Statistics for Former Countries

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Clue	Time span	Answer	% Correct
East Berlin was its capital	1945–1990	East Germany	94%
Czech Republic + Slovakia	1918–1992	Czechoslovakia	93%
Former superpower	1922–1991	Soviet Union	90%
Split into 7 different countries	1918–1992	Yugoslavia	83%
Conquerors of the above	c. 1299–1923	Ottoman Empire	80%
Won independence from Mexico	1836–1845	Texas	72%
Its capital was Constantinople	330–1453	Byzantine Empire	66%
In 2014, they voted against independence	843–1707	Scotland	66%
It was led by Otto von Bismarck	1525–1871	Prussia	65%
Led by a reincarnated Lama	1921–1951	Tibet	61%
Greek city that Alexander never attempted to conquer	900s BC–192 BC	Sparta	54%
Country in the southeast of Germany	907–1871	Bavaria	53%
Japanese puppet state in northern China	1932–1945	Manchukuo	45%
Unrecognized white-ruled state that preceded Zimbabwe	1965–1979	Rhodesia	45%
Losers of three Punic Wars	c. 814 BC–146 BC	Carthage	44%
Free city located between Poland and Germany	1920–1939	Danzig	42%
Merged with Tanganyika to form Tanzania	1856–1964	Zanzibar	37%
Most serene republic of the northern Adriatic	697–1797	Venice	36%
Conquered by Edward Longshanks	1216–1282	Wales	34%
Became the 14th U.S. state	1777–1791	Vermont	26%