Can you name the Countries Named after a Single Person? by zzz

Can you name the Countries Named after a Single Person?

created by zzz

Enter a country in the box below
Correctly named countries will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Families, dynasties, tribes, etc. don't count. Neither do non-sovereign entities (like St. Thomas or Maryland).
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Continent	Country	Named after...
Africa		Musa Al-Big
North America		St. Dominic
North America		St. Christopher
Asia		Jacob, a/k/a Israel
Africa		St. Thomas
Europe		St. Marinus
North America		Amerigo Vespucci
Oceania		Thomas Gilbert
South America		Biru
South America		Simon Bolivar
North America		St. Lucy

Continent	Country	Named after...
South America		Simon Bolivar
Oceania		Solomon
Oceania		John Charles Marshall
North America		Jesus Christ
Africa		Prince Maurice of Nassau
Africa		Jean Moreau de Seychelles
Asia		Felipe II of Spain
South America		Christopher Columbus
Asia		Atropates
North America		St. Vincent

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Countries Named after a Single Person Quiz

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Created Jul 10, 2010 in Geography
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	Fidelio:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 19:25 GMT		6 points
	Great idea, but Philippines is misspelled.

	MikeN:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 19:30 GMT		4 points
	Where's Saudi Arabia?

	kristofferjay:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 19:35 GMT		5 points
	What about Georgia - St. George?

	miko:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 19:52 GMT		1 point
	I'm pretty sure Turkey is named after Atatürk.

	Neostinker:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 19:58 GMT		3 points
	You really should include Georgia

	rbradatl:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 21:08 GMT		1 point
	Like the idea. Couple of corrections as noted above.

	Dharma:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 21:26 GMT		5 points
	@miko: I don't think Turkey is named after Atatürk, but after the turks. The Marshall Island should be here though, as they are named after John Marshall, a british captain.

	Mutford:	Jul 11th, 2010 at 00:29 GMT		3 points
	If the Dominican Republic is named after St. Dominic, wouldn't Dominica be as well?

	prolifik:	Jul 11th, 2010 at 00:46 GMT		4 points
	Philippines has one 'l' not 2.

	TheBigE1980:	Jul 11th, 2010 at 06:00 GMT		3 points
	Good idea...please listen to the corrections to make it great.

	Hazl:	Jul 11th, 2010 at 11:15 GMT		3 points
	Good idea, just needs to fix the above-mentioned corrections. I don't really like your inclusion of Venezuela, as it only works in the long version of the name. Liechtenstein should be here as well.

	zzz:	Jul 11th, 2010 at 12:59 GMT		3 points
	Thank you all for the feedback; I have fixed the spelling error. Saudi Arabia is named after a family, and not a person; there is controversy over whether Georgia is named after St. George; Liechtenstein is named after a castle--and the family (not person) is named after the same castle; Dominica is named after a day of the week and not St. Dominic; Dharma is correct regarding Turkey; Venezuela is in there out of an abundance of caution. I wanted to make all of those bonus answers, but can't seem to do bonus while still having the quiz on random order. I'm adding Marshall Islands. How the hell did I forget it? Thank you all once again.

	zzz:	Jul 11th, 2010 at 13:00 GMT		11 points
	Should I drop Venezuela? Vote up if yes, vote down if no. Thanks again.

	Chocolatl:	Jul 11th, 2010 at 17:36 GMT		2 points
	Peru was not named after an individual. There are a number of stories about the origin of the name. In one of them, the Spanish captured a native near the mouth of the river, and asked him the name of the country. He responded, "Beru" and "Pelu." While some people believe that he was giving his own name and the name of the river, that is not how the Spanish understood it. There was never any intention for the country to be named after this man.

	Pit_trout:	Jul 11th, 2010 at 17:58 GMT		1 point
	Lovely quiz! And surprising — I was sure that the omissions of Georgia and Dominica were mistakes (also Mauritania) until I looked them up on wikipedia. Definitely in favour of dropping Venezuela, though (if it's not possible to demote it to a bonus).

	Pit_trout:	Jul 11th, 2010 at 18:02 GMT		1 point
	Actually — are you sure that the bonus answers don't work? I have a quiz on random order (indeed, it looks like pretty much all the settings are the same as in this) and with bonus answers, and they seem to work fine? The bonus answers are just entered as described in the Game Creation FAQ...

	Chocolatl:	Jul 11th, 2010 at 21:48 GMT		2 points
	I also have made random order quizzes with bonus answers, and mine seem to work, as well.

	staceygirl:	Jul 12th, 2010 at 00:28 GMT		1 point
	Prob not true, but wasn't Kenya named after Jomo Kenyatta?

	walkerboh1701:	Jul 12th, 2010 at 03:47 GMT		0 points
	In regards to Venezuela, I'd just change it to Bolivia, which I know was named for Simon Bolivar as well.

	flixuk:	Jul 12th, 2010 at 12:41 GMT		2 points
	@staceygirl Kenyatta chose that surname because it means 'Light of Kenya'. He was born into a tribe which didn't use surnames, so he adopted this one during the Kenyan independence movement.

	flixuk:	Jul 12th, 2010 at 12:42 GMT		1 point
	Swaziland is named after King Mswati I.

	jnhickson:	Aug 1st, 2010 at 11:42 GMT		1 point
	I thought swaziland as soon as i saw this quiz too. Good one though, interesting quiz

	mbc:	Feb 16th, 2011 at 21:29 GMT		1 point
	Chad?