Norman Darlo
For a variety of reasons, countries sometimes change their names: Siam is now called Thailand, and Iran was once known as Persia. 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 ?
This is Part 3 of a multi-part quiz; you can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
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Myanmar is the modern name for…
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Burma
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Siam
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Malaya
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Zambia used to be known as…
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Southern Rhodesia
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Northern Rhodesia
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Zanzibar
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Choson or Joseon is an old name for…
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Israel
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Pakistan
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Korea
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Southern Rhodesia (later, Rhodesia) is now known as…
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Tanzania
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Mozambique
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Zimbabwe
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Kiribati used to be called…
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Gilbert Islands
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Sullivan Islands
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Musical Islands
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Mali used to be known as…
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French Sudan
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French Guyana
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French Indo-China
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United Arab Emirates used to be called…
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Yemen
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Eritrea
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Trucial States
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The island of Reunion used to be known as…
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Bourbon Island
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Scotch Island
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Vodka Island
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Basutoland is a former name of…
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Swaziland
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Lesotho
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Namibia
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Kampuchea is now known as…
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United States of America
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Cambodia
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7/10
Nice score, Raja!
got 9 out of 10 right! (Second time)
You really know how to do these quizzes! Well done 🙂
9/10 hehhe for the first time
Very nice score 🙂
Shared FB 11/8/17 @94V
Very interesting. Missed bunch!
Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for playing, Nina 🙂
7 out of 10 right! Great! Eh! I wish I would have done better.
You did just fine at 7/10 🙂
9/10 – I’m cross about getting Basutoland wrong!
Well done, and don’t kick yourself too hard 🙂
You got 8 out of 10 right!
Great
Very good!
Thank you Norman.
got 5 answers
Thanks for playing!
8/10 🙂
Nice score, Ellie 🙂
6 of 10 🙁
6/10 is 🙂 – not 🙁 Be an optimist! And thanks for playing, AC 😀
Got 6/10…very nice quiz…so informative…can be used as a source for quizzers… Good job 🙂
Thanks for your encouragement, Trafalgar 🙂
Great quiz but only 4 right!
Never mind, so long as you have fun 🙂 Thanks for playing!
Really good quiz, got six right and learned something. Always fun!!!!!
Great, Doc 🙂 Happy to see you enjoying this!
nice quiz my score is 6/10
6 is fine, aleahsan 🙂 Thanks for playing!
I got 9 out of 10 right! the pictures really helped. Great quiz.
Very impressive, Dawnwriter! Glad you enjoyed. (There wouldn’t have been a part 3 to this quiz, had you not prompted me 🙂 )
just 6! nice quiz 🙂
6 is not bad, Marcelle! Thanks for playing 🙂
10 out of 10. Very interesting!
Very impressive, Andrew! Thanks 🙂
7/10 very Interesting quiz!
Good score, Gina! Glad you enjoyed 🙂
Got half here. I don’t know the former names of some places.
Better than no knowing the modern names 🙂 Thanks for playing!