Most-got is for each individual answer. The percentile is based on the total number of correct answers you gave, not any specific answer.

	emilkr:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 18:16 GMT		1 point
	Hah, I only got 14/31. But great quiz. This must be að world record: 31 ways to spell your surname...

	BamaRainbow:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 18:30 GMT		2 points
	@emilkr: Considering that his name can ALSO include the prefix "al-" or "el-" the number of spellings increases by at least a couple dozen (that's including the variations which capitalize the prefix and those that don't use the hyphen).

	MRL:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 18:34 GMT		17 points
	A few weeks ago I was reading an old (mid-80s) Firestorm comic... and one of the characters (a newsman) made a throw-away line about how he wished they could come to a consensus about how to spell Gaddafi. It's kind of amazing that not only is he still relevant, but there's still no consensus. I would have thought the major English news sources would have agreed by now to spell it one particular way just to make it simple, even if Gaddafi himself isn't consistent on it.

	eab21:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 18:39 GMT		5 points
	I thought there were just 4, but no. Sporcle strives to make me even more confused.

	yearofglad:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 18:40 GMT		46 points
	I tried "Godawful," hoping for at least a bonus answer.

	donnyc83:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 18:42 GMT		29 points
	A rose by any other name...would still be a prick.

	Pogues:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 18:43 GMT		16 points
	I think I bamaged my drain.

	eab21:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 18:45 GMT		3 points
	There are a lot of different spellings of "Muammar," too. Mabye make another quiz for his first name?

	Meltha:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 19:04 GMT		14 points
	At one point I seriously considered typing Joe, just to see.

	tulliuscicero:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 19:09 GMT		16 points
	Wouldn't **** be an acceptable answer? That's how I've always seen it spelled.

	Dublin2011:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 19:10 GMT		1 point
	So 31 ways to spell his name . No wonder the guy looped out and wired himself to the moon . Godaffi nor Gadfitti were noted nor was Gadaf**e nor the more popular Gob**e . Somebody needs to find a place for this kookaburra to flee to before any more innocent people are killed ? How about it Tristan Da Cunha or Madagascar or Kiribati ?

	lynnline:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 19:32 GMT		0 points
	How is it that there is no option for "C" but there are many for "K"? Weird - I was guessing "C" and didn't try "K" at all cuz I got frustrated.

	tinmen:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 19:35 GMT		3 points
	kinda makes Bush not look so bad after all

	tinmen:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 19:36 GMT		33 points
	and this was most definitely NOT "too-US centric" of a quiz

	seamus_harper:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 19:47 GMT		2 points
	Brilliant!!

	trick39berry:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 20:04 GMT		2 points
	wow. i cant believe i didnt even think of k y and q...

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	delToro87:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 20:48 GMT		42 points
	@JamesSnell Yes you're quite right, the sporcle staff and users should cease making and taking quizzes, and form a private militia to go into Libya and remove him ourselves. C'mon, its a quiz website! What d'you expect it to do?

	Orrez:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 20:51 GMT		9 points
	you should also accept "dead man walking"

	JamesSnell:	Mar 23rd, 2011 at 20:53 GMT		20 points
	Sorry if my suggestions cause offence, I am just angry he has a right to do this to his own people, @delToro87: very funny come back, though!