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Exploring the Commonwealth of Nations

Test your knowledge about the Commonwealth of Nations with this engaging quiz covering its history, population, and member countries.

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1 Which of the following languages is spoken in Commonwealth of Nations?

2 [33] In 2009, ________ became the second Commonwealth member admitted to not have any such constitutional links.

3 Commonwealth of Nations, Eureka Stockade and 1975 Australian constitutional crisis are all:

4 While not all current members were once British colonies, the Commonwealth is generally considered to be the successor to the ________.

5 What is the population of Commonwealth of Nations?

6 Samoa to New Zealand, Papua New Guinea to ________, and Namibia to South Africa).

7 The 1949 London Declaration ended this, allowing republican and indigenous monarchic members on the condition that they recognised the British monarch as the "________".

8 The population density of Commonwealth of Nations: How many people are there per square kilometre?

9 When was Commonwealth of Nations established?

10 How many square miles is Commonwealth of Nations in area?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the 1998 Seychellois general election saw the Commonwealth of Nations and the Francophonie send a joint team of election monitors for the first time.
  • the Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important constitutional documents of the Commonwealth of Nations, is thought to have been unenforceable until the Harare Declaration twenty years later.
  • the Paradesi Synagogue, built by the Malabar Yehudan people, is the oldest synagogue in the British Commonwealth of nations.
  • the Bayeux War Cemetery, the largest for World War II Commonwealth soldiers, includes the Bayeux Memorial, honoring more than 1,800 soldiers killed in the Normandy Landings with no known grave.
  • Wee Chong Jin, one of the former judicial officers of the Republic of Singapore, was the longest-serving Chief Justice of Singapore and of a Commonwealth country, having held the post for over 27 years.
  • HMAS Sydney (pictured) was the first aircraft carrier owned by a British Commonwealth nation to serve in combat.
  • Brigadier Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls is the only member of the Coldstream Guards to have won the George Cross, the highest civil decoration of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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