50 Flags of the World Quiz Questions and Answers
This page lists 50 real questions from the Quizlino Flags of the World Quiz category, each with four options, the correct answer and, where available, a short explanation. They are arranged from easy to hard, so you can start at the level that suits you. The full category contains 200 questions spread across its levels, so what you see here is a sample to study from, not the whole quiz.
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Flags of the World: Easy Questions
Warm-up questions that most players can answer.
Q1. Which country's flag features a single red circle in the centre of a white background?
Answer: B. Japan
Explanation: Japan's flag, called the Hinomaru, features a red circle representing the sun on a white field.
Q2. Which country's flag has 50 white stars and 13 red and white stripes?
Answer: C. United States
Explanation: The US flag has 50 stars for its states and 13 stripes for the original colonies.
Q3. Which country's flag features a red maple leaf on a white background between two red bands?
Answer: A. Canada
Explanation: Canada's flag features a red maple leaf, adopted as the national symbol in 1965.
Q4. Which country's flag is a simple vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red?
Answer: C. France
Explanation: France's flag is a vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red, known as 'Le drapeau tricolore'.
Q5. Which country's flag is known as the 'Union Jack', combining several crosses?
Answer: B. United Kingdom
Explanation: The Union Jack is the national flag of the United Kingdom, combining the crosses of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Q6. Which country's flag is a horizontal tricolour of black, red, and gold?
Answer: B. Germany
Explanation: Germany's flag consists of horizontal bands of black, red, and gold.
Q7. Which country's flag is a vertical tricolour of green, white, and red?
Answer: B. Italy
Explanation: Italy's flag is a vertical tricolour of green, white, and red.
Q8. Which country's flag is famously square-shaped, featuring a white cross on a red background?
Answer: B. Switzerland
Explanation: Switzerland's flag is officially square and features a white cross on a red background.
Q9. Which country's flag features a red and blue yin-yang-like symbol called the 'Taegeuk', surrounded by black trigrams?
Answer: B. South Korea
Explanation: South Korea's flag, the Taegeukgi, features the Taegeuk symbol and four black trigrams.
Q10. Which country's flag features a red background with a white crescent moon and star?
Answer: B. Turkey
Explanation: Turkey's flag features a white crescent and star on a red background.
Q11. Which country's flag features a green background, a yellow diamond, and a blue globe with stars?
Answer: B. Brazil
Explanation: Brazil's flag has a green field, yellow diamond, and a blue celestial globe bearing the motto 'Ordem e Progresso'.
Q12. Which country's flag is red with five yellow stars, one large and four smaller?
Answer: B. China
Explanation: China's flag features one large star and four smaller stars on a red background.
Q13. Which country's flag uses six different colours, the most of any national flag, in a unique Y-shaped design?
Answer: B. South Africa
Explanation: South Africa's flag uses six colours in a distinctive Y-shaped design, unique among national flags.
Q14. Which country is home to the only national flag that is not rectangular in shape?
Answer: B. Nepal
Explanation: Nepal's flag is made of two overlapping pennant shapes, making it the world's only non-rectangular national flag.
Q15. Which country's flag features a green-white-red vertical tricolour with an eagle and snake emblem in the centre?
Answer: B. Mexico
Explanation: Mexico's flag features an eagle perched on a cactus, devouring a snake, at its centre.
Flags of the World: Medium Questions
A step up in difficulty, for players who know the basics.
Q16. Which country's flag is a vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red?
Answer: B. Belgium
Explanation: Belgium's flag is a vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red.
Q17. Which country's flag is a simple horizontal bicolour, white on top and red on the bottom?
Answer: C. Poland
Explanation: Poland's flag has white on top and red on the bottom, the reverse of Indonesia's flag.
Q18. Which country's flag is a simple horizontal bicolour, red on top and white on the bottom?
Answer: B. Indonesia
Explanation: Indonesia's flag has red on top and white on the bottom, similar to but distinct from Poland's flag.
Q19. Which small European country's flag is nearly identical to Indonesia's, differing mainly in proportions?
Answer: A. Monaco
Explanation: Monaco's flag closely resembles Indonesia's, both featuring red over white, differing chiefly in shape ratio.
Q20. Which country's flag features a blue square with a single white star, alongside white and red horizontal stripes?
Answer: A. Chile
Explanation: Chile's flag features a blue square with a white star, next to white and red stripes.
Q21. Which country's flag is a red field with a single large yellow star at its centre?
Answer: A. Vietnam
Explanation: Vietnam's flag prominently features one large yellow star on a red background.
Q22. Which country's flag features a green field, a white crescent and star, and a white vertical stripe near the pole?
Answer: B. Pakistan
Explanation: Pakistan's flag has a white crescent and star on green, with a white stripe representing minorities.
Q23. Which political and economic union's flag features 12 gold stars arranged in a circle on a blue background?
Answer: B. European Union
Explanation: The European Union's flag features 12 gold stars in a circle, symbolising unity, on a blue field.
Q24. Which country's flag features Arabic script and a sword on a green background?
Answer: A. Saudi Arabia
Explanation: Saudi Arabia's flag features the Islamic declaration of faith (Shahada) in white script and a sword on green.
Q25. Which country's flag features a green field with a red circle slightly off-centre?
Answer: A. Bangladesh
Explanation: Bangladesh's flag has a red circle set slightly toward the hoist side on a green background.
Q26. Which country's flag features a blue Star of David between two horizontal blue stripes on a white field?
Answer: A. Israel
Explanation: Israel's flag features the Star of David centred between two blue stripes on white.
Q27. Which country's flag features light blue and white horizontal stripes with a golden 'Sun of May' emblem?
Answer: B. Argentina
Explanation: Argentina's flag features the golden 'Sun of May' at the centre of light blue and white stripes.
Q28. Which country's flag features a red field with a blue-bordered white Scandinavian cross?
Answer: B. Norway
Explanation: Norway's flag has a blue Scandinavian cross outlined in white on a red field.
Q29. Which country's flag is a vertical bicolour of green and red, with an armillary sphere and coat of arms at the boundary?
Answer: A. Portugal
Explanation: Portugal's flag combines green and red with the national coat of arms and armillary sphere.
Q30. Which country's flag features a horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black, with a golden eagle in the centre?
Answer: B. Egypt
Explanation: Egypt's flag features the Eagle of Saladin in gold at the centre of its red-white-black tricolour.
Flags of the World: Hard Questions
Challenging questions for confident players.
Q31. Which country's flag is unique for depicting the actual outline map of the country, in copper-orange, on white?
Answer: A. Cyprus
Explanation: Cyprus's flag uniquely features the island's own silhouette, alongside olive branches symbolising peace.
Q32. Which African country's flag is the only national flag in the world to feature a modern rifle (AK-47)?
Answer: B. Mozambique
Explanation: Mozambique's flag features an AK-47 rifle, alongside a hoe and book, symbolising defence, agriculture, and education.
Q33. Which Pacific island nation's flag features a rising sun and a frigatebird flying over ocean waves?
Answer: B. Kiribati
Explanation: Kiribati's flag depicts a golden frigatebird flying over a rising sun and ocean waves.
Q34. Which South American country's state flag features its national coat of arms on a horizontal red-yellow-green tricolour?
Answer: B. Bolivia
Explanation: Bolivia's state flag adds the national coat of arms to the centre of its red-yellow-green tricolour.
Q35. Which country's flag, used from 1977 to 2011, was the only national flag in the world to be a single plain colour with no design?
Answer: A. Libya
Explanation: Libya's flag under Gaddafi's rule (1977-2011) was plain green, the only such flag in the world at the time.
Q36. Which Indian Ocean island nation's flag features four horizontal stripes of red, blue, yellow, and green?
Answer: B. Mauritius
Explanation: Mauritius's flag has four equal horizontal stripes of red, blue, yellow, and green.
Q37. Which Pacific nation's flag is split diagonally between red and black, featuring the Southern Cross and a bird-of-paradise?
Answer: A. Papua New Guinea
Explanation: Papua New Guinea's flag features a silhouette of a bird-of-paradise and the Southern Cross constellation.
Q38. Which island nation's flag features five diagonal bands of blue, yellow, red, white, and green radiating from a corner?
Answer: A. Seychelles
Explanation: Seychelles' flag features five diagonal bands radiating from the bottom-left corner, symbolising a dynamic new nation.
Q39. Which Caribbean nation's flag features a rising sun forming a V-shape in red, blue, and gold?
Answer: B. Antigua and Barbuda
Explanation: Antigua and Barbuda's flag features a rising sun design in a V-shape, symbolising a new era.
Q40. Which South American country's coat of arms, featured on its flag, includes a condor perched on top?
Answer: A. Ecuador
Explanation: Ecuador's coat of arms, shown on its flag, features an Andean condor perched at the top.
Flags of the World: Expert Questions
The toughest questions in the category, for true fans of the subject.
Q41. Which country's flag has the Union Jack and four red stars with white borders on a dark blue field?
Answer: A. New Zealand
Explanation: New Zealand's four red stars show the Southern Cross.
Q42. Which country's flag has the Union Jack, a large seven-pointed star and five white stars on blue?
Answer: C. Australia
Explanation: The large star is the Commonwealth Star; the others form the Southern Cross.
Q43. Which country's flag features a green cedar tree between two red stripes?
Answer: B. Lebanon
Explanation: The cedar is Lebanon's national symbol.
Q44. Which part of the United Kingdom has a red dragon on its flag?
Answer: D. Wales
Explanation: The Welsh flag shows a red dragon on white and green.
Q45. How many spokes does the Ashoka Chakra on India's flag have?
Answer: C. 24
Explanation: The Ashoka Chakra has 24 evenly spaced spokes.
Q46. What colour is the Ashoka Chakra on India's national flag?
Answer: A. Navy blue
Explanation: The chakra is printed in navy blue on the white band.
Q47. Who is credited with designing the basis of India's national flag?
Answer: D. Pingali Venkayya
Explanation: Pingali Venkayya designed an early version of the tricolour.
Q48. What motto is written on Brazil's flag?
Answer: B. Ordem e Progresso
Explanation: 'Ordem e Progresso' means 'Order and Progress'.
Q49. How many stars appear on Brazil's flag?
Answer: A. 27
Explanation: The stars represent the 26 states and the Federal District.
Q50. Which country's flag shows a black double-headed eagle on a red field?
Answer: C. Albania
Explanation: The eagle recalls the 15th-century hero Skanderbeg.
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