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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which Asian country was known as Burma until 1989?	Myanmar	100%
Which Asian country in the west and from the beginning of British colonial rule was known as Ceylon?	Sri Lanka	100%
Which African country changed its name to Eswatini in 2018?	Swaziland	100%
The Former Republic of Macedonia changed its name in 2019. What is country's new name?	North Macedonia	96%
Which Asian country was known as Kampuchea until 1989?	Cambodia	92%
Which African country was known as Zaire from 1971 to 1997?	D.R. Congo	92%
What present country was not part of Yugoslavia before its dissolution in 1992?	Moldova	92%
Which Asian country was know as Siam until 1932, when it became a constitutional monarchy?	Thailand	92%
British Honduras was the last continental possession of the United Kingdom in the Americas. Which present country is that?	Belize	88%
Prior 1918 the term "Bohemia" was traditionally used for which present country?	Czech Republic	84%
Which African country was known as Upper Volta until 1984?	Burkina Faso	80%
On which continent was once a country named Dutch Guiana?	South America	80%
Which African country was known as Dahomey until 1975?	Benin	72%
Since 1975, what was the colonial name of East Timor?	Portuguese Timor	72%
What is the name of a former kingdom of the German Empire, originally a small country on the south eastern shores of the Baltic Sea?	Prussia	72%
Which African country was known as unrecognized state of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979?	Zimbabwe	68%
Silesia (Schlesien) was historical region of Central Europe located mostly in three present countries. Which one is not one of them?	Austria	60%
French Somaliland was a French colony in the Horn of Africa between 1884 and 1967. Which country is its legal successor state?	Djibouti	60%
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 how many independent post-Soviet states were formed?	15	56%
Which country in the South Pacific ocean was known as New Hebrides when it was a colony?	Vanuatu	56%
Which island was known as Danish West Indies?	U.S. Virgin Islands	44%