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Diplomatic quiz - how much do you know about famous ambassadors?

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President-elect Donald Trump has ruffled diplomatic feathers by suggesting that the UKIP leader Nigel Farage would make a good ambassador to the US.

Being an ambassador can be a delicate business. How much do you know about these people who - to paraphrase a 17th Century diplomat - were "sent to lie abroad for the good of their countries"?

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