Statistics for Countries by Country of Independence in 60 Seconds

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Answers color-coded by a green-red scale on the quiz's map according to % correct below.

Country to Gain Independence	Former Country to Rule It	% Correct
Somalia	Italy / United Kingdom	100%
Nauru	United Kingdom / Australia / New Zealand	100%
Vanuatu	United Kingdom / France	100%
Morocco	France / Spain	99%
United States	Great Britain	99%
Poland	Russia / Germany	99%
Afghanistan \| Antigua and Barbuda \| Australia \| +53 others	United Kingdom	99%
Sudan	United Kingdom / Egypt	99%
Philippines	United States / Spain	99%
Finland	Russia	98%
Armenia \| Azerbaijan \| Belarus \| +11 others	Soviet Union	98%
Argentina \| Bolivia \| Chile \| +14 others	Spain	98%
Algeria \| Benin \| Burkina Faso \| +22 others	France	97%
Angola \| Brazil \| Cape Verde \| +3 others	Portugal	96%
Mongolia \| Taiwan	China	89%
Austria	Austria-Hungary / Germany	88%
Libya \| Vatican City	Italy	82%
Belgium \| Indonesia \| Luxembourg \| Suriname	Netherlands	82%
Burundi \| Democratic Republic of the Congo \| Rwanda	Belgium	77%
North Korea \| South Korea	Japan	76%
Norway	Denmark / Sweden	74%
Montenegro \| Serbia	Ottoman Empire / Yugoslavia	68%
Cuba \| Federated States of Micronesia \| Liberia \| +2 others	United States	68%
Iceland	Denmark	64%
Albania \| Bulgaria \| Greece \| Romania	Ottoman Empire	52%
Andorra \| Bhutan \| China \| +22 others	(none)	49%
Bosnia and Herzegovina \| Croatia \| North Macedonia \| Slovenia	Yugoslavia	48%
Hungary	Austria-Hungary	41%
South Sudan	Sudan	36%
Eritrea	Ethiopia	33%
Papua New Guinea	Australia	32%
Namibia	South Africa	32%
Czech Republic \| Slovakia	Czechoslovakia	31%
Bangladesh	Pakistan	28%
Kosovo	Serbia	23%
East Timor	Indonesia	20%
Panama	Colombia	19%
Samoa	New Zealand	11%
Singapore	Malaysia	6%