Can you name the famous naturalized citizens of the United States?

Hint	Naturalized Citizen	Birth Country
Inventor of the telephone		United Kingdom
Actor who played James Bond		Ireland
Artist associated with Dadaism		France
Physicist who developed the theory of relativity		Germany
Former New York Knicks center		Jamaica
Former ABC news anchor		Canada
Secretary of State under Nixon and Ford		Germany
Owner of FOX and the Wall Street Journal		Australia
Former Houston Rockets center		Nigeria
Artist and John Lennon's wife		Japan
Cardinals/Angels MVP 1st Baseman		Dominican Republic
Governor of California		Austria
Director of 'Signs' and 'The Sixth Sense'		India
Successful female golfer		Sweden
Host of 'Jeopardy!'		Canada
Actress in 'Frida' and producer of 'Ugly Betty'		Mexico
Physicist who helped develop the 1st nuclear reactor		Italy
Author of 'The Fountainhead' and 'Atlas Shrugged'		Russia
Starred in 'Monster' and 'Hancock'		South Africa
US soccer prodigy who joined DC United at age 14		Ghana

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Famous Naturalized Citizens of the US Quiz

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	Koltrane:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 18:11 GMT		-4 points
	When I saw the top most answered entry, all I could say is, "Oh no!!!"

	theworryrock:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 18:38 GMT		16 points
	Thanks for accepting M. Night :) Definitely tried his last name 10 ways before giving up!

	spartacat:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 19:01 GMT		1 point
	all I could think for 'Dadaism' was Man Ray, then I started mashing in every French painter I could think of until I got it

	gtf:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 19:10 GMT		3 points
	Guitarist Slash could be an addition (born in England).

	WyattsTorch:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 19:18 GMT		3 points
	No, WyattsTorch, Dada is NOT the name of the artist...

	ikspuls:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 19:39 GMT		-2 points
	Cardinals/ ANGELS threw me off a bit for Pujols.

	highbad:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 19:51 GMT		21 points
	Good quiz. People who gripe about immigration should take this quiz to remind them of the important and sometimes world-changing roles immigrants can play.

	jimmydoom:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 19:52 GMT		4 points
	thanks for accepting natalie portman's real last name :)

	dawidowmaka:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 20:10 GMT		6 points
	I figured out how to spell Shyamalan on the fourth try. I think I have filled my accomplishment quota for the day.

	barnztormre:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 20:17 GMT		17 points
	Too bad it wasn't a Scottish Bond. It'd be nice to see Connery and Trebek together on a non-Celebrity Jeopardy quiz.

	johnlk:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 20:36 GMT		14 points
	I don't think Portman is a naturalized citizen. Her mother is American, which means she was an American citizen from birth, even if she was born in Israel.

	TraceyLynn:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 20:39 GMT		6 points
	How is Bell a naturalized citizen of the US when he lived in Scotland and Canada? I'm a little confused here.

	TraceyLynn:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 20:44 GMT		5 points
	Forget my previous comment. I forgot he worked in the US in Boston. Sorry!!!

	JayZed:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 20:54 GMT		7 points
	Natalie Portman is not a naturalized US citizen - she was born with dual Israel-US citizenship (her mother is a US citizen).

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	A_Trep:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 21:19 GMT		12 points
	@highbad: Not trying to stir the pot here, but I'd say the people who gripe about immigration are talking more about illegal immigration and don't have a problem with naturalization (legal immigration).

	tbwilson:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 21:32 GMT		3 points
	Nice quiz, and definitely begging for a sequel (Bob Hope, Dave Matthews, Desi Arnaz, Padma Lakshmi, Yakov Smirnoff, John Jacob Astor, Typhoid Mary, Djimon Hounsou, Madeleine Albright...)

	doc7ace:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 21:56 GMT		7 points
	craig ferguson too

	dlh9690:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 22:09 GMT		13 points
	Yeah, Craig Ferguson was who I thought of first, actually. I loved getting to see his naturilization on his show, he's certainly one of our proudest new citizens.

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	WCRoentgen:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 22:52 GMT		2 points
	Confused here. Several posts on Natalie Portman, but she's not on the quiz?

	ezois:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 23:09 GMT		1 point
	Spent way too much time spelling Schwarzenegger .

	aznemesis:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 23:18 GMT		18 points
	@A_Trep: As someone who lives in Arizona, I can tell you that most people may claim they're only concerned about "illegal" immigration. However, when you actually talk to them, their actual problem is with anyone with brown skin and a Spanish surname. Just Google an Arizona newspaper. The Arizona Daily Star [Tucson] and the Arizona Republic [Phoenix] are the two largest. Go to their websites. Read the comments of any article about Mexican-Americans, whether they are legal, illegal, or American-born. It will be filled with the most disgusting bigotry you've ever read--and it won't be from just one or two people. It will be hundreds of comments in the same vein. "Illegal immigration" is just a code word for bigots. Like others Shyamalan was the kicker for me. It took me a long time to get the y and the a's in the right places. Schwarzenegger was easy, because I took German for years. You don't really want to break the name down and think about it, because the literal translation is more than a little offensive. However, it's just a compound word. Anyone who has spent any time in a German class should be able to spell it.

	Mackadal:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 23:43 GMT		4 points
	Where the hell is Nikola Tesla???

	Colmar:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 23:43 GMT		4 points
	Yellow-bellied, flip-flopping traitors! Fun quiz, I immediately thought of Trebek for leaving our great country.

	A_Trep:	Dec 29th, 2011 at 23:51 GMT		2 points
	@aznemesis: It's probably a more poignant issue where you are in Arizona no doubt, but I myself have nothing against anyone who enters the country legally under a work visa and becomes a resident alien or naturalized citizen. I do have a problem with illegal immigrants cheating the system. No code. No bigotry. Even though Mexico is where a majority of illegals come from it really has nothing to do with Mexico to me... Immigration and Racism are really two different issues. I have no problem with Mexicans who want to legally become Americans.

	dipayanban:	Dec 30th, 2011 at 02:28 GMT		6 points
	I'm pretty sure Charlie Sheen should be on here, considering he acts like a martian half the time...

	drn211:	Dec 30th, 2011 at 02:48 GMT		3 points
	@WCR: She was on the quiz originally but was pulled.

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	pmo09:	Dec 30th, 2011 at 05:22 GMT		2 points
	Alexander Graham Bell is a Naturalized citizen of Canada, not the US

	zeppelinoid:	Dec 30th, 2011 at 10:32 GMT		7 points
	A realy good idea for a quiz, but I was very surprised that I had only heard of 10 out of the 20 people. I would agree with comments that obscure sportsmen, actors and news readers could be supplanted by a wealth of more interesting famous people many of whom are mentioned above.

	Phil_Rose:	Dec 30th, 2011 at 10:34 GMT		4 points
	kebert xela...only saying his name backwards can send him back to the fifth dimension where he belongs.

	Caligula:	Dec 30th, 2011 at 16:25 GMT		2 points
	I could't spell Arnold's surname if my life depended on it. I'm not even going to try.

	leob:	Dec 30th, 2011 at 17:26 GMT		1 point
	Nice trick with Ayn Rand. Asimov would have been too easy.

	johnspartan4187:	Dec 30th, 2011 at 20:21 GMT		4 points
	Bell didn't invent the telephone, he just patented it. So Stephen Fry tells me anyway...

	katesutton:	Dec 30th, 2011 at 20:23 GMT		2 points
	Pretty sure that should be "Former" Governor of California, unless there was an election I don't know about (and a change of term limits).