the UK

[Beaumaris]

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.

[skiguy]

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

[Wally]

A county w/in England. many have flags.

[quikdraw67]

easy one

[scout1067]

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

[Beaumaris]

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

[scout1067]

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

Instead, you got the usual suspects. ;D

[Vulture6]

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!

[Beaumaris]

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

[skiguy]

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

[scout1067]

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.

[Beaumaris]

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

[skiguy]

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)

[Beaumaris]

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

[Phidippides]

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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