Can you pick the historical figures from each column who were born in the same (modern day) country?

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Historical Figures per Country Quiz

by beforever

Created Feb 9, 2013 in History
Featured May 15, 2013
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	Extinctanimals22:	May 15th, 2013 at 15:13 GMT		4 points
	@potternerd333 Alexander the Great was born in Pella in modern-day Greece so I see why they included him with other Greeks.

	sonza68:	May 15th, 2013 at 15:28 GMT		49 points
	I can never keep track of which Germans are actually Austrian.

	chriskotx:	May 15th, 2013 at 15:44 GMT		20 points
	Anne Frank moved from Germany to Amsterdam at the age of 4. She belongs on a "Born in Unexpected Places" quiz.

	BostonMatt:	May 15th, 2013 at 16:10 GMT		13 points
	Would be very interesting to see the actual mistakes (as opposed to by country) here. I'd be very curious how many people had Anne Frank as something other than German, and Hitler as a German rather than Austrian...

	gopaladins:	May 15th, 2013 at 16:35 GMT		13 points
	@chriskotx: you should make that quiz!

	nowai:	May 15th, 2013 at 18:39 GMT		7 points
	@BostonMatt: like chriskotx said, Anne Frank lived in Amsterdam for the majority of her life, the Anne Frank House is a tourist attraction in Amsterdam and she wrote her diary in Dutch. I wouldn't say it's a well-known fact that she was in fact born in Germany.

	dumbgai:	May 15th, 2013 at 19:24 GMT		7 points
	I think this quiz is really cool because many of these people originated from different states/countries that correspond to the same modern country today. Like ancient China vs. modern China, Roman Empire vs. Italy, etc.

	zamboni:	May 15th, 2013 at 19:51 GMT		2 points
	i keep on forgetting that you lose turns for wrong answers. I slowed down after cursing the computer for my own stupidity.

	Sporcitup:	May 15th, 2013 at 21:25 GMT		6 points
	Ptolemy was also the name of Ptolemy I, who was the Alexander the Great's general, and was of course born in Macedon (Greece for purposes of the quiz).

	xolkan:	May 15th, 2013 at 21:42 GMT		1 point
	And Corsica is a part of France, so I don't know what you are trying to say.

	Acid_Snow:	May 15th, 2013 at 21:44 GMT		0 points
	Not sure why Qin's family name isn't there.

	cathrinerose:	May 16th, 2013 at 01:09 GMT		1 point
	I agree with Sorcitup. If we're going by nation of birth Ptolemy I was a Macedonian, now (mostly) part of Greece. Why not any of the other Ptolemys or Hypatia, or Mbarak or Hatshepsut?

	beforever:	May 16th, 2013 at 01:22 GMT		5 points
	As the creator of this quiz, I've 'Reported a Mistake' and suggested making it 'Claudius Ptolemy' instead to specify it's that one I'm talking about, and not 'Ptolemy I Soter'.

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	T6Skizzle:	May 16th, 2013 at 05:18 GMT		4 points
	@chriskotx: Another Person Born in an Unexpected Place, Mel Gibson was actually born in New York and his family didn't move to Australia until he was 12. So...I guess he can run for president?

	needapausebutton:	May 16th, 2013 at 05:19 GMT		5 points
	@beforever: I've made the change for you to "Claudius Ptolemy"

	Terentius_Varro:	May 16th, 2013 at 11:54 GMT		8 points
	Homer was probably born in modern day Turkey, judging by his use of the Ionian dialect. Although some think it was actually Chios, which is Greek even today. And all that is only if he really existed, which is something scholars still aren't sure about. Long story short: we don't know **** about Homeros.

	MatteSE:	May 16th, 2013 at 12:08 GMT		10 points
	I always thought that Homer was born in Springfield. One learn something new every day.

	phibbyfan:	May 17th, 2013 at 06:51 GMT		3 points
	Although I always appreciate geographic diversity in country quizzes, I understand that this sort of quiz is harder with less spread. China and Egypt were very simple while some of the European ones made me think (and I thought too much and ran out of time. lol)

	diving:	May 19th, 2013 at 01:12 GMT		2 points
	Jonberg - There are currently two places called Macedonia: Macedonia the country as well as the region of Macedonia in Greece, which is home to the birthplace of Alexander the Great (Pella). There is a fairly tense dispute between the two areas over the rights to name.