Can you name the countries former Names? by TheTrumpetPlayer

Former Name	Current Name
Burma
Portuguese Timor
The Trucial States
British East Africa
Northern Rhodesia
New Hebrides Islands
Spanish Guinea
Zaire
Ceylon
French Sudan
Malagasy Republic
Friendly Islands
Siam
Nyasaland
British New Guinea
Dutch Guiana
Tanganika & Zanzibar
Upper Volta
Dutch East Indies
Western Samoa

Former Name	Current Name
British Malaya
Ellice Islands
Abyssinia
Persia
Kampuchea
Afars and Issas
Gold Coast
Transjordan
Dahomey
Formosa
South West Africa
Portuguese Guinea
Bechuanaland
East Pakistan
Southern Rhodesia
Basutoland
British Honduras
Gilbert Islands
Annam
British Guiana

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Countries Former Names Quiz

by TheTrumpetPlayer

Created Aug 2, 2010 in Geography
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	TheTrumpetPlayer:	Aug 2nd, 2010 at 15:56 GMT	2 points
	Sorry, this sucks. I am trying to fix it. It's my first quiz!

	AdmiralMaxtreme:	Aug 2nd, 2010 at 16:32 GMT	1 point
	This is a pretty good idea. I would suggest forcing the user to answer in order, because as it stands now one could just guess whatever countries they could think of without actually knowing the answer.

	Roman:	Aug 2nd, 2010 at 16:33 GMT	4 points
	Gold Coast is now called Ghana. ivory coast WAS ALways called ivory coast.

	MghtyRoach:	Aug 2nd, 2010 at 16:50 GMT	2 points
	Other than what Roman already said, the only other thing I would suggest is to unselect "accept last word" -- otherwise Papua New Guinea and Equatorial Guinea will both appear if someone tries just "Guinea." There's no reason for it to be selected for this quiz anyway. Good quiz nonetheless!

	TheTrumpetPlayer:	Aug 2nd, 2010 at 17:50 GMT	2 points
	thanks for the constructive criticism guys. I fixed your suggestions - see if this is better.

	poprox101:	Aug 2nd, 2010 at 17:51 GMT	3 points
	Can you please accept "drc" for Democratic Republic of the Congo?

	dancastro:	Aug 4th, 2010 at 00:35 GMT	2 points
	Very good quiz. I was wondering if nobody had the idea before, and although it may seem strange, there was only one similar quiz. But this one is more complete and limited to the names used in the first half of the 20th century. The other game was more historical, with items like Mesopotamia > Iraq and Gaul > France.

	TheTrumpetPlayer:	Aug 4th, 2010 at 20:40 GMT	1 point
	Thanks. Using DRC for Dem Rep of the Congo is a worthy suggestions, but it doesn't take that long to type! :) Cheers.

	Everblue:	Nov 17th, 2010 at 04:09 GMT	0 points
	DRC should be accepted due to common Sporcle conventions.