The Great Filibuster Face-Off
Alright, here's an idea I stole from TIME magazine. I've drawn caricatures of 52 leaders who I consider to be the 52 most important political figures of the year 2005. Check them out:
Eventually, I'm going to make posters
of this and sell them for exorbitant amounts on my website. But here's your
chance to win a free one!
Below is a numbered guide to the 52 caricatures. Your job is to identify all
of the figures, and give me their full name and title. For example "George
W. Bush, President of the United States." The first person to email me
with the correct 52 will win! My email address is wart_mamu@yahoo.com if you
need a reminder.
Here are some hints.
The majority of people here are Heads of State. That is to say Prime Ministers,
Presidents, and Kings. However, a few of them are not currently leaders of countries,
so beware.
Happy guessing!
Update May 18, 2005: ANSWERS REVEALED
1) - Tony Blair, Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom
2) - Pope Benedict XVI
3) - Honsi Mubarak, President of Egypt
4) - Vicente Fox, President of Mexico
5) - Jacques Chirac, President of France
6) - Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
7) - Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations
8) - Roh Moo Hyun, President of The Republic of (South) Korea
9) - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba
10) - Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan
11) - Abdullah II, King of Jordan
12) - Abduallah Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
13) - Moamar Ghaddaffi, Leader of Lybia
14) - Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
15) - Victor Yushchenko, President of the Ukraine
16) - Mohammad Khatami, President of Iran
17) - Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation
18) - Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela
19) - Ricardo Lagos Escobar, President of Chile
20) - Jalal Talabani, President of Iraq
21) - Ibrahim Jaafari, Prime Minister of Iraq
22) - Sonia Gandhi, Chairman of the Indian National Congress Party
23) - Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President of Spain
24) - Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal
25) - Stephen Harper, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
26) - Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China
27) - Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
28) - Gloria Arroyo, president of the Philipines
29) - Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria
30) - Bashar al-Asad, President of Syria
31) - Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
32) - Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan
33) - Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel
34) - Dr. Condolezza Rice, Secretary of State of the United States
35) - Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy
36) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Ruler of Iran
37) - Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
38) - Faure Gnassingbé, President of Togo
39) - Paul Martin Jr., Prime Minister of Canada
40) - Kim Jong-Il, "Dear Leader" of the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea
41) - General Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan
42) - Dr. Néstor Carlos Kirchner, President of Argentina
43) - Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar opposition leader
44) - The 14th Dalai Lama
45) - Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
46) - Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
47) - Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of Germany
48) - John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia
49) - George W. Bush, President of the United States
50) - Chen Shui-bian, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
51) - Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom
52) - Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority