Olympic Aliases Trivia Quiz

Answer: Guyana

British Guiana participated in five Olympic Games from 1948 to 1964 (London, Helsinki, Melbourne, Rome, Tokyo). The 1964 Tokyo games was the last time the country appeared as British Guiana in the Parade of Nations. When the country became independent in 1966, it changed its name to Guyana, better known as the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

Answer: Myanmar

Burma participated in nineteen Summer Olympics from 1948 to 1988 before being referred to as Myanmar during the Parade of Nations at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The country joined the African nations in boycotting the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics due to the inclusion of the New Zealand rugby team's acceptance of apartheid. Myanmar is also known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Answer: Sri Lanka

Ceylon participated in six summer Olympic Games from 1948 to 1968 before they were referred to as Sri Lanka in the Parade of Nations for the 1972 Montreal Olympic Games. The country boycotted the 1976 Olympics along with several African countries due to the New Zealand rugby team's views on apartheid.

Answer: Ghana

Gold Coast only participated in the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. When the country gained independence from Britain in 1957, Gold Coast was referred to as Ghana in the 1960 Rome Olympic Game Parade of Nations.

Answer: Benin

Dahomey participated in the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics by sending three athletes. The country changed its name to Benin in 1975 after gaining independence from France. The country stepped away from the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics because of the New Zealand rugby team's views on apartheid and participated in the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics Parade of Nations as Benin.

Answer: Belize

British Honduras participated in the 1968 Mexico City and 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. In 1973, British Honduras changed its name to Belize after gaining independence from the United Kingdom. In the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, Belize was introduced in the Parade of Nations.

Answer: Zambia

On the last day of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics, Northern Rhodesia gained independence from the United Kingdom and changed its name to Zambia. The 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics was the only Olympics Northern Rhodesia participated in before they gained independence.

FYI, Northern Rhodesia was the first country to enter the Olympic Parade of Nations as one country and leave Tokyo as another.

Answer: Tanzania

The 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics was the last time that Tanganyika was in the Olympic Parade of Nations. The country of Tanzania was formed by the joining of Zanzibar and Tanganyika. Tanzania joined the Olympic Parade of Nations in the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics.

Answer: Zimbabwe

Rhodesia participated in three Olympics from 1928 to 1964. Rhodesia gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1965 and renamed the country. In the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics, the newly named country of Zimbabwe joined the Parade of Nations.

Answer: Egypt

The United Arab Republic was formed by Syria and Egypt joining together. The United Arab Republic participated in three Olympics from 1960 to 1968. When Syria left the republic in 1971, the country name became the Arab Republic of Egypt, but went by the more common name of Egypt

Answer: Burkina Faso

Upper Volta participated only in the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. In 1984, the president of Upper Volta changed the country's name to Burkina Faso. The 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics was the first time the newly named Burkina Faso walked in the Parade of Nations.

Answer: Democratic Republic of Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo has gone through several name changes during the Olympics. In the 1968 Mexico City Olympics the country walked in the Parade of Nations as Congo-Kinshasa. From the 1984 to 1996 Summer Olympics, the country walked in the Parade of Nations as Zaire.

When Zaire was overthrown by new president, Laurent Kabila in 1997, he changed the name to the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics, Zaire began walking in the Olympic Parade of Nations as the Democratic Republic of Congo.