FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Former Non-British Colonies Trivia Quiz

I want the name of a former non-British colony, dependency, trust territory or the like. I will give you the capital, but no hints. Only clue: This area is not called the same any more.

A multiple-choice quiz by author. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
author

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
76,752

Updated
Oct 28 22

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
13 / 25

Plays
3435

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 25

1. Bamako. Hint

Ubangi-Shari

French Equatorial Africa

Upper Volta

French Sudan

NEXT>

Question 2 of 25

2. Ouagadougou. Hint

Ubangi-Shari

French West Africa

French Sudan

Upper Volta

NEXT>

Question 3 of 25

3. Brazzaville. Hint

French West Africa

French Equatorial Africa

French Sudan

French Guinea

NEXT>

Question 4 of 25

4. Bangui. Hint

Ubangi-Shari

French Sudan

French Equatorial Africa

French West Africa

NEXT>

Question 5 of 25

5. Djibouti. Hint

French Somaliland

Somaliland

Italian Somaliland

Somalia

NEXT>

Question 6 of 25

6. Dakar. Hint

French Morocco

French West Africa

French Sudan

French Equatorial Africa

NEXT>

Question 7 of 25

7. Rabat. Hint

Ifni

Spanish Morocco

French Morocco

Rio de Oro

NEXT>

Question 8 of 25

8. Tetouan. Hint

Spanish Morocco

Rio de Oro

Spanish Sahara

French Morocco

NEXT>

Question 9 of 25

9. Porto Novo. Hint

Togo

French Guinea

Cameroon

Dahomey

NEXT>

Question 10 of 25

10. Bissau. Hint

French Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Cape Verde Islands

Portuguese Guinea

NEXT>

Question 11 of 25

11. Lourenco Marques. Hint

Angola

Portuguese East Africa

Equatorial Guinea

Portuguese Guinea

NEXT>

Question 12 of 25

12. Villa Cisneros. Hint

Ifni

Rio de Oro

Mauritania

Spanish Sahara

NEXT>

Question 13 of 25

13. Paramaribo. Hint

French Guiana

Dutch New Guinea

Dutch Antilles

Dutch Guiana

NEXT>

Question 14 of 25

14. Batavia. Hint

Dutch Borneo

Dutch New Guinea

Dutch East India

Dutch Timor

NEXT>

Question 15 of 25

15. Hollandia. Hint

German New Guinea

Dutch New Guinea

Australian Trust Territory of New Guinea

Dutch Timor

NEXT>

Question 16 of 25

16. Kupang. Hint

Portuguese Timor

West Irian

East Timor

Dutch Timor

NEXT>

Question 17 of 25

17. Dili. Hint

Dutch Timor

Dutch Borneo

Dutch New Guinea

Portuguese Timor

NEXT>

Question 18 of 25

18. Rabaul -1937; Lae 1937-41; Port Moresby 1941- Hint

Dutch New Guinea

Australian Trust Territory of New Guinea

Solomon Islands

German New Guinea

NEXT>

Question 19 of 25

19. Saigon. Hint

Pondicherry

French Indochina

Cochin China

Tonkin

NEXT>

Question 20 of 25

20. Hanoi. Hint

French Indochina

Pondicherry

Cochin China

Karikal

NEXT>

Question 21 of 25

21. Douala, 1901-16. Hint

German East Africa

French Cameroon

German Cameroon

British Cameroon

NEXT>

Question 22 of 25

22. Lome, 1884-1914. Hint

Trans-Volta Togoland

Gold Coast

Dahomey

Togoland

NEXT>

Question 23 of 25

23. Windhoek. Hint

German East Africa

German Cameroon

Togoland

German South-West Africa

NEXT>

Question 24 of 25

24. Dar es Salaam Hint

German East Africa

German Cameroon

German South-West Africa

Togoland

NEXT>

Question 25 of 25

25. Tsingtao. Hint

Macao

Dairen

Port Arthur

Kiaochow

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Bamako.

Answer: French Sudan

Now called Mali.

2. Ouagadougou.

Answer: Upper Volta

Now called Burkina Faso.

3. Brazzaville.

Answer: French Equatorial Africa

French Equatorial Africa consisted of Chad, Gabon, Middle Congo (now Congo) and Ubangi-Chari, now Central African Republic.

4. Bangui.

Answer: Ubangi-Shari

Now called Central African Republic.

5. Djibouti.

Answer: French Somaliland

French Somaliland is now called Djibouti, as its capital.

6. Dakar.

Answer: French West Africa

French West Africa consisted of what are now the independent republics of Benin, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal.

7. Rabat.

Answer: French Morocco

French Morocco had the largest Central and Southern part when Morocco was divided between France and Spain.

8. Tetouan.

Answer: Spanish Morocco

And Spain had the smaller, Northern part.

9. Porto Novo.

Answer: Dahomey

Today called Benin.

10. Bissau.

Answer: Portuguese Guinea

Today called Guinea Bissau.

11. Lourenco Marques.

Answer: Portuguese East Africa

Today called Mozambique. The capital is called Maputo.

12. Villa Cisneros.

Answer: Rio de Oro

Villa Cisneros, now Dakhla was the capital of Rio de Oro, the southern part of Spanish Sahara. The capital of Spanish Sahara itself was El-Aaiun.

13. Paramaribo.

Answer: Dutch Guiana

Now called Surinam.

14. Batavia.

Answer: Dutch East India

This is the former name of Djakarta, capital of Indonesia.

15. Hollandia.

Answer: Dutch New Guinea

Hollandia, later Djajapura, was capital of Dutch New Guinea. The town is now called Jayapura. Dutch New Guinea is now called West Irian or Irian Jaya, and is a part of Indonesia.

16. Kupang.

Answer: Dutch Timor

Dutch Timor is now called West Timor and is part of Indonesia.

17. Dili.

Answer: Portuguese Timor

Now called East Timor. Occupied by Indonesia 1976. To be independent May 2002.

18. Rabaul -1937; Lae {1937-41; Port Moresby 1941-

Answer: Australian Trust Territory of New Guinea

This is a kinky one. Rabaul was capital of German New Guinea, also called Kaiser-Wilhelm Land. In 1920 it was to be the Australian Trust Territory of New Guinea. Rabaul was also capital of the Trust Territory, but only up to 1937 when the capital was moved to Lae after a volcanic eruption destroyed Rabaul. Port Moresby became capital 1941, and still is the capital of independent state of Papua New Guinea.

19. Saigon.

Answer: Cochin China

Later the capital of South Vietnam, Saigon was also the capital of French colony Cochin China (also known as Cochinchina).

20. Hanoi.

Answer: French Indochina

Hanoi, however, was the capital of French Indochina.

21. Douala, 1901-16.

Answer: German Cameroon

Tricky, since Douala was also the capital of French Cameroon 1940-46. But the dates will not lead you astray. Capital of today is Yaounde.

22. Lome, 1884-1914.

Answer: Togoland

Lome was capital of German colony Togoland, now called Togo. After German defeat 1914 Togoland was divided in a French part called Togo or French Togo, and a British part called Togo or Trans-Volta Togoland. The British part was to be included in Gold Coast, later Ghana.The French part is now the independent republic of Togo. Now to the incorrect answers. Lome was never a part of Trans Volta Togoland. Dahomey is the former name of Benin. And Gold Coast is of course the former name of Ghana.

23. Windhoek.

Answer: German South-West Africa

Today called Namibia.

24. Dar es Salaam

Answer: German East Africa

Later called Tanganyika, now, together with Zanzibar, Tanzania.

25. Tsingtao.

Answer: Kiaochow

Kiaochow with capital Tsingtao was the major German colony in China. The city is now called Qingdao.

Source: Author author

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor Tizzabelle before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.