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Country and City name changes

Combining a bit of Geography and History, enter answers in text box (6 minutes to complete)
Quiz by MelGibbon
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Last updated: December 12, 2022
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First submittedDecember 10, 2022
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Former name of Sril Lanka
Ceylon
This country was formerly Siam
Thailand
This country was formerly Swaziland
Eswatini
Democratic Republic of the Congo was named this between '71 and '96
Zaire
Southern Rhodesia is now?
Zimbabwe
After a dispute with Greece, this country added "North" to it's name
Macedonia
Democratic Kampuchea is now?
Cambodia
Myanmar was _____ until 1989
Burma
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Former name of Istanbul 1
Constantinople
Former name of Istanbul 2
Byzantium
This country bordering Ethiopia gained independence in 2011
South Sudan
Prior to New York?
New Amsterdam
Former name of St Petersburg 1
Petrograd
Former name of St Petersburg 2
Leningrad
Harare in Zimbabwe prior to 1982
Salisbury
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CardinalSin
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Level 77
Dec 11, 2022
In fact, there were two Rhodesias - Northern, now Zambia and Southern, now Zimbabwe. And I don't blame them for dissociating themselves from that crook, Cecil Rhodes.
MelGibbon
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Level 76
Dec 12, 2022
Thanks, that is certainly correct. I'll amend the question!
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