Question | Answer | % Correct |
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Which British territory borders Spain? | Gibraltar | 94%
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What lake is often considered to be the source of the Nile River? | Lake Victoria | 90%
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What country in Central America speaks English? | Belize | 83%
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What is the only European country that is a former member of the Commonwealth? | Ireland | 82%
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What African country was once known as Southern Rhodesia? | Zimbabwe | 82%
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What was the first British colony in Australia? (Hint: now an Australian state) | New South Wales | 80%
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What city was the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway? | Vancouver | 80%
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On what island did Greek-speaking guerillas revolt against British rule in the 1950s? | Cyprus | 76%
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What was the most populous British city in North America in 1700? | Boston | 73%
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What island in the Persian Gulf became independent from the UK in 1971? | Bahrain | 69%
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What was the most widely-practiced religion in the British Empire in 1900? | Hinduism | 69%
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What island had 300,000 slaves (85% of the population) before emancipation in the 1830s? | Jamaica | 66%
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What area was assigned as a Jewish homeland by the Balfour Declaration of 1917? | Palestine | 66%
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What were the two most important British cities captured by Japan during WWII? | Hong Kong | 65%
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What were the two most important British cities captured by Japan during WWII? | Singapore | 62%
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What was the primary export of the Colony of Virginia? | Tobacco | 61%
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What British island can be found in the Atlantic Ocean about 750 miles east of the U.S.? | Bermuda | 58%
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What city, founded in 1840, was named after the British commander at the Battle of Waterloo? | Wellington | 48%
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What private company once owned 1/3rd of Canada's land? | Hudson's Bay Company | 35%
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Who founded the doomed Roanoke Colony, England's first attempt at overseas colonization? | Sir Walter Raleigh | 29%
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