For a variety of reasons, countries sometimes change their names: Burma is now called Myanmar, and Ireland was once known as Hibernia. See how good you are at matching up the following countries’ old and new names. Let us know how you get on, and please upvote this quiz if you like it 🙂
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Siam is the former name of…
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Thailand
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Taiwan
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Malaysia
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South Africa used to be called…
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North Africa
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Cape Colony
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Central African Empire
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Persia is an old name for…
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Afghanistan
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Iraq
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Iran
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An old name for Great Britain is…
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Normandy
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Isle of Man
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Albion
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Bermuda used to be known as…
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Somers Isles
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Autumn Islands
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Barbados
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Bechuanaland is a former name of…
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Angola
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Botswana
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Namibia
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East Pakistan is now known as…
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Bangladesh
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East Bengal
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Afghanistan
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Burkina Faso used to be called…
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Hawaii
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Papua New Guinea
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Upper Volta
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Ceylon is the old name of…
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Bangladesh
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Sri Lanka
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Surinam
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British Honduras is now known as…
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Guatemala
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Curaçao
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Belize
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China was once known as…
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Mongolia
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Cathay
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Indo-China
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i got 7
7/11 not so bad
Just 4 wrong Answers..
Well done, Hamza!
thanks!
11/11 – although Cape Colony was only part of what is modern South Africa
Quite correct. I tightened up on my precision in later parts of this quiz. Well done on full marks!
Shared FB 1/8/17 @195V
10/11 . I shall now be calling Irritating Brits Annoying Albionians from now on. Ha! Take that Teresa May!
😀 😀 Well done, Vin !
Got 8/11…Albion is mentioned in King Arthur novels…It’s where Camelot a part of…good quiz Norman 🙂
Thanks, Trafalgar – glad you enjoyed 🙂
Only 6 – but that is better than I’ve sone on many quizzes lately. – Albion? wow, not even a clue about that.
The phrase “Perfidious Albion” has been bandied about quite a lot these days, on this side of the Atlantic 🙂 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albion
You might do better at Part 2 (if someone eventually gets around to approving it – been sitting there since Saturday o.O )
You got 7 out of 11 right!
Great
Great, indeed! Thanks for playing 🙂
7/11 and a few stupid mistakes, haha
Nice score, Ellie! And thanks for playing 🙂
Nice and useful quiz!
Glad you like it, Adrijana 🙂
unlucky 5 LOL
5 is a pass, Marcelle! Thanks for playing 🙂
9 of 11, good one once again.
Thanks Kim, and well done!
Got 9 out of 10 – missed Bermuda. Great quiz!
Very well done, Daniel! Glad you enjoyed. Part 2 on its way 🙂
Excellent quiz. Very informative. 9/11. Looking forward to the next part.?
There’s some people you kinda know will enjoy a particular quiz . Part 2 is awaiting approval since yesterday evening, so hopefully we won’t be waiting too long for it… 🙂
Very interesting challenge! I learned some stuff I never knew about. That’s what I’m enjoying on this site. Interesting quizzes. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Andrew! That’s excellent feedback – I’m very glad you’re enjoying 🙂
You’re welcome. I’m a writer in a way especially if I find something interesting I have to get more into details.
It’s called healthy curiosity 😀
Difficult. Only 3 faithful answers
It is not meant to be easy! 🙂
I failed misery but it was fun for sure!
So long as it was fun!!
6/11
Not bad, Anna – thanks for playing 🙂
I got six out of 11. Great work.
Thank you, Mark 🙂
Only got 5 but interesting quiz!
5 is a pass! Thanks for playing, Carol 🙂
7 of 11
7 is good 🙂 Thanks for playing, AC !
Thank you!
8/11 I enjoyed this quiz and scored more that I thought I would.
Great on both counts, Gina 🙂
just 1 wrong nice quiz
Very well done!