Megan Moran

Flags of the Americas quiz

Lone stars, golden suns and a sea of Caribbean triangles. Name the country behind each of these 20 flags from North, Central and South America, then see if your friends and family can beat your score.

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

Paper-cut illustration of bunting above a map of the Americas with mountains and a colonial church
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  1. Flag with blue and white horizontal stripes and a red triangle holding a white star
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    Question 1 of 20Flags of the AmericasEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  2. Flag with white and blue horizontal stripes and a golden sun with a face in the top left
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    Question 2 of 20Flags of the AmericasEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  3. Flag with five horizontal stripes: blue, white, a wide red band, white and blue, with no emblem
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    Question 3 of 20Flags of the AmericasMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  4. Flag with yellow, blue and red horizontal stripes and an arc of eight white stars
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    Question 4 of 20Flags of the AmericasEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  5. Flag with blue, white and blue horizontal stripes and five blue stars in the center
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    Question 5 of 20Flags of the AmericasMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  6. Flag divided into four quarters: white with a blue star, red, blue, and white with a red star
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    Question 6 of 20Flags of the AmericasEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  7. Flag with blue, gold and blue vertical stripes and a black trident head in the center
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    Question 7 of 20Flags of the AmericasMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  8. Flag with aquamarine, gold and aquamarine horizontal stripes and a black triangle at the hoist
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    Question 8 of 20Flags of the AmericasEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  9. Flag with blue over red horizontal halves and a coat of arms with a palm tree and cannons on a white panel
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    Question 9 of 20Flags of the AmericasMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  10. Flag with a red border bearing six gold stars, gold and green triangles, a red disc with a star in the center and a small seed pod at the hoist
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    Question 10 of 20Flags of the AmericasHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  11. Red flag with a black diagonal band edged in white running from top left to bottom right
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    Question 11 of 20Flags of the AmericasEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  12. Green flag with a yellow arrowhead edged in white and a red triangle edged in black
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    Question 12 of 20Flags of the AmericasMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  13. Green flag with a cross of yellow, black and white stripes and a red disc showing a parrot ringed by ten green stars
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 13 of 20Flags of the AmericasHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  14. Flag with green, white, red, white and green horizontal stripes and a yellow star on the red band
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 14 of 20Flags of the AmericasMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  15. Light blue flag with a black and white triangle in front of a gold triangle
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    Question 15 of 20Flags of the AmericasMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  16. Flag split diagonally into green and red by a black band edged in yellow, with two white stars
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    Question 16 of 20Flags of the AmericasHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  17. Flag with a wide yellow stripe on top and narrower blue and red stripes below, with a coat of arms topped by a condor
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 17 of 20Flags of the AmericasMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  18. Flag with red triangles either side of a V shape holding a rising gold sun on black, above blue and white bands
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 18 of 20Flags of the AmericasHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  19. Flag with sky blue, white and sky blue vertical stripes and a coat of arms with a green bird and crossed rifles
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 19 of 20Flags of the AmericasMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  20. Flag with blue, gold and green vertical stripes and three green diamonds arranged in a V shape
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    Question 20 of 20Flags of the AmericasHard

    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? CubaCuba's 'Lone Star' flag was designed in 1849 and first raised by rebels in 1850, more than 50 years before it became official in 1902.
  2. Which country's flag is this? UruguayUruguay hosted the first FIFA World Cup in 1930 and won it, beating Argentina 4–2 in the final in Montevideo.
  3. Which country's flag is this? Costa RicaCosta Rica abolished its army in 1948, and the ban was written into its constitution the following year.
  4. Which country's flag is this? VenezuelaAngel Falls, in the country's south-east, is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a single plunge of 807 meters.
  5. Which country's flag is this? HondurasThe five stars stand for the five nations of the former Federal Republic of Central America and the hope that they might one day reunite.
  6. Which country's flag is this? PanamaThe Panama Canal opened on 15 August 1914; its locks lift ships about 26 meters up to Gatun Lake.
  7. Which country's flag is this? BarbadosBarbados became a republic on 30 November 2021, when a president replaced Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.
  8. Which country's flag is this? BahamasColumbus's first landfall in the Americas, on 12 October 1492, was on one of these islands, though historians still debate exactly which one.
  9. Which country's flag is this? HaitiHaiti declared independence from France on 1 January 1804, the only country in history established by a successful slave revolt.
  10. Which country's flag is this? GrenadaThe six border stars stand for the parishes, and the central star for the sister islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
  11. Which country's flag is this? Trinidad and TobagoThe steelpan, a relatively new member of the percussion family, was developed here during the 1930s and 1940s.
  12. Which country's flag is this? GuyanaGuyana is the only country in mainland South America with English as its official language.
  13. Which country's flag is this? DominicaOne of the few national flags with purple, it shows the sisserou parrot, an endangered bird found only on this island.
  14. Which country's flag is this? SurinameSuriname is the smallest sovereign country in South America by area and population, and Dutch is its sole official language.
  15. Which country's flag is this? Saint LuciaTwo Nobel laureates, economist Sir Arthur Lewis and poet Derek Walcott, came from this island, the highest ratio of laureates to population of any sovereign country.
  16. Which country's flag is this? Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere, in both area and population.
  17. Which country's flag is this? EcuadorThe country's name is Spanish for 'equator', which passes just north of the capital, Quito.
  18. Which country's flag is this? Antigua and BarbudaDesigned by artist and sculptor Reginald Samuel, the flag was adopted in 1967; its rising sun symbolizes the dawn of a new era.
  19. Which country's flag is this? GuatemalaTikal, in the northern rainforest, was one of the largest cities of the ancient Maya and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
  20. Which country's flag is this? Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesThe diamonds form a V for Vincent and evoke the island's nickname, the 'Gems of the Antilles'. The flag was adopted in 1985.
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