Can you pick the countries that have changed their names going by their old names? by toonami

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Country Name Changes Quiz

by toonami

Created Nov 20, 2009 in Geography
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	ESkog:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 13:53 GMT		2 points
	Serbia/Montenegro was a split, not a name change - they don't seem to fit with the rest. You should also consider randomizing your answers; there's not really a good reason to have them alphabetized the way they are.

	toonami:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 14:08 GMT		2 points
	Thanks for the comments, changes made.

	waterjoe:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 15:25 GMT		3 points
	I would remove Western Sahara. I kept trying Morocco since Western Sahara is not usually recognized as a country.

	dolby:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 19:24 GMT		-1 points
	east pakistan was a province of pakistan, but ever since bangladesh has been independent it has been bangladesh only, no change of name...

	toucan:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 19:40 GMT		2 points
	Sorting by year would be a nice touch.

	Thalia:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 20:37 GMT		1 point
	What do the asterisks denote?

	toonami:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 21:00 GMT		1 point
	asterisks denote that there is some dispute over the exact date of the change.

	hipp5:	Nov 20th, 2009 at 22:56 GMT		1 point
	I agree with Waterjoe: remove Western Sahara. It's not considered a country for Sporcle purposes. Also, you could consider Burma/Myanmar. It's a little more complicated than a direct name change, but it's something to think about.

	bidlack:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 01:50 GMT		2 points
	I was surprised not to see Tanganyika & Zanzibar --> Tanzania

	toonami:	Nov 21st, 2009 at 17:46 GMT		1 point
	Taken spanish sahara out. thanks for the comments.

	tomhenry:	Nov 22nd, 2009 at 01:08 GMT		1 point
	There is a tremendous amount of history behind these names old and new--and not much of it is very flattering. Leave it to Sporcle to be fun and deep at the same time!

	koopa08:	May 9th, 2010 at 07:22 GMT		3 points
	DRC needs to accept more variations than the one you gave

	Brizza:	Dec 1st, 2010 at 14:17 GMT		2 points
	Agreed - would be good to accept the "normal" abbreviations such as DRC, CAR, Rep Congo etc. Really good quiz though.

	cantthinkofaname:	Dec 17th, 2010 at 12:11 GMT		1 point
	accept car for central african republic. You did take drc.

survivorfan2000:

Nov 17th, 2011 at 19:09 GMT

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You need to accept CAR for Central African Republic!