Megan Moran

Flags of Asia and Oceania quiz

Suns, moons, a temple and a bird of paradise, from the Middle East to the far Pacific. Can you name the country behind each of these 20 flags? Every answer comes with a fact to take away.

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

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  1. Dark green flag with a white vertical stripe at the hoist and a white crescent and star
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    Question 1 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  2. Red flag with a large yellow five-pointed star in the center
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    Question 2 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  3. Flag with red and white horizontal stripes and a yellow crescent and 14-pointed star on a dark blue rectangle
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    Question 3 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  4. Flag with five horizontal stripes: red, white, a wide dark blue band, white and red
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    Question 4 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  5. Flag with red over white horizontal halves and a white crescent beside five white stars in the top left
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    Question 5 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  6. Green flag with white Arabic script above a white sword
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    Question 6 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  7. Flag with green and orange vertical stripes beside a maroon panel showing a golden lion holding a sword
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    Question 7 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  8. Flag with two horizontal stripes: red on top and white below, with no emblem
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    Question 8 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  9. Flag with red, blue and red vertical stripes and a yellow emblem of flame, sun, moon and geometric shapes on the left
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    Question 9 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  10. Light blue flag with a yellow disc set slightly left of center
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    Question 10 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  11. Flag with blue and red horizontal halves and a white triangle holding a golden sun and three stars
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    Question 11 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  12. Sky blue flag with a golden sun above a soaring eagle and an ornamental pattern at the hoist
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    Question 12 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  13. Flag with a red upper half showing a gold bird above a rising sun, and blue and white wavy stripes below
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    Question 13 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  14. Flag with red, white and red horizontal stripes and a green cedar tree in the center
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    Question 14 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  15. Flag split diagonally into black and red, with white stars on the black and a gold bird of paradise on the red
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    Question 15 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  16. Red flag with a yellow sun of 40 rays around a red and yellow crossed-lattice ring
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    Question 16 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  17. Flag with blue, red and blue horizontal stripes and a white temple with three towers
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    Question 17 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  18. Yellow flag crossed diagonally by white and black bands, with a red crest of a crescent, upraised hands and a parasol
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    Question 18 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  19. Flag with a red vertical band at the hoist and green, white and black horizontal stripes
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    Question 19 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  20. Dark blue flag with orange and white diagonal rays widening from bottom left and a white 24-pointed star
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    Question 20 of 20Flags of Asia and OceaniaHard

    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? PakistanThe flag was adopted on 11 August 1947, days before independence. Its white stripe represents the country's religious minorities.
  2. Which country's flag is this? VietnamFirst used in a 1940 uprising against French rule, this flag became the flag of the whole reunified country in 1976.
  3. Which country's flag is this? MalaysiaThe flag is called Jalur Gemilang, 'Stripes of Glory'. Its 14 equal stripes stand for the equal status of the federation's members.
  4. Which country's flag is this? ThailandThe Trairanga, or tricolor, was adopted in 1917 by King Vajiravudh. Earlier flags of Siam featured a white elephant.
  5. Which country's flag is this? SingaporeThe five stars stand for democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality. The flag was officially adopted on 3 December 1959.
  6. Which country's flag is this? Saudi ArabiaBecause it carries the Islamic declaration of faith, this flag is never lowered to half-mast as a sign of mourning.
  7. Which country's flag is this? Sri LankaIn 1960 Sirimavo Bandaranaike became prime minister here, the first woman in the world to be democratically elected to that role.
  8. Which country's flag is this? IndonesiaIndonesia's flag looks almost identical to Monaco's; the main difference is the shape, 2:3 for Indonesia against Monaco's squarer 4:5.
  9. Which country's flag is this? MongoliaWith around 3.5 million people, Mongolia is the world's most sparsely populated sovereign state.
  10. Which country's flag is this? PalauThe disc is a full moon, traditionally seen as the best time for fishing, sowing, harvesting and celebrations.
  11. Which country's flag is this? PhilippinesIn wartime the flag is flown upside down, with the red stripe on top instead of the blue.
  12. Which country's flag is this? KazakhstanKazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country and the ninth-largest country of all by land area.
  13. Which country's flag is this? KiribatiIn 1995 Kiribati moved the International Date Line east, putting its Line Islands in UTC+14, the most advanced time zone on Earth.
  14. Which country's flag is this? LebanonThe cedar of Lebanon is mentioned several times in the Bible, and the ancient Phoenicians used its wood to build ships.
  15. Which country's flag is this? Papua New GuineaThe flag was designed by 15-year-old schoolgirl Susan Karike, whose entry won a nationwide competition in 1971.
  16. Which country's flag is this? KyrgyzstanThe 40 rays stand for the tribes united by the hero Manas; the ring is a tunduk, the roof opening of a yurt.
  17. Which country's flag is this? CambodiaThe temple is Angkor Wat, which Guinness World Records considers the largest religious structure in the world.
  18. Which country's flag is this? BruneiThe yellow symbolizes the monarchy, while the white and black stripes stand for the wazirs, senior officials who once advised the Sultan.
  19. Which country's flag is this? United Arab EmiratesThe flag was designed by 19-year-old Abdullah Mohammed Al Maainah and adopted on 2 December 1971 after a nationwide design contest.
  20. Which country's flag is this? Marshall IslandsThe United States detonated 23 nuclear devices at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958.
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