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Topic: The Civil War Game Posted: 03-Feb-2005 at 17:16 |
The Commonwealth is nothing, and most of its members are republics.
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Posted: 03-Feb-2005 at 12:14 |
Hmmm
You mean most of them are still not independent because they're part of the commonwealth?
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Posted: 03-Feb-2005 at 11:19 |
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Canada had a Civil war?
Or are you using some bizare definition of civl war?
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As far as I know Canada has not had a civil war, but it's still wrong.
CLUE: The question has three clauses not one.
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Posted: 03-Feb-2005 at 09:50 |
And of course the 1945-149 British Occupation Zone in Germany.
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Posted: 03-Feb-2005 at 08:58 |
How about Heligoland, in the North Sea off the German coast, British occupied from 1807-1890, when the Brits swopped it with the Germans for Zanzibar.
Must admit, didn't have much of a population to start a civil war, three old fishermen with, a few mangy sea-gulls and a Dachshund, named Colin(!). But still......
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Posted: 03-Feb-2005 at 08:34 |
Canada had a Civil war?
Or are you using some bizare definition of civl war?
That Ex British Island now part of Columbia? |
San Andres Y Providencia. Though the English speakers there are predoninatly of Scotish stock AFAIK.
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Posted: 03-Feb-2005 at 06:39 |
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Posted: 03-Feb-2005 at 05:11 |
The Principality of Sealand!
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Posted: 02-Feb-2005 at 19:43 |
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France was an English 'colony?' not British and Ireland had a civil war after Irish independence. In fact Britain had a civil war after Irish independence. (Then again I think Irish independence was a British civil war in itself)
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Posted: 02-Feb-2005 at 18:37 |
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2 points for an incorrect???? hmmmm....do they even have to be former
british colonies or can i just get something completely wrong and get 2
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oook sorry i'm an idiot i read it wrong....i should have realized i had some bad reading skills when i came up with this logic
i didn't see the minus before the -2
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Posted: 02-Feb-2005 at 16:53 |
France ! (well large parts of it were some kind of a colony at one point)
Ireland ! ( I put that in only for a laugh!)
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Posted: 02-Feb-2005 at 16:48 |
Well for Canada -2,
USA -2
That Ex British Island now part of Columbia?
Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man -6
Still nobody in positive figures.
To answer your question, I haven't worked out the exact maximum number of countries, but it's not many. This quiz is based upon disproving the famous urban legend that every single former British colony had a civil war after independence.
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Posted: 02-Feb-2005 at 16:18 |
btw, what are the possible points here
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Posted: 02-Feb-2005 at 10:23 |
The USA definately had a civil war
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Posted: 02-Feb-2005 at 10:19 |
USA
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An nescite quantilla sapientia mundus regatur?
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Posted: 02-Feb-2005 at 09:17 |
canada
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Posted: 01-Feb-2005 at 17:36 |
That Ex British Island now part of Columbia?
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Posted: 31-Jan-2005 at 19:31 |
Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man
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Posted: 31-Jan-2005 at 16:32 |
2 points for an incorrect???? hmmmm....do they even have to be former
british colonies or can i just get something completely wrong and get 2
points?
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Posted: 31-Jan-2005 at 13:34 |
Not such a popular game
Anyways here's an update on the scores.
MixcoatlToltecahtecuhtli -26 Cywr -49
Not so good
Somebody could come along give only 10 answers, get them all wrong and take a commanding lead.
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