Can you name the Time Person(s) of the Year?

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Time Person of the Year Quiz

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Published: June 21st, 2008
Category: History
Plays: 61,960

Tags: person, Time Person

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	jessbowen:	Oct 2nd, 2008 at 02:18 GMT	2 points
	fantastic quiz! A great list to memorize. How did Time never name John Glenn? Deep Throat would have been a fun choice too.

	RandallPinkston:	Oct 7th, 2008 at 05:01 GMT	8 points
	There are many substantive omissions from Time's list, but it's hard to conceive of the 20th century without Mao Zedong. One would think that Mandela would have made the list at some point, too.

	sdh:	Oct 10th, 2008 at 21:26 GMT	6 points
	Mandela did, sort of. He's one of "The Peacemakers" along with de Klerk, Arafat, and Rabin.

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	Faxman:	Oct 17th, 2008 at 22:43 GMT	9 points
	ElDavo, I'm pretty sure the original intent of the title of person of the year was that it was to be awarded to the biggest newsmaker of the year, regardless of whether or not they were pretty much just evil. I'm pretty sure the reason Giuliani won in 2001 instead of bin Laden was because Time didn't want to upset people.

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	Kevin:	Oct 24th, 2008 at 01:33 GMT	6 points
	Wow, someone doesn't like Republicans. Hard to claim Bush I is an **. Also, Bono is annoying, but unlike other entertainment bigmouths, he puts his money where his mouth is, and does a ton of fantastic work. Regardless of what Nixon did with the elections, he absolutely deserved to be named for getting the ball rolling with China. I still think ElDavo's post was intended to say that Hitler was on there because he did bad things, not because he's an . A lot of the people you listed as an ** (exceptions: Putin, Khomeini, You, Stalin) made the cut for doing positive things.

	fsuseminoles92:	Oct 29th, 2008 at 13:41 GMT	2 points
	I really enjoyed this quiz. Keep it up

	cocky:	Nov 28th, 2008 at 19:55 GMT	18 points
	I was trying to guess Hoover and got the guy from 1996.

PresidentJSC:

Dec 17th, 2008 at 20:10 GMT

2 points

Was quick to add Barack Obama for 2008

	Rossum:	Jan 3rd, 2009 at 02:44 GMT	8 points
	The quiz should accept Deng for Deng Xiaoping since it accepts surnames for all the other folks. And how exactly are the American Soldier and American Fighting-Man different? Either should catch both answers.

	peanut4:	Jan 25th, 2009 at 02:11 GMT	-2 points
	I've just started this quiz simply to enter the answer the question to 2006. Haven't got a clue who the rest are!!

	Etheridge2:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 01:31 GMT	4 points
	in 1993 shouldn't arafat and rabin count for the peacemakers?

	Zalx:	Mar 15th, 2009 at 18:25 GMT	1 point
	i wasted a good two minutes trying to spell salassie. blast.

	NoVan:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 02:38 GMT	2 points
	Every president from Roosevelt to Bush Jr., except Ford, and all of them were named while in office. Real creative, Time. But of the other hand, they WERE big newsmakers.

	RodBeck:	May 14th, 2009 at 22:01 GMT	2 points
	id think john paul "2" and john "23" should be acceptable along with "ii" and "xxiii."

	crazylegs:	Jun 25th, 2009 at 17:39 GMT	3 points
	@aloxin. did you call the popes ****s? im not catholic but thats pretty harsh. john paul ii was a good guy

	thisisaname:	Jul 20th, 2009 at 14:42 GMT	1 point
	@Rossum: agreed. Also, the quiz should accept FDR for Roosevelt.

	cheganmaney:	Jul 28th, 2009 at 03:43 GMT	2 points
	shouldn't Wallis Simpson or Wallis, Duchess of Windsor be acceptable for Mrs. Wallis Simpson?

	crack011:	Aug 26th, 2009 at 05:38 GMT	-2 points
	time is so stupid

	davebesag:	Sep 10th, 2009 at 10:58 GMT	1 point
	If you're looking for dislikable people in the list don't overlook Laval who was shot after WW2 by the French for being a traitor. He also stabbed the Abyssinians in the back in the 1930s.

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	covertman:	Dec 16th, 2009 at 14:40 GMT	1 point
	Need to add Ben Bernanke!

	Linesman:	Dec 16th, 2009 at 17:25 GMT	1 point
	Perhaps allow John Paul II or Jean Paul II, without needing the full title and all. Great quiz, though!

	irice22:	Dec 31st, 2009 at 20:57 GMT	1 point
	For those of you wondering why Hitler, or even George W. Bush, I offer an explanation. Time's person of the year does not have to be a benevolent person, just an influential person. Bad or good.

	JayZed:	Mar 21st, 2010 at 23:28 GMT	1 point
	The quiz needs to accept Arafat, Rabin, de Klerk, or Mandela for 1993 - the Time article referred specifically to those four individuals as men of the year. Also needs to accept "Deng" for Deng Xiaoping.

	ensiform:	Mar 28th, 2010 at 22:43 GMT	4 points
	Time has gotten cowardly. There was only one big name news maker in 2001 and it was Osama bin Laden. They were afraid to name him because idiots would mistakenly think being "Man of the Year" was necessarily something positive.

	donruss:	Apr 22nd, 2010 at 03:51 GMT	2 points
	I love to be on my computer but any organization that names "The Computer" or anything else that is not even remotely human is dubious in my book. "The Computer", really?!?

	idledandy:	Oct 3rd, 2010 at 19:09 GMT	-3 points
	@ensiform: It's not being cowardly. It's having class, decency, and respect. Not to mention that it might be bad for sales to slap "MAN OF THE YEAR" under a picture of someone who'd just killed 3,000 people.

	spolonsky:	Dec 10th, 2010 at 17:31 GMT	1 point
	how about accepting "Elizabeth" for "Elizabeth II"? It's pretty obvious that it isn't Elizabeth I.

	Aroll510:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 21:12 GMT	-1 points
	They must have felt silly for making Hitler the person of the year when looking back on it, considering the events following him recieving that honor...

	RecycleNazi:	May 14th, 2011 at 23:45 GMT	1 point
	Wow, can't believe Mother Teresa didn't make it! Great list!

	Mimbleton:	Jul 25th, 2011 at 15:46 GMT	2 points
	I forgot about me...