Can you name the countries of the world if you were Sporcling in 1985? by btroup1

Can you name the countries of the world if you were Sporcling in 1985?

created by btroup1

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Great Scott! You've been transported to 1985 and asked to take this quiz. Answer as such. If you're wrong, I'll destroy your flux capacitor.
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Time Machine 1985: World Countries Quiz

by btroup1

Created Jul 27, 2010 in Geography
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	tomalak55:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 03:11 GMT	3 points
	South Yemen and PDR Yemen are (were) the same nation. "North Yemen" was the Yemen Arab Republic. You should include "North Yemen" as an answer, as that was the colloquial name for the country at the time (much like we still use Ivory Coast instead of Cote D'Ivoire, and East Timor for Timor Leste, etc.)

	btroup1:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 03:21 GMT	2 points
	@tomalak55: Fixed. I tried to accept as many right answers as possible, and wound up getting myself crossed up. This is probably the most obscure of the country changes since 1985, so hopefully it didn't mess things up through the first 20 plays.

	Sesel:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 04:25 GMT	5 points
	What is now Samoa was called Western Samoa in 1985.

	otis89:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 04:51 GMT	3 points
	You should accept United States and Soviet Union.

	HiddenPalace:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 11:20 GMT	3 points
	Decent quiz. Eastern Europe certainly takes less time to type out... and yeah it seems many people didn't know about North/South Yemen... I had an atlas when I was a kid dating from about 1990 showing North and South Yemen. I'd memorise lots of names of countries and where they were on the map, but I didn't actually realise at that time that countries come into existence, dissolve, merge and change their borders.

	cuendillar:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 11:49 GMT	5 points
	You should probably accept DDR and St Vincent, too.

	mbc:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 14:14 GMT	3 points
	Uruguay isn't in alphabetical order.

	davebesag:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 17:24 GMT	4 points
	Why is Taiwan listed at the bottom?

	Shay:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 20:17 GMT	2 points
	Please accept 'Soviet Union' - that's what everyone called it

	welsh_robbo:	Jul 28th, 2010 at 23:58 GMT	1 point
	Interesting and good quiz. Hopefully this will get published. Well done.

	btroup1:	Jul 29th, 2010 at 00:18 GMT	1 point
	I will add the fixes that have been recommended. They are valid. These seem like "duh" things that should have been done, but they were not. Re Taiwan, Nationmaster apparently doesn't recognize them. This was not an issue unique to Taiwan. I tried to squeeze the others near where they belonged but Taiwan just slipped through the cracks.