Do YOU know your British Empire?

[Lord Tomyris]

Hey there all! I've just created a quiz on Sporcle where the player has to list as many territories of the British Empire as they can within a time limit of 12 minutes - why not exercise your history knowledge and give it a go!

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Tomyris/british_empire

[Barry Ferguson]

I got 41. It's picky about some things, like the way you write Turks and Caicos, and it has Falkland Islands dependencies, but not British Indian Ocean Territory is questionable

[Lord Tomyris]

I got 41. It's picky about some things, like the way you write Turks and Caicos, and it has Falkland Islands dependencies, but not British Indian Ocean Territory is questionable

Hehe I've been ironing out problems like that this afternoon, but British Indian Ocean Territory was always in there I think (shows up as Chagos Archipelago but will still come up if you type in 'British Indian Ocean Territory').

Also, for those who want a head start - try typing in British Western Pacific Territories, British Leeward Islands and British Malaya!

[D.B. Cooper]

I got 36, including some I was surprised I even knew (like Ceylon) but then again I have a world map on the wall next to me. Wouldn't accept the Thirteen Colonies.

[Copperknickers II]

52, didn't accept a few more like USA (which i tried in about 15 different names as well)

[Lord Tomyris]

Ah yeah, that's 'cause it's only the territories the Empire held at its largest point - in 1920. In effect, it's all the territories of the 'Victorian Empire', and possessions such as the Thirteen Colonies, Minorca, Ionic Islands etc are therefore not included!

[Niles Crane]

Oh excellent, a Tomyris quiz. I've been waiting for this sort of thing for a long time.

21. But that's only because I haven't slept for ages and who on earth knows about British Togoland anyway?

[Farnan]

You forgot the Thirteen Colonies...

And I got 32.

[Brain_in_a_vat]

I'm hopeless. Twenty-four.

[Frederich Barbarossa]

Guys its 1920 not 1770 British Empire...

[Comrade the Colonel]

I got 53 out of 100

[Douchebag]

39

But thats because I cheated. If I didnt cheat it would've been somewhere in the 20's

Wikipedia FTW

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[Niles Crane]

39

But thats because I cheated. If I didnt cheat it would've been somewhere in the 20's

Wikipedia FTW

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Oh, if only it could still be like this today!

[IronBrig4]

I got 79. History PhD FTW.

[Kiljan Arslan]

44/100 btw why isn't palastine counted?

[Niles Crane]

44/100 btw why isn't palastine counted?

It is. It's spelled "Palestine".

[Dr. Oza]

68/100

[Tiberios]

40/100. How could I forget Nigeria

[Sultan Nedim]

45,how could i forget turk Islands

[Lysimachos11]

41/100, had most of the large territories correct. Nice site btw, though their "Greatest Battles of WW2" quiz is pretty weak.