Country-Person Association Game

BTW, I've seen a few different choices, but would you associate Simon Bolivar with Colombia (after Gran Colombia), Venezuela (where he seemed to actually be centered), or Bolivia (named after him)?
 
Eastern Europe


Belarus - who?
Bulgaria - Simeon
Czech Republic - Jan Hus
Hungary - Ctoa
Moldova - Ctoa
Poland - Ctoa
Romania - Vlad Dracul
Russia - Stalin
Slovakia - Ctoa
Ukraine - Ctoa

Northern Europe


Åland Islands - what?
Denmark - Eric the Red?
Estonia -Ctoa
Faroe Islands - Um.
Finland - That first president, ah, who was he, name on the tip of my tongue :p
Guernsey - Wat
Iceland - Ctoa
Ireland - St. Patrick (which does not count since St. Patrick was a Roman but yeah)
Isle of Man - No one...
Jersey - Where?
Latvia - Ctoa
Lithuania - Ctoa
Norway - Harald Bluetooth? Or am I getting my vikings mixed up?
Svalbard and Jan Mayen - People don't live here permanently, don't be silly
Sweden - Ctoa
United Kingdom - Queen Victoria

Southern Europe


Albania - Ctoa
Andorra - Ctoa
Bosnia and Herzegovina - NedimNapoleon
Croatia - Ctoa
Gibraltar - Ctoa
Greece - Draco
Italy - Berlusconi
Kosovo - Ctoa
Malta - Ctoa
Montenegro - Ctoa
Portugal - Henry the Navigator
Macedonia - Alexander the great? :p otherwise, Ctoa
San Marino - What?
Serbia - Milosevic
Slovenia - Ctoa
Spain - Franco
Vatican City - Pope Leo III

Western Europe


Austria - Hitler
Belgium - Leopold II
France - Charlemagne
Germany - Merkel
Liechtenstein - Hwat?
Luxembourg - see above
Monaco - Nothing here
Netherlands - Willem van Oranje
Switzerland - Christoph Blocher (don't ask)
 
Plotinus said:
Stereotypes aren't generally particularly accurate. You might try finding out a little about Singapore's laws and then guessing why a gay Singaporean might not be entirely happy about Lee. (And I say that as someone who really likes Singapore.)

On the topic of the thread, I'm intrigued and surprised by a lot of the choices, even the non-trolling ones. I notice that one person has been named for my own country who I haven't even heard of.
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Well technically Lee Kuan Yew actually supports some gay rights because of its economic benefits...

Plus I hate him more for single handedly crippling the growth and development of Singapore's political system, deciding rather, to let it fester and regress in a mess. It will take 20 years to build up an effective opposition and if Singapore is lucky, free press/ It will take us 20 years just to get rid of the 1st passed the post 5-person constituency. It will take another 30 to reform first past the post so we do not end up as a two-party state and finally, it will take another 50 years to get Singaporeans to be politically minded and active all year round. LKY has wasted three generations of Singaporean politics.

To remain legitimate:

Brazil - Emperor Pedro II
Uganda - Idi Amin
Russia - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Denmark - Empress-Queen Consort Alexandra
Canada - Robin Scherbatsky
 
A few I could think of on the spot.


Albania-Mother Teresa
Australia- Olivia Newton John
Austria- Falko
Brazil-Xuxa
Canada-Alanis Morisette
China-Gong Li
Czech Republic-Madeline Albright
Denmark- Brigit Nielsen
Egypt- Umm Kulthum
France-Catherine Denevue
Germany-Heidi Klum
Greece-Ariana Huffington
Hungary- Zsa Zsa Gabor
Iceland-Bjork
Ireland-Sinead O'Conner
Italy-Sophia Loren
Japan- Yoko Ono
New Zealand-Tie between Lucy Lawless and Wing.
Romania- Some famous gymnast.
Somalia-Iman
South Africa- Charlize Theron
Spain- Charo
Sweden- The gal from Roxette
Turkey- Ibrahim Tatlises
Ukraine-Oksana Bayul
United Kingdom- Sarah Ferguson
United States-Little Richard
 
İbrahim Tatlıses, also known as İbo, is a Turkish pop-folk singer and actor of Kurdish and Arab origin.
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Wow!!
 
Well it is a bit surprising for a Turk to name an Arab/Kurd as the first association with Turkey...
 
Tigranes said:
Well it is a bit surprising for a Turk to name an Arab/Kurd as the first association with Turkey...
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That might have been surprising, yes, if Novakart were a Turk instead of what he actually is, namely, an American who spends a lot of time in Turkey.
 
mayor said:
really? When you think of The Netherlands you think of Footballplayers?? :(
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Why is it so bad? At least no one can remember any Dutch Stalin, or Hitler or Pol Pot. I actually think about Rembrandt when I think Netherlands, not sure why did I mention Tasman. Oh .. now I remember, I was talking to Kiwi/Aussie people right before I created this thread :) Psychoanalysis is a cool discipline ;)
 
Tigranes said:
Why is it so bad? At least no one can remember any Dutch Stalin, or Hitler or Pol Pot. I actually think about Rembrandt when I think Netherlands, not sure why did I mention Tasman. Oh .. now I remember, I was talking to Kiwi/Aussie people right before I created this thread :) Psychoanalysis is a cool discipline ;)
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Because there were so many Dutch people who did so much more for The Netherlands or the world for that matter.

and I'm really not sure how to feel about that The Netherlands aren't associated with bad man. Sure we had non as crazy as Stalin, Hitler or Pol Pot but we had our own fair share of war criminals running around in Indonesia...

EDIT: oh right, I am not really fond of the whole idea that football players are among the "greatest" persons of a country/the world :)

ParkCungHee said:
Better then William of Orange.
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My education begs to differ ;) I myself am not really sure how to think about the guy.
As a Dutchman I'm very biased :P (I believe I saw a discussion about this somewhere in this forum... ;))

anyway, please enlighten a one sided educated Dutchman ;)
 
mayor said:
Because there were so many Dutch people who did so much more for The Netherlands or the world for that matter.

and I'm really not sure how to feel about that The Netherlands aren't associated with bad man. Sure we had non as crazy as Stalin, Hitler or Pol Pot but we had our own fair share of war criminals running around in Indonesia...

EDIT: oh right, I am not really fond of the whole idea that football players are among the "greatest" persons of a country/the world :)



My education begs to differ ;) I myself am not really sure how to think about the guy.
As a Dutchman I'm very biased :P (I believe I saw a discussion about this somewhere in this forum... ;))

anyway, please enlighten a one sided educated Dutchman ;)
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Actually the association each of us makes doesn't deppend on who did "the most" and who was greatest. It is more closely related to the interest and education of a person. A football player/fan is very likely to accosiate with a football player first or a fan of arts is likely to accosiate with an artist(painter, musician etc.) first.
A person without interest in history would less likely associate with a historical figure.
 
fing0lfin said:
Actually the association each of us makes doesn't deppend on who did "the most" and who was greatest. It is more closely related to the interest and education of a person. A football player/fan is very likely to accosiate with a football player first or a fan of arts is likely to accosiate with an artist(painter, musician etc.) first.
A person without interest in history would less likely associate with a historical figure.
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true, true... still this is the world history forum and as such I expected people with a bit more historical value :)
 
say1988 said:
I think of William III of England. Is that better?
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how much I like sports, imo everything is better than a sportsman/woman :p
 
mayor said:
true, true... still this is the world history forum and as such I expected people with a bit more historical value :)
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Not when we're asked for the first person we think of. Which is how Gong Li and Ziyi Zhang get mentioned for China and Nevena Tsoneva for Bulgaria.

Some more islands:

Aru Islands, New Guinea, Borneo...the whole danged Malay Archipelago Alfred Russel Wallace
Canary Islands: Columbus
Corsica: some general who became an emperor, what was his name...
Crete: Minos
Devil's Island: Alfred Dreyfus
Devon Island: Robert Zubrin
Easter Island; also the Marquesas: Thor Heyerdahl
Elba: See Corsica
Fernando Po: Fernando Po
Galapagos: Charles Darwin
Gilligan's Island: Gilligan
Greenland: Robert Peary
Hawaii: Liliuokalani (an actual native!)
Island of Dr. Moreau: Dr. Moreau
Juan Fernandez Islands: Robinson Crusoe (ok, Alexander Selkirk)
Malta: The Knights of St. John
Martha's Vineyard: Ted Kennedy
The Mysterious Island: Captain Nemo
Newfoundland: Leif Ericson
Nim's Island: Abigail Breslin
Pitcairn Island: Fletcher Christian
Samoa: some tattooed guy I saw in a movie once
Sicily: Archimedes
South Georgia and Elephant Island: Ernest Shackleton
Tahiti: Gauguin
Tsushima: Admiral Togo
Tierra del Fuego: Magellan
Tonga: Captain Bligh (the only man he lost in the voyage in the Bounty's launch was on an island in Tonga)
Tristan de Cunha: The president in Fletcher Knebel's novel Vanished
 
There's going to be a lot of "dunnos" if I do the full list, so this is trimmed a bit...

Eastern Europe

Belarus - Alexander Lukashenko
Bulgaria - Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Czech Republic - Jan Huss
Hungary - Bela Kun
Poland - Rosa Luxemburg
Romania - Nicolae Ceaușescu
Russia - Joseph Stalin
Ukraine - Nikita Khrushchev

Northern Europe

Denmark - Humon (the cartoonist)
Faroe Islands - Heri Joensen from Týr
Finland - Mathias Lillmans from Finntroll
Iceland - Snorri Sturluson
Ireland - Eamon Devalera
Norway - Harald Hardrada
Sweden - Gustavus Adolphus
United Kingdom - Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull (purely because I am listening to Jethro Tull)

Southern Europe

Albania - Enver Hoxha
Croatia - Ante Pavelic
Greece - Plato
Italy - Giuseppe Garibaldi
Malta - Jean de Vallete
Portugal - Henry the Navigator
Macedonia - You Know Who
Serbia - Josip Broz Tito
Slovenia - Slavoj Zizek
Spain - Buenaventura Durruti
Vatican City - John Paul II

Western Europe

Austria - Franz-Joseph I
Belgium - Hergé
France - Napoleon I
Germany - Otto von Bismark
Netherlands - William of Orange
Switzerland - H.R. Giger.
 
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