Can you name the people whose names contain a geographic feature (city, country, etc)? by tomjenkins

Hint	Person
Pulitzer prize winning playwright known for 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'
R&B singer of “brown skin” and “little things”
Fictional rockstar portrayed by Miley Cyrus
American author from San Francisco, wrote 'White Fang'
Nominated for Best Director Oscar for 'Tootsie'
11-year old Japanese killer popularized as an internet meme
Knicks player and Member of the USA 2000 Olympic basketball team
US reservist given a dishonorable discharge after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal

Hint	Person
Female novelist, works include “The Waves” and “A room of one's own”
Siberian Husky that helped transport the diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska
Brand of Tropical t-shirts
Winner of season 1 of Dancing with the Stars
Attorney General under Bill Clinton administration
African-American actor starring in 'Boyz n the Hood'
Mythical Prince of Troy and slayer of Achilles

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People on a Map Quiz

by tomjenkins

Created Oct 13, 2009 in Geography
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	tomjenkins:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 03:29 GMT		1 point
	Let me know if there is anything that needs to be improved on, hope you guys enjoy this game!

	Thalia:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 04:54 GMT		1 point
	Great theme... I would suggest changing the ratio of the column widths (more space for clues, less for answers). Also, it's India Arie (not Aire).

	Eliot:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 04:58 GMT		6 points
	Agree with Thalia about Aire/Arie. Also, the headings promise that the quiz will be about names of people. PEOPLE. So, a Siberian Husky does not belong on the quiz; nor does a brand of T shirts. (You may also want to confirm that Paris of Troy was a historical person.)

	tomjenkins:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 05:04 GMT		1 point
	i'll change the Aire/arie thing, the width, and clarify on Paris. And Eliot, I'm not sure if I want to keep those 2 answers and call the quiz something else, or if I want to replace them with two other people, but I'll think about that, thanks for the help guys!

	Thalia:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 05:12 GMT		2 points
	Well if you want some more people I can think of a few... Tony Orlando, Bob Denver, Rick Springfield, and Irving Berlin are potentials. And if you're worried about using a fictional character, you could put Paris Hilton instead.

	NYCub:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 05:25 GMT		8 points
	Kathy Ireland, Joaquin Phoenix, Wellington Mara, Miguel Cairo, Melissa Manchester, Orlando Bloom, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Jim Rome, Charlotte Church, Grover Cleveland, Florence Nightingale...Just to name a few :)

	Azrael:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 06:38 GMT		1 point
	Thank you cracked.com for giving me Togo! Thanks to you, I can forget about that stuck-up Balto once and for all...

	kittycat:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 13:01 GMT		1 point
	"Woolf" doesn't seem to work on its own.

	cerridwencol:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 14:17 GMT		3 points
	Panama Jack also makes tropical t-shirts. That was my guess...

	JayHankEdLyon:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 15:27 GMT		1 point
	It kills me that Hannah Montana got on this quiz instead of Joe Montana. Otherwise, I feel like this has potential, but not enough names. All of NYCub's names should be included. Also, Togo isn't a person, he was a dog (this quiz is "name the people"); nitpicky, I know, but yeah.

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	max123:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 16:52 GMT		1 point
	living in uk, i didnt recognise half of these. however i think you should put out big stars like orlando bloom, whitney houston, and paris hilton. even though i only know half the states :P

	king21:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 19:08 GMT		1 point
	@dodsface: uhh joe montana is one of the greatest and most famous quarterbacks of all time. i know we have alot of non-americans here on sporcle so that might make it tough for them, but it could be balanced out by including someone like michael jordan, who is universally known.

	MrSaturn1:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 22:55 GMT		1 point
	It should accept "Reno" for Janet Reno.

	tomjenkins:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 23:54 GMT		1 point
	@mrsaturn: I seem to be having a glitch in this quiz where you get the answers for 3 hints if you simply type '.a', i emailed sporcle admins to get help. I'm going to ditch this quiz and make a new one with more names and only people(sorry togo lovers) also, I'm going to do the opposite of everything that dodsface suggested

	legriff:	Oct 15th, 2009 at 00:14 GMT		2 points
	Nice idea for a quiz! I suspect I'm not alone in missing out on Cuba Gooding Jr for a lack of another example or two of his film work - say Jerry Maguire (and there are already multiple examples of work given for other artists). America Ferrara from Ugly Betty and Jimmy Wales, the Wikipedia founder, might be good additions as well.

	tomjenkins:	Oct 15th, 2009 at 00:41 GMT		1 point
	i'll expand the answers, and I'm trying hard to not make it too america-centric

	cls121389:	Oct 15th, 2009 at 03:44 GMT		2 points
	ok on not making to too us-centric. But why have a relatively obscure NBA-er like Allan Houston compared to Michael Jordan? Or Joe Montana. Also some glitches include that Gooding and Reno do not work with last name only...

	slippy66:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 00:53 GMT		1 point
	didn't balto bring the medicine to nome?