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Can you name the country that controlled the given territory in the given year?
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Edelweiss
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Territory
Controller
Year
Hong Kong
1943
Walvis Bay
1992
Heligoland
1867
Palau
1984
Panama
1859
Kazakhstan
1957
South Tyrol
1891
Eastern New Guinea
1964
Rwanda
1948
Java
1921
Territory
Controller
Year
Bessarabia
1929
Eastern Bengal
1951
Alsace-Lorraine
1904
Chaco Boreal
1915
Goa
1960
Ionia
1922
Mesopotamia
1908
Iceland
1911
Western Sahara
1970
Eritrea
1989
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Controlled by Whom? Quiz
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Created Feb 6, 2012 in
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shakescene
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Feb 7th, 2012 at 04:21 GMT
6 points
Philately pays ! (even a couple of decades later).
carbon_rod
:
Feb 7th, 2012 at 19:57 GMT
1 point
Could probably cut a few minutes.
Edelweiss
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Feb 7th, 2012 at 23:34 GMT
4 points
shakescene: I am glad to see a fellow stamp enthusiast has found the hobby to be useful :) carbon_rod: Good idea. I usually edit the timer as the last step when making a quiz and forgot to do so on this one.
demonstah
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Feb 8th, 2012 at 21:31 GMT
1 point
@shakescene - I'm pretty sure that's illegal in several states, especially when you get paid for it!
JayZed
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Feb 11th, 2012 at 00:02 GMT
1 point
Philately will get you nowhere.
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