Megan Moran

Flags of Africa quiz

Stars, spears, crescents and one flag with a rifle on it. Name the country behind each of these 20 African flags, from the instantly familiar to a few tricky tricolors, with a fact about every one.

A free quiz from Megan Moran, author of The Mighty Geography Quiz Book.

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  1. Flag with three vertical stripes: green, white and green
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    Question 1 of 20Flags of AfricaEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  2. Flag with red, white and black horizontal stripes and a golden eagle in the center
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    Question 2 of 20Flags of AfricaEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  3. Flag divided by a diagonal black band edged in yellow, with a green triangle top left and a blue triangle bottom right
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    Question 3 of 20Flags of AfricaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  4. Flag with red, gold and green horizontal stripes and a black star in the center
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    Question 4 of 20Flags of AfricaEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  5. Flag with six horizontal stripes of black, yellow and red, and a crested crane in a white circle
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    Question 5 of 20Flags of AfricaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  6. Red flag with a green interlaced five-pointed star in the center
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    Question 6 of 20Flags of AfricaEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  7. Flag with green, black and yellow stripes and a red triangle bearing a book, a hoe and a rifle on a yellow star
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    Question 7 of 20Flags of AfricaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  8. Flag with green, yellow and red horizontal stripes and a blue disc holding a yellow star
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    Question 8 of 20Flags of AfricaEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  9. Flag with three vertical stripes: orange, white and green
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    Question 9 of 20Flags of AfricaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  10. Flag with three vertical stripes: dark blue, yellow and red, with no emblem
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    Question 10 of 20Flags of AfricaHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  11. Flag split vertically into green and white halves, with a red crescent and star in the center
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    Question 11 of 20Flags of AfricaEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  12. Flag with green, yellow, red and black stripes and a white triangle holding a red star and a carved bird
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    Question 12 of 20Flags of AfricaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  13. Flag with a green vertical stripe at the hoist and two horizontal stripes, yellow above red
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    Question 13 of 20Flags of AfricaHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  14. Red flag with a white disc holding a red crescent and star
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    Question 14 of 20Flags of AfricaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  15. Flag with three vertical stripes: green, red and yellow, with a yellow star in the center
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    Question 15 of 20Flags of AfricaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  16. Flag with a white vertical stripe at the hoist and two horizontal stripes, red above green
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    Question 16 of 20Flags of AfricaHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  17. Light blue flag with a black horizontal band edged in white across the middle
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    Question 17 of 20Flags of AfricaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  18. Flag with three horizontal stripes: green, white and blue
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    Question 18 of 20Flags of AfricaHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  19. Sky blue flag with a red diagonal band edged in yellow and a yellow star in the top left
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    Question 19 of 20Flags of AfricaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  20. Flag with three horizontal stripes: green, yellow and blue
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    Question 20 of 20Flags of AfricaHard

    Which country's flag is this?

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Show all the answers, with the facts behind them
  1. Which country's flag is this? NigeriaMichael Taiwo Akinkunmi's design beat almost 3,000 entries in a 1959 competition; the flag was first raised at independence on 1 October 1960.
  2. Which country's flag is this? EgyptThe golden bird is known as the Eagle of Saladin. Egypt adopted its current flag on 4 October 1984.
  3. Which country's flag is this? TanzaniaTanganyika and Zanzibar united in 1964; the new flag kept Tanganyika's green and black and added the blue from Zanzibar's flag.
  4. Which country's flag is this? GhanaGhana's flag was designed by artist and teacher Theodosia Okoh in 1957, and the national football team takes its nickname, the Black Stars, from it.
  5. Which country's flag is this? UgandaThe crested crane, Uganda's national bird, was already on the colonial badge; the flag itself was adopted at independence on 9 October 1962.
  6. Which country's flag is this? MoroccoThe green star, known as the Seal of Solomon, was added to Morocco's plain red flag in 1915.
  7. Which country's flag is this? MozambiqueThe rifle is generally understood to be an AK-47 with a bayonet, making Mozambique's the only national flag featuring a modern assault rifle.
  8. Which country's flag is this? EthiopiaSo many newly independent African nations borrowed Ethiopia's green, yellow and red that they became known as the Pan-African colors.
  9. Which country's flag is this? Ivory CoastAdopted on 3 December 1959, it resembles Ireland's flag in reverse, with orange by the flagpole instead of green, and is less elongated.
  10. Which country's flag is this? ChadThe country is named after Lake Chad, whose open water shrank by more than 90% between 1960 and 1980.
  11. Which country's flag is this? AlgeriaThis flag was used by the National Liberation Front during the war against French rule, and became the national flag at independence in 1962.
  12. Which country's flag is this? ZimbabweThe bird is based on a soapstone carving found at Great Zimbabwe, the medieval stone city that gave the country its name.
  13. Which country's flag is this? BeninThis flag was first chosen in 1959, replaced in 1975 by a green flag with a red star, and restored in 1990.
  14. Which country's flag is this? TunisiaTunisia's flag dates from the early 19th century; its crescent and star are symbols linked to the Ottoman Empire, which once ruled the region.
  15. Which country's flag is this? CameroonCameroon is nicknamed 'Africa in miniature' because it has coast, desert, mountains, rainforest and savanna.
  16. Which country's flag is this? MadagascarMadagascar is the world's fourth-largest island, and about 90% of its plant and animal species are found nowhere else.
  17. Which country's flag is this? BotswanaThe light blue stands for sky and water, which is scarce in Botswana. The national motto, Pula, means rain.
  18. Which country's flag is this? Sierra LeonePortuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra named the area Serra Leoa, 'lioness mountains', in 1462, after the hills near today's Freetown.
  19. Which country's flag is this? Democratic Republic of the CongoThe country has changed its flag several times since independence in 1960; this design was adopted on 18 February 2006.
  20. Which country's flag is this? GabonThe yellow stripe alludes to the equator, which crosses the country; green stands for its forests and blue for the Atlantic coast.
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