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British Commonwealth Countries Quiz
Try to name the member states of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Last updated: February 16, 2019
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| First submitted | June 13, 2011 |
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| Rating | 4.92 |
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thegrasswren
+2
level 28
Feb 4, 2014
Great quiz!
CmdrKeen
+1
level 36
Mar 24, 2014
Surprised to see no note of Zimbabwe, and technically, England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Island are all separate nations of the Commonwealth - as seen by their separate entrants in the Commonwealth Games (next held later this year in Glasgow, Scotland).
shinwasha
+3
level 24
Mar 24, 2014
I was going to say the same thing. The United Kingdom is the all those nations under the leadership of the the English government, but they are still sovereign nations.
Dax
+14
level 62
Mar 24, 2014
No they are not. It is all 1 sovereign state, The U.K. There is no such thing as the English government; it is the British government. It is true that they enter separately in the commonwealth games though.
geo24
+2
level 31
Aug 18, 2015
u said "the" twice
charliesmiley
+7
level 30
Oct 25, 2016
MyMindWentBlank, there is no "English" government. England is the only one of the UK nations to have no government separate from the UK government.
someone2018
+3
level 76
Jun 28, 2018
Dax is obviously English. Only English people call themselves British.
ruftytufty
+1
level 70
Jul 28, 2018
have you ever read anything about a place called Northern Ireland?
plattitude
+1
level 85
Mar 24, 2014
Like Ireland, Zimbabwe voluntarily withdrew from the commonwealth (admittedly after they had been suspended). I was surprised to not see Fiji on this list, even though they're suspended.
McLerristarr
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level 63
Aug 30, 2015
In the Commonwealth Games, territories that are not countries compete individually. So places like Gibralta and the Isle of Man are in the competition. It's the same deal with England, Wales, etc. They're not sovereign states.
NotaKrustyKrab
+1
level 49
Dec 14, 2016
I was surprised they didn't include France! They practically border each other
DapperAlpaca
+16
level 44
Mar 14, 2018
That's really not how the Commonwealth works
Guam
+1
level 62
May 27, 2018
The Commonwealth is mostly countries that were colonies of the U.K., not countries that speak totally different languages and had their own colonies.
OfficerDibble
+1
level 72
Aug 9, 2018
France could have joined.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_and_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations
JackintheBox
+1
level 60
Feb 8, 2020
You're joking, right?
lestimian
+1
level 52
Apr 16, 2014
I'm more surprised to see Rwanda, Mozambique and Vanuatu on the list - as far as I know, those countries were never part of the British Empire. Glad to be corrected though!
Josh47
+1
level 20
Apr 17, 2014
Vanuatu was jointly controlled by Britain and France before independence. Rwanda and Mozambique were never part of the British Empire, but the Commonwealth made exceptions for them to join.
tshalla
+1
level 68
Oct 25, 2016
My surprise is to see that more people got Mozambique and Rwanda than some others that were part of the British empire.
kalbahamut
+2
level 78
Oct 26, 2016
^ most people don't know that Vanuatu exists.
Moosefight
+1
level 67
Oct 26, 2016
I got them by just guessing regionally. Get South Africa, guess other South African countries.
tourwoorden
+1
level 67
Mar 14, 2018
Cameroon is a similar case. Only two provinces of Cameroon were ever English - and those two provinces are treated as inferior by the rest of the country. Anglophone people are discriminated by the Francophone minority. Really, the only reason they joined the Commonwealth must be economic benefit.
JackintheBox
+1
level 60
May 11, 2019
Vanuatu was known as the New Hebrides, which was an Anglo-French condominium between 1906 and 1980.
Vicipeid12
+2
level 45
Jun 9, 2014
What do any of these countries gain by being in the Commonwealth, besides the bill for the Olympics?
Leelacee77
+1
level 32
Aug 3, 2014
The UK countries; Scotland, England, Nth Ireland & Wales also Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey are all separate and not under UK. I though Senegal was part of the Commonwealth too
McLerristarr
+2
level 63
Dec 6, 2016
Not all the teams in the Commonwealth Games are countries.
fitheach
+1
level 57
Dec 19, 2017
Senegal never has been part of the Empire or Commonwealth. It used to be a French possession and retains close links with France.
LarryLovage
+1
level 58
Aug 26, 2014
These are the independent sovereign nations, so maybe the title should have been "Commonwealth Nations" rather than Countries, which is the ambiguous term.
Jerry928
+1
level 73
Oct 23, 2014
Fiji was readmitted to the Commonwealth in September 2014.
Quizmaster
+1
level ∞
Oct 27, 2014
Updated thanks.
robertgallacher
+1
level 20
Oct 28, 2014
100% with 1:03 left
donkeyoattea
+1
level 55
Nov 16, 2014
You're eligible for the Booker Prize, a very esteemed literary award, if you belong. That's one incentive!
sillie
+1
level 83
Nov 17, 2014
A & B .. but what the heck is the name of that country? Total black-out. I guess it's impossible to allow just AB? -- nonono.. it's NOT Aruba!
AndrewFinn
+1
level 16
Nov 19, 2014
I'm British, and got less than half correct...
zuni
+2
level 37
Apr 16, 2015
Missed many small island nations and some African nations....and yes biggest miss was UK itself....
Liverpool03
+3
level 52
Dec 2, 2015
Could I recommend an extra minute, barely any time to think (thanks)
ander217
+1
level 77
Oct 25, 2016
Same here. I wish I could think as fast as I can type.
kiwiquizzer
+1
level 63
Jan 6, 2017
I needed just a bit more time.
Sifhraven
+1
level 65
Jan 19, 2019
Agreed, needs more time
samiamco
+2
level 72
May 14, 2016
Since the average is so low, maybe break up the answer section into columns by continent? It might help us work out more of the answers.
Baalhammon
+1
level 52
May 23, 2016
I would suggest adding different brackets for different continents, otherwise a great quiz :D
Gotterdammerung
+1
level 51
Jun 9, 2016
Why Mozambique and Brunei?!?
Gamer1162
+2
level 64
Jun 11, 2016
Because they are part of the British Commonwealth. That's why.
McLerristarr
+1
level 63
Dec 6, 2016
Brunei used to be part of the British Empire.
Findlay
+1
level 70
Aug 9, 2016
As I was going through the countries of Africa I momentarily contemplated Mozambique, then though, nah, that's Portuguese. But then, running out of obvious choices I put Rwanda and that worked, so then I had to revisit a whole lot I'd previously dismissed. Didn't get back to Mozambique before the clock ran out.
rawe
+1
level 62
Oct 25, 2016
I've only missed Mozambique :(
Apocalyptic
+2
level 46
Oct 25, 2016
I missed the UK -__-
carloscxp
+2
level 85
Oct 25, 2016
This quiz would greatly improve with a map.
Strobes
+1
level 59
Oct 25, 2016
The Maldives left the Commonwealth recently. As of now, there are only 52 members.
mariposita
+1
level 60
Oct 25, 2016
Dang it, I thought I had typed in all of Oceania but missed Tuvalu and Nauru. Cameroon I knew and missed, the other 2 (Sierra Leone and Mozambique) I did not.
mariposita
+1
level 60
Oct 25, 2016
Did get about 15 countries in the last 45 seconds, though.
azteque316
+1
level 66
Oct 26, 2016
Did I really forgot UK? Hell yeah...
and Malta too ...
rumdog
+1
level 54
Oct 27, 2016
Didn't the maldives just leave?
johnlevy023
+1
level 69
Nov 1, 2016
Quizmaster, I believe the Maldives just left the Commonwealth. Could you please update the quiz?
Quizmaster
+1
level ∞
Nov 3, 2016
Yes!
scambigol
+1
level 71
Nov 4, 2016
what about adding a map, too?
Quizmaster
+1
level ∞
Nov 4, 2016
I feel like some quizzes are better without a map.
fitheach
+1
level 57
Dec 19, 2017
Not sure a map would be very helpful, as a lot of the Commonwealth members are small island nations and they don't show up too well on a map of the world (which would be rather small on this site in the first place).
Jerry928
+1
level 73
Mar 27, 2018
For those who'd enjoy doing it with a map, here it is.
sillie
+1
level 83
Nov 3, 2016
Yay! Another reset and then I forget one of the U countries. Hmm.. uruguay, no? .. How do I forget UK?!
kiwiquizzer
+1
level 63
Jan 6, 2017
That's what I want to know: how did so many miss UK????
Gamer1162
+1
level 64
Nov 5, 2016
Forgot to change the instructions to say 52 countries.
CHEESELWEESEL
+1
level 54
Feb 19, 2017
I missed the UK...
Jarl5
+1
level 56
May 24, 2017
I figured maybe the parts of the UK are in there separately so I tried England, didn't work, so I moved on. Needless to say the Uk was one of twelve I missed
OfficerDibble
+1
level 72
Nov 9, 2017
It hasn't been officially called the British Commonwealth for many years (though I'm struggling to find the exact date). It's the Commonwealth of Nations.
OfficerDibble
+1
level 72
Nov 9, 2017
Found it. It hasn't been "British" (in name) since India joined in 1949. (Source: www.britannica.com/topic/Commonwealth-association-of-states)
So the name of this quiz is 68 years out of date!
OfficerDibble
+2
level 72
Aug 9, 2018
Hello, any chance of changing the title of this quiz, please? It has now been incorrect for 69 years...
Jerry928
+2
level 73
Feb 9, 2018
Gambia rejoined the Commonwealth in February 2018.
Quizmaster
+4
level ∞
Feb 9, 2018
"You'll miss me when I'm gone" - Gambia. Two years later: "Can we come back, pretty please".
Gamer1162
+5
level 64
Feb 9, 2018
Well, at least the current president isn't as stupid as his predecessor. But thanks to him, I now have to retake this quiz. *grumble*
wyocowgirl
+1
level 69
Feb 9, 2018
Those British were busy, busy bees!
MarcusStone
+1
level 22
Mar 14, 2018
I can't believe all of the countries around the World that at one time or another had the English yoke around their enslaved necks.
RogerM
+2
level 79
Mar 14, 2018
As stated above, it's the Commonwealth of Nations not the British Commonwealth. Quiz title needs amending.
PacoGee
+1
level 49
Mar 14, 2018
lol I did so bad, the English had their fingers in WAY too many pies during the empirical days.. guess I shouldnt talk too much as America has the same issue today, didnt we learn anything?
rebkw
+3
level 57
Mar 15, 2018
empirically no.
tshalla
+2
level 68
Mar 15, 2018
Although you meant imperial (and people make mistakes), I do love the thought of an Empirical Days celebration. Possibly with bunting and cotton candy.
JackintheBox
+1
level 60
Feb 8, 2020
The Sun never sets on the British Empiricism!
mikeyp
+1
level 49
Mar 15, 2018
I got 85% with 1:30 to go!
IllegalDetective
+1
level 20
Jun 1, 2018
More people got jamaica than UK
AmyD85
+1
level 54
Jun 1, 2018
Got so focused on Africa, I forgot about the Caribbean islands. And the UK ... facepalm.
someone2018
+1
level 76
Jun 28, 2018
I thought Argentina was.
pepeportugal
+1
level 43
Sep 10, 2018
Got to love it when you forget the United Kingdom
PatoPotato
+1
level 47
Sep 16, 2018
****. I forgot the UK
Eliotbliss
+1
level 71
Feb 3, 2019
Swaziland is now called Eswatini.
gzx5
+1
level 54
Apr 3, 2019
Why did Maldives leave and when did Ireland leave?
seaScorpius
+1
level 56
Jul 8, 2019
Ireland left in 1921.
JackintheBox
+1
level 60
Feb 8, 2020
The Maldives seem to have rejoined.
AndrewEWiggin
+1
level 32
Dec 3, 2019
MY MAP IS HORRIBLY OUTDATED
JackintheBox
+1
level 60
Feb 14, 2020
Your map?
CaritasInVeritate
+1
level 85
Feb 1, 2020
The Maldives was readmitted today.
JackintheBox
+1
level 60
Feb 8, 2020
Indeed.
JackintheBox
+1
level 60
Feb 8, 2020
It seems like the Maldives have rejoined the Commonwealth. Could the quiz be updated please?
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