Modern countries that were part of the British Empire Quiz

Can you name the modern countries that were part of the British Empire?

created by zeppelinoid

Enter a modern country in the box below
Correctly named modern countries will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: World Statesmen & Others
Answers are modern sovereign states that were partly or wholly controlled by the British Empire (or its predecessors). Dependencies of modern states appear as bonus answers only.
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Years	Country	Explanation
9thC-present
1066-1816
1171-1921		-
1497-1931
1513-1519		-
1603-1946
1607-1843
1609-1974		Grenada (1609, 1762-79, 1783-1974)
1612-1947
1613-1875
1620-1970
1621-1960
1623-1983
1625-1816
1625-1966		-
1627-1979
1628-1689		Santa Catalina (1628-41, 1670-89)
1628-1981
1631-1798
1632-1860		Bay Islands (1632-50, 1742-82, 1852-60)
1648-1973		Bahamas (1648-57, 1670-1973)
1650-1812		Whydah (1650-1812)
1650-1816
1658-1894		Mosquito Coast (1658-1894)
1661-1970		Gambia (1661-95, 1713-79, 1816-1970)
1662-1663		-
1662-1684		Tangier (1662-84)
1664-1979
1681-1947		Bengal (1681-1947)
1693-1817
1698-1700		New Caledonia (Darién) (1698-1700)
1701-1946
1708-1814
1749-1981		British Honduras (1749-1981)
1761-1978		Dominica (1761-78, 1784-1978)
1762-1764		-
1762-1962

Years	Country	Explanation
1762-1963
1763-1857		Bushehr (1763-1857)
1765-1962		-
1769-1947		-
1770-1942
1776-1948
1782-1948		Ceylon (1796-1948); Trincomalee (1782)
1787-1961		-
1794-1976		-
1796-1947
1796-1965		-
1800-1964		-
1801-1814		Madeira (1801-02,1807-14)
1801-1956
1807-1990
1808-1997
1809-1947
1809-1968
1813		Fiume (1813)
1813-1814		Kotor (1813-14)
1816-1923		-
1819-1959		-
1823-1963		Kenya (1888-1963); Mombasa (1823-26)
1824-1948
1827-1855
1827-1960
1839-1880		Afghanistan (1839-42, 1879-80)
1839-1967
1843-1947
1843-1966		Basutoland (1843-1966)
1854-1971
1860-1962		-
1865-1947		Bhutan (1865-1907 & 1910-1947)
1868-1971		-
1871-1970		-
1872-1966
1874-1931

Years	Country	Explanation
1878-1960		-
1880-1971		-
1883-1942
1884-1960
1887-1980		New Hebrides (1887-1980)
1888-1979
1888-1983		-
1889-1964
1890-1963
1892-1971		Trucial States (1892-1971)
1892-1979		Ellice Islands (1892-1979)
1893-1968		-
1893-1978		British Solomon Islands (1893-1978)
1898-1956		Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1898-1964)
1898-1956		Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1898-1964)
1899-1961		-
1900-1964
1900-1970		-
1900-1980
1914-1931		-
1914-1946		Syria (1914-19, 1941-46)
1914-1954		British Cameroons (1914-1954)
1914-1968		-
1916-2004
1918-1948		-
1918-1948		-
1921-1946		Transjordan (1921-46)
1940-1941		Occupation by BEF (1940-41)
1940-1946		Faroe Islands (1940-46)
1941-1946		-
1941-1948		Ogaden (1941-48)
1941-1952		-
1942-1943		Madagascar (1942-43)
1942-1946		French Somaliland (1942-46)
1942-1951
1945-1955
1650-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1815-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1878-1942	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1833-1947	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1889-1935	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1609-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1819-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1810-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1960-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1665-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1670-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1899-1958	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1857-1955	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1888-1947	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1824-1942	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1766-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1704-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1204-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1714-1837	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1910-1947	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1841-1997	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1290-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1201-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1770-1942	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1808	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1632-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1900-1942	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1788-1942	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1878-1960	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1790-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1923-1947	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1779-1781	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1651-2010	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1690-1816	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1702-1814	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1775-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1877-1947	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1816-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1679-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1625-1815	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
c.897-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1171-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
c.858-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
1281-Present Day	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
-	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)
-	Austria British Zone (1945-55); Vienna British Zone (1945-55)

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Countries of the British Empire Quiz

by zeppelinoid

Created Jan 14, 2011 in History
Featured Feb 8, 2011
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	JimmyJames:	Feb 8th, 2011 at 19:21 GMT		79 points
	...and they did it all, with the cunning use of flags!

	jackwell:	Feb 8th, 2011 at 19:22 GMT		82 points
	Love how many people forgot about the UK.

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	eab21:	Feb 8th, 2011 at 19:40 GMT		7 points
	I just guessed Yemen because I couldn't think of anything else. Well what do you know...

	huey782:	Feb 8th, 2011 at 19:40 GMT		41 points
	Anyone else only get the United Kingdom because they tried Ukraine?

	cmkeller:	Feb 8th, 2011 at 19:42 GMT		39 points
	The quiz should accept "Saint" Kitts and Nevis as well as the abbreviation "St"

	RodeoJoe:	Feb 8th, 2011 at 19:49 GMT		3 points
	Agreed w/ cmkeller. I typed "Saint" with the entire name of the country and was not credited.

	NYYanks2:	Feb 8th, 2011 at 19:58 GMT		77 points
	This quiz should definitely just be called "How Many Countries Can You Name in 15 Minutes."

	greebles:	Feb 8th, 2011 at 20:08 GMT		48 points
	@theodolite: Yes, what were all the colonial powers of Europe thinking warring for centuries for control of India? It's not like it held vast resources that helped propel the eventual victors to an empire of unparalleled size, strength and global influence.

	zeppelinoid:	Feb 8th, 2011 at 20:21 GMT		28 points
	I am repeating below my original comments that now appear in the archived section: This is the most complex quiz in the "Countries of Empires" series due to the vast extent of the British Empire. I appreciate that there have been a number of other quizzes on the same subject, but I believe that this one is unique in being chronological, using the modern countries for the answers and excluding territories that are presently dependencies of sovereign states. There are some 40 bounus answers including 37 present day dependencies of the UK and other countries (France, US, Australia and New Zealand). There are a number of answers that have been omitted from all of the previously published quizzes. A quiz listing modern countries that have never been part of the British Empire would be slightly shorter. Other quizzes in this series include: http://www.sporcle.com/games/zeppelinoid/countries_of_the_dutch_empire http://www.sporcle.com/games/zeppelinoid/countries_of_the_french_empire http://www.sporcle.com/games/zeppelinoid/counties_ottoman_empire http://www.sporcle.com/games/zeppelinoid/countries_of_the_portuguese_empire http://www.sporcle.com/games/zeppelinoid/countries_of_the_russian_soviet_empires http://www.sporcle.com/games/zeppelinoid/countries_of_the_spanish_empire

	Kjw72292:	Feb 8th, 2011 at 20:22 GMT		11 points
	This was interesting and enlightening. It is pretty much a "name the countries of the world" activity at first, but I never realized how extensive the British Empire was.