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A Whole New World Trivia Quiz

My father passed away in 1965. If he were able to return fifty years later in 2015, he would find that he was in "A Whole New World." Which of these parts of that new world can you identify?

A multiple-choice quiz by lowtechmaster. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
lowtechmaster

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
377,608

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Dad enjoyed a cup of tea, particularly tea from Ceylon. From which these countries would he get his tea in the 21st century? Hint

Sri Lanka

Mongolia

Ceylon

Somalia

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Question 2 of 10

2. Dad was concerned about the problems that developed after India was partitioned to create Pakistan. He had trouble understanding how a government could function in a nation geographically split between West Pakistan and East Pakistan, separated by hundreds of miles of Indian territory. What new nation would he now find replaced East Pakistan? Hint

Bangladesh

Burma

Biafra

Zimbabwe

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Question 3 of 10

3. Around 1700, Dad's ancestors arrived in Newfoundland, Canada, from Ireland. If he were to look at a map of Canada in 2015, what new Canadian Territory would he find? Hint

Namibia

Nunavut

Inuit

Youkon

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Question 4 of 10

4. Dad was an ardent birdwatcher and had expressed a desire to visit the area in Ethiopia between Massawa and Asset, as well as the Gash-Barka Region, to study the over 550 species of birds there. In 2015, to what nation would he need to apply for a visa? Hint

Ethiopia

Eritrea

Sudan

Yemen

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Question 5 of 10

5. Dad always wanted to take a camera safari in Africa. Which two countries would he now be surprised to learn existed? Hint

Kenya and Nairobi

Tunisia and Morocco

Congo and Liberia

Zimbabwe and Djibouti

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Question 6 of 10

6. Dad was aware of Yugoslavia, a group of ethnic communities under the rule of Josip Broz Tito. Were he to return in 2015, what would he find out about Yugoslavia? Hint

It was now a democratic republic.

It had split up into seven independent nations.

It had merged with Czechoslovakia and formed Yugoslovakia.

It had been absorbed into Russia.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Dad once visited British Honduras. If he were to repeat that trip in 2015, to what nation would he go? Hint

Barbados

Benin

Belize

Brazil

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Question 8 of 10

8. Dad believed that the Soviet Union (USSR) was an evil empire. He often commented about the way in which the USSR took over the Baltic States. He would be delighted to see that those three states are now independent nations. But what are the three Baltic States with which he was concerned? Hint

Latvia, Monaco, Andorra

Estonia, Bulgaria, Hungary

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Lithuania, Bulgaria, Latvia

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 2015, Dad would have been pleased to see the breakup of the Soviet Union, and would have cheered the creation of independent nations. Which two nations would he not have found? Hint

Turkistan and Karjakistan

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

Belarus and Azerbaijan

Ukraine and Moldovia

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Question 10 of 10

10. In 2015, Dad would have been surprised to find out that Czechoslovakia had become which two nations? Hint

Czech Republic and Belarus

Czech Republic and Slovakia

Belarus and Slovakia

Moldova and Czech Republic

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Dad enjoyed a cup of tea, particularly tea from Ceylon. From which these countries would he get his tea in the 21st century?

Answer: Sri Lanka

A Dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations, Ceylon was granted independence in 1948. It became a republic in 1972 and changed its name to Sri Lanka. Its economy depends not only on tea, but also on coffee, coconuts, rubber, and cinnamon.

Answer: Bangladesh

After the partition, East Pakistan was separated from West Pakistan by 870 miles. It fought a war for and won independence in 1971. A densely populated and impoverished country, it is making significant strides in improving the lives of its people.

3. Around 1700, Dad's ancestors arrived in Newfoundland, Canada, from Ireland. If he were to look at a map of Canada in 2015, what new Canadian Territory would he find?

Answer: Nunavut

Nunavut is the newest, largest, and least populated territory in Canada. It was separated from the Northwest Territories in 1999. It has a population of about 32,000 spread over a territory about the size of Europe. The capital Iqaluit sits on Baffin Bay to the east.

Answer: Eritrea

A partner state with Ethiopia from 1947, Eritrea launched a war for independence when Ethiopia annexed the state in 1962. The war raged for thirty years until 1991, when the forces of Ethiopia were defeated. A referendum in 1993, supervised by the United Nations, led to full independence.

5. Dad always wanted to take a camera safari in Africa. Which two countries would he now be surprised to learn existed?

Answer: Zimbabwe and Djibouti

Southern Rhodesia became Rhodesia in 1965. After long drawn out guerrilla warfare, it was established as Zimbabwe in 1980. Once French Somaliland, Djibouti voted to become independent in 1977.

6. Dad was aware of Yugoslavia, a group of ethnic communities under the rule of Josip Broz Tito. Were he to return in 2015, what would he find out about Yugoslavia?

Answer: It had split up into seven independent nations.

By 2015, Yugoslavia, over time and in several different movements, had become Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo. Each nation was drawn up primarily on ethnic, religious and historical lines.

7. Dad once visited British Honduras. If he were to repeat that trip in 2015, to what nation would he go?

Answer: Belize

British Honduras became the independent nation of Belize in 1981, retaining its membership in the British Commonwealth. It is the only nation in Central America whose official language is English.

Answer: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

These three nations have had a varied history, being dominated at times by Germany, Sweden, Russia, Germany, and the Soviet Union. After a massive campaign of civil resistance (called the "Singing Revolution") in the late 1980s, the USSR recognized the independence of the three Baltic states in 1991.

9. In 2015, Dad would have been pleased to see the breakup of the Soviet Union, and would have cheered the creation of independent nations. Which two nations would he not have found?

Answer: Turkistan and Karjakistan

The Soviet Union broke up into many different nations, including Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Moldovia.

10. In 2015, Dad would have been surprised to find out that Czechoslovakia had become which two nations?

Answer: Czech Republic and Slovakia

In 1989, what is known as the Velvet Revolution led to the demise of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia and the establishment of a democratic government. In 1992, the Velvet Separation occurred, with the establishment along linguistic and ethnic lines of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Source: Author lowtechmaster

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