Flags Trivia Questions and Answers

Flags written as text rather than pictures, which changes the game entirely: instead of recognising a design you have to reason about one. Questions describe colours, layouts and symbols and ask which country they belong to, or go the other way and ask what a particular element stands for. That makes it a strong topic for a mixed-age table, because it rewards thinking rather than having-seen-it. The hard end lives among the flags that look almost identical — the Nordic crosses, the tricolours that differ only in order, and the several pairs that have caused genuine diplomatic confusion.

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  1. 1. Which country's flag features a red maple leaf?Easy

    • Canada ✓
    • Norway
    • Denmark
    • Austria

  2. 2. Which African country's flag features a grey crowned crane?Hard

    • Uganda ✓
    • Kenya
    • Tanzania
    • Rwanda

  3. 3. Which African country's flag features an orange eagle in flight?Hard

    • Zambia ✓
    • Zimbabwe
    • Malawi
    • Botswana

  4. 4. Which West African country's flag depicts a silk-cotton tree in its coat of arms?Hard

    • Equatorial Guinea ✓
    • Gabon
    • Cameroon
    • Ghana

  5. 5. Which small Pacific nation's flag features a Union Jack alongside nine yellow stars?Hard

    • Tuvalu ✓
    • Kiribati
    • Nauru
    • Fiji

  6. 6. How many points does each star have on the flag of the United States?Easy

    • Five ✓
    • Six
    • Four
    • Seven

  7. 7. How many stars are on the flag of the European Union?Medium

    • 12 ✓
    • 27
    • 15
    • 10

  8. 8. Which West African country's flag features a golden crescent and star on green?Hard

    • Mauritania ✓
    • Niger
    • Senegal
    • Mali

  9. 9. Which country's flag features a golden Sun of May with a human face in its center stripe?Easy

    • Argentina ✓
    • Uruguay
    • Brazil
    • Paraguay

  10. 10. Which country's flag carries the Portuguese motto "Ordem e Progresso" across a globe?Easy

    • Brazil ✓
    • Portugal
    • Angola
    • Mozambique

  11. 11. How many sides does Nepal's crimson flag have?Medium

    • Five ✓
    • Four
    • Six
    • Three

  12. 12. Which South Asian country's flag features a red disc set off-center toward the hoist, unlike Japan's centered circle?Medium

    • Bangladesh ✓
    • Japan
    • Myanmar
    • Palau

  13. 13. Which Middle Eastern country's flag has a red triangle with a white star, beside black, white and green bands?Easy

    • Jordan ✓
    • Palestine
    • Kuwait
    • Sudan

  14. 14. Which North African country's flag features a golden eagle, the Eagle of Saladin, on red, white and black bands?Easy

    • Egypt ✓
    • Syria
    • Iraq
    • Yemen

  15. 15. Which country's flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, white and red, one of the oldest flag designs in the world?Easy

    • Austria ✓
    • Latvia
    • Poland
    • Monaco

  16. 16. Which country's flag is a horizontal bicolor of blue on top and yellow on the bottom?Easy

    • Ukraine ✓
    • Sweden
    • Romania
    • Palau

  17. 17. Somalia's single white star has how many points, one for each region the Somali people traditionally inhabit?Hard

    • Five ✓
    • Six
    • Four
    • Seven

  18. 18. Which flag combines the crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick and is known as the Union Jack?Easy

    • United Kingdom ✓
    • Australia
    • Canada
    • New Zealand

  19. 19. Which country's flag is a vertical tricolor of black, yellow and red?Medium

    • Belgium ✓
    • Germany
    • Lithuania
    • Chad

  20. 20. Which Southeast Asian country's five-band flag has a thick blue center stripe between red and white bands?Medium

    • Thailand ✓
    • Laos
    • Cambodia
    • Vietnam

  21. 21. Which country's flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, white and green (top to bottom)?Medium

    • Hungary ✓
    • Bulgaria
    • Italy
    • Mexico

  22. 22. Which Mediterranean island's flag features the George Cross, awarded for wartime bravery?Medium

    • Malta ✓
    • Cyprus
    • Crete
    • Sicily

  23. 23. Which Caribbean nation's flag is blue and red, with a white panel bearing a coat of arms and palm tree?Hard

    • Haiti ✓
    • Jamaica
    • Dominican Republic
    • Cuba

  24. 24. Which country's flag features the ancient Soyombo symbol on its hoist-side red stripe?Hard

    • Mongolia ✓
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Tibet

  25. 25. Which small oil-rich nation on Borneo has a yellow flag crossed by black and white diagonal stripes and a red crest?Hard

    • Brunei ✓
    • Malaysia
    • Singapore
    • Timor-Leste

  26. 26. Which country's flag is unique for being flown with red on top instead of blue during a state of war?Medium

    • Philippines ✓
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
    • Indonesia

  27. 27. Which landlocked South American country's flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, yellow and green?Medium

    • Bolivia ✓
    • Ghana
    • Ethiopia
    • Lithuania

  28. 28. Which South American flag, nicknamed the "Golden Arrowhead", has a red triangle and gold triangle on green?Hard

    • Guyana ✓
    • Suriname
    • Venezuela
    • Belize

  29. 29. Which African country's flag features a soapstone bird, a national symbol also giving the country its name?Hard

    • Zimbabwe ✓
    • Zambia
    • Botswana
    • Malawi

  30. 30. Which country's flag features a red-and-blue Taegeuk circle surrounded by four black trigrams?Medium

    • South Korea ✓
    • Japan
    • China
    • Vietnam

  31. 31. Which country's flag is plain red with one large yellow star in the center?Medium

    • Vietnam ✓
    • China
    • Morocco
    • Somalia

  32. 32. Which country's flag features a yellow rhombus on green, surrounding a blue globe with stars and a banner?Easy

    • Brazil ✓
    • Bolivia
    • Venezuela
    • Colombia

  33. 33. Which country's flag is a horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue (top to bottom)?Easy

    • Netherlands ✓
    • Russia
    • Luxembourg
    • France

  34. 34. Which Balkan country's flag is blue with a yellow triangle and a diagonal line of white stars?Easy

    • Bosnia and Herzegovina ✓
    • Croatia
    • Serbia
    • Kosovo

  35. 35. Which US territory's flag closely resembles Cuba's, but with the red and blue colors swapped?Easy

    • Puerto Rico ✓
    • Cuba
    • Guam
    • US Virgin Islands

  36. 36. Which West African flag has an orange sun disc in a white band, between orange and green stripes?Medium

    • Niger ✓
    • Mali
    • Ivory Coast
    • Chad

  37. 37. Which West African country's flag is horizontal red and green bands with a single yellow star in the center?Medium

    • Burkina Faso ✓
    • Mali
    • Guinea
    • Senegal

  38. 38. Which Central African country's flag is light blue with a diagonal red stripe bordered in yellow and a single star?Hard

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo ✓
    • Republic of the Congo
    • Angola
    • Zambia

  39. 39. Which Pacific nation's flag features a black Y-shape bordered in yellow, with a boar's tusk and fern emblem?Hard

    • Vanuatu ✓
    • Fiji
    • Solomon Islands
    • Papua New Guinea

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