Former countries quiz
Below is a list of clues, the answers to which are former states that no longer exist as countries in their own right. How many can you identify? Some easy - others more difficult perhaps. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. East Berlin was its capital 1990 East Germany
2. Czech Republic + Slovakia 1992 Czechoslovakia
3. Its capital was Constantinople 1453 Byzantine Empire
4. Conquerors of answer to 3 1923 Ottoman Empire
5. Split into 7 different countries 1991 Yugoslavia
6. Most serene republic of the northern Adriatic 1797 Venice
7. In 2014, they voted against independence 1707 Scotland
8. Led by Otto von Bismarck 1871 Prussia
9. Country in the southeast of Germany 1871 Bavaria
10. Free city between Poland and Germany 1939 Danzig
11. Former superpower 1991 USSR
12. Led by a reincarnated Lama 1950 Tibet
13. Won independence from Mexico 1845 Texas
14. Losers of three Punic Wars 146 BC Carthage
15. Conquered by Edward Longshanks 1282 Wales
16. Became the 14th U.S. state 1791 Vermont
17. Merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania 1964 Zanzibar
18. Japanese puppet state in northern China 1945 Manchukuo /Manchuria
19. Greek city that Alexander never attempted to conquer 146 BC Sparta
20. Unrecognized white-ruled state that preceded Zimbabwe 1979 Rhodesia
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to midnight tonight. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. East Berlin was its capital 1990 East Germany
2. Czech Republic + Slovakia 1992 Czechoslovakia
3. Its capital was Constantinople 1453 Byzantine Empire
4. Conquerors of answer to 3 1923 Ottoman Empire
5. Split into 7 different countries 1991 Yugoslavia
6. Most serene republic of the northern Adriatic 1797 Venice
7. In 2014, they voted against independence 1707 Scotland
8. Led by Otto von Bismarck 1871 Prussia
9. Country in the southeast of Germany 1871 Bavaria
10. Free city between Poland and Germany 1939 Danzig
11. Former superpower 1991 USSR
12. Led by a reincarnated Lama 1950 Tibet
13. Won independence from Mexico 1845 Texas
14. Losers of three Punic Wars 146 BC Carthage
15. Conquered by Edward Longshanks 1282 Wales
16. Became the 14th U.S. state 1791 Vermont
17. Merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania 1964 Zanzibar
18. Japanese puppet state in northern China 1945 Manchukuo /Manchuria
19. Greek city that Alexander never attempted to conquer 146 BC Sparta
20. Unrecognized white-ruled state that preceded Zimbabwe 1979 Rhodesia
