Megan Moran

Flags of the world quiz

Suns, stars, spears and one flag that isn't even a rectangle. Twenty flags from every continent, from the instantly familiar to the ones that catch out quiz champions. How many can you name?

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

Paper-cut illustration of a globe circled by a ribbon of patterned pennants
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  1. White flag with a red disc in the center
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 1 of 20Flags of the worldEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  2. Green flag with a yellow diamond holding a blue starry globe and a white banner
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 2 of 20Flags of the worldEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  3. Flag with a green Y shape, black triangle and red and blue bands
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    Question 3 of 20Flags of the worldMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  4. Flag with red bands on each side and a red leaf on a white square
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    Question 4 of 20Flags of the worldEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  5. White flag with a red and blue circle surrounded by four black bar patterns
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 5 of 20Flags of the worldMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  6. Flag with red and white horizontal stripes and white stars on a blue rectangle
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    Question 6 of 20Flags of the worldEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  7. Flag with light blue and white horizontal stripes and a golden sun with a face
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    Question 7 of 20Flags of the worldMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  8. Flag with saffron, white and green horizontal stripes and a blue wheel in the center
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    Question 8 of 20Flags of the worldEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  9. Flag with black, red and green stripes edged in white, with a shield and two spears
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 9 of 20Flags of the worldMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  10. Dark blue flag with a small union flag in the corner and four red stars edged in white
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    Question 10 of 20Flags of the worldHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  11. Red flag with one large yellow star and four smaller ones in the top left
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 11 of 20Flags of the worldEasy

    Which country's flag is this?

  12. Red flag with a white crescent and star
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 12 of 20Flags of the worldMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  13. Flag with a wide yellow stripe on top and narrower blue and red stripes below, with no emblem
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 13 of 20Flags of the worldHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  14. Flag with a gold diagonal cross dividing green and black triangles
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    Question 14 of 20Flags of the worldMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  15. Dark blue flag with a small union flag in the corner and six white stars
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 15 of 20Flags of the worldMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  16. Flag with three vertical stripes: red, white and red
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    Question 16 of 20Flags of the worldHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  17. Crimson flag with a blue border, made of two stacked pennants with a white moon and sun
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 17 of 20Flags of the worldMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  18. Green flag with a red disc placed slightly left of center
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 18 of 20Flags of the worldHard

    Which country's flag is this?

  19. Flag with white and red horizontal stripes and a white star on a blue square
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 19 of 20Flags of the worldMedium

    Which country's flag is this?

  20. Flag with green, yellow and red vertical stripes and a green star in the center
    Panayiotis Lipiridis, flag-icons · MIT

    Question 20 of 20Flags of the worldHard

    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? JapanJapan's flag is known as the Hinomaru, meaning 'circle of the sun'.
  2. Which country's flag is this? BrazilThe 27 stars on Brazil's globe stand for its 26 states and the Federal District.
  3. Which country's flag is this? South AfricaSouth Africa adopted this flag on 27 April 1994, the day of its first all-race elections; the Y shape is often read as diverse groups uniting.
  4. Which country's flag is this? CanadaThe maple leaf flag was first raised on 15 February 1965, now marked as National Flag of Canada Day.
  5. Which country's flag is this? South KoreaSouth Korea's flag, the Taegukgi, shows a red and blue taegeuk with four trigrams from the I Ching.
  6. Which country's flag is this? United StatesThe 13 stripes stand for the original colonies and the 50 stars for the states. The 50-star flag dates from 1960.
  7. Which country's flag is this? ArgentinaThe 'Sun of May' on Argentina's flag commemorates the May Revolution of 1810.
  8. Which country's flag is this? IndiaThe blue wheel on India's flag is the Ashoka Chakra, which has 24 spokes.
  9. Which country's flag is this? KenyaThe shield and crossed spears on Kenya's flag are those of a Maasai warrior.
  10. Which country's flag is this? New ZealandNew Zealand kept this flag after a referendum in 2016 that offered a silver fern design instead.
  11. Which country's flag is this? ChinaChina's flag was adopted in 1949; each of the four small stars has one point aimed at the center of the large star.
  12. Which country's flag is this? TurkeyThe Turkish flag is known as the Ay Yıldız, meaning 'moon star'.
  13. Which country's flag is this? ColombiaColombia's yellow stripe fills the top half of the flag, twice the height of the blue and red stripes.
  14. Which country's flag is this? JamaicaJamaica's flag is the only national flag that uses none of red, white or blue.
  15. Which country's flag is this? AustraliaAustralia's flag shows the Southern Cross and the seven-pointed Commonwealth Star.
  16. Which country's flag is this? PeruLegend says General José de San Martín chose Peru's colors after seeing flamingos with white chests and red wings.
  17. Which country's flag is this? NepalNepal has the world's only non-rectangular national flag, made of two stacked pennants.
  18. Which country's flag is this? BangladeshBangladesh's red disc sits slightly towards the pole so it looks centered when the flag flies.
  19. Which country's flag is this? ChileChile's flag is often confused with the flag of the US state of Texas.
  20. Which country's flag is this? SenegalThe green star in the center is what sets Senegal's flag apart from Mali's plain tricolor.
Paper-cut illustration of patterned bunting strung between acacia and baobab trees at sunset

Flags of Africa

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Paper-cut illustration of patterned bunting above pagodas, rice terraces and palm trees

Flags of Asia and Oceania

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Paper-cut illustration of patterned flags strung above an old-town square

Flags of Europe

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Paper-cut illustration of bunting above a map of the Americas with mountains and a colonial church

Flags of the Americas

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Paper-cut map of a continent made from countries in plum, gold and pink

Country shapes: Africa

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Paper-cut map of a large continent made from countries in plum, gold and pink

Country shapes: Asia

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