the UK (discussion)

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July 1, 2008 at 4:51 pm #1165 Reply

Beaumaris
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Ok, I actually answered this in another thread but I figured I'd put it by itself as a poll. Answer first then find my other message and see if you are correct.

July 1, 2008 at 7:40 pm #12307 Reply

skiguy
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Is Cornwall a country, or a part of England? It has its own flag.

July 1, 2008 at 9:59 pm #12308 Reply

Wally
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A county w/in England. many have flags.

July 4, 2008 at 2:13 am #12309 Reply

quikdraw67
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easy one

July 11, 2008 at 4:12 pm #12310 Reply

scout1067
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Easy, given that I am half-English and lived there for two years when I was a kid

July 12, 2008 at 1:48 pm #12311 Reply

Beaumaris
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I was hoping someone other than this lot would attempt to answer.

July 16, 2008 at 12:10 am #12312 Reply

scout1067
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I was hoping someone other than this lot would attempt to answer.

Instead, you got the usual suspects. ;D

July 19, 2008 at 3:43 pm #12313 Reply

Vulture6
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I guess I'm not one of the “usual suspects” (at least not yet ;D) — although I concentrated my BA in History on British history, that was 24 years ago!

July 21, 2008 at 2:02 pm #12314 Reply

Beaumaris
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Ok then, can anyone tack on the other places that made up the British Empire?

July 21, 2008 at 2:28 pm #12315 Reply

skiguy
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Is “The rest of the world” an acceptable answer.

July 23, 2008 at 3:18 am #12316 Reply

scout1067
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Australia, India, America, and mst of sub-Saharan Africa leap immediately to mind. As well as extensive Island posessions in all the world's oceans.

July 23, 2008 at 3:55 pm #12317 Reply

Beaumaris
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How much of China (aside from Hong Kong) did they ever control, and was there any of Japan?

July 23, 2008 at 4:25 pm #12318 Reply

skiguy
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How much of China (aside from Hong Kong) did they ever control

I'm going to take a guess and say none of China. (unless you want to say they "controlled" China with opium)

July 23, 2008 at 5:15 pm #12319 Reply

Beaumaris
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Hong Kong was a territory of the UK from 1842 to 1997.

July 23, 2008 at 7:33 pm #12320 Reply

Phidippides
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British troops (with the help of French troops, I believe) ransacked the Chinese imperial garden in 1860 as payback for the emperor's resistance to releasing British hostages in 1860. It is still considered a point of national disgrace by China.
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