Country Flags

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1.Which country has red, gold, and green stripes with a black star?
- A. Saint Lucia
- B. Ghana
- C. Zambia
- D. the Dominican Republic
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Ghana
Did you know? The black star on Ghana's flag gave the national team its nickname.
2.Which country has a horizontal tricolor of white, blue, and red?
- A. Russia
- B. Saudi Arabia
- C. Indonesia
- D. Spain
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Russia
Did you know? Peter the Great is credited with adopting the Russian tricolor for ships.
3.Which country has a blue cross outlined in white on a red field?
- A. Kenya
- B. Norway
- C. Egypt
- D. Senegal
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Norway
Did you know? Norway's flag was designed in 1821, drawing on the Danish and Swedish flags.
4.Which country has a tricolor with an eagle perched on a cactus in the center?
- A. the Marshall Islands
- B. Italy
- C. Mexico
- D. the Netherlands
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Mexico
Did you know? Mexico's emblem recalls the Aztec founding legend of Tenochtitlan.
5.Which country has green and white halves with a red crescent and star?
- A. Algeria
- B. Liberia
- C. Micronesia
- D. Zambia
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Algeria
Did you know? Algeria's green stands for nature and its white for peace.
6.Which country has a vertical triband of green, white, and green?
- A. Romania
- B. Nigeria
- C. Ukraine
- D. Dominica
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Nigeria
Did you know? Nigeria's flag design came from a student, Taiwo Akinkunmi, in a 1959 contest.
7.Which country has a flag of red over white?
- A. Fiji
- B. Canada
- C. Mauritius
- D. Indonesia
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Indonesia
Did you know? Indonesia's flag is nearly identical to Monaco's, differing mainly in proportions.
8.Which country has a flag with nine stripes and a cross in the canton?
- A. Pakistan
- B. Sweden
- C. Greece
- D. Togo
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Greece
Did you know? Greek tradition links the nine stripes to the nine syllables of the motto "Freedom or Death".
9.Which country has a white flag with two blue stripes and a blue Star of David?
- A. Vatican City
- B. Eritrea
- C. France
- D. Israel
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Israel
Did you know? The Star of David on Israel's flag comes from Jewish tradition.
10.Which country has a vertical red-white-red triband?
- A. Russia
- B. Sri Lanka
- C. Peru
- D. Benin
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Peru
Did you know? Peru's flag omits the coat of arms in its civil version.
11.Which country has a vertical tricolor of green, white, and orange?
- A. the Dominican Republic
- B. Sweden
- C. Albania
- D. Ireland
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Ireland
Did you know? The white stripe of Ireland's flag stands for peace between its two traditions.
12.Which country has a horizontal tricolor of black, red, and gold?
- A. Germany
- B. Ethiopia
- C. Cyprus
- D. Nicaragua
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Germany
Did you know? Black, red, and gold were the colors of 19th-century German unification movements.
13.Which country has a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red?
- A. Russia
- B. Italy
- C. Kazakhstan
- D. Cambodia
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Italy
Did you know? Napoleon's campaigns helped spread the Italian tricolor design.
14.Which country has a tricolor with a red and white checkerboard shield?
- A. Egypt
- B. Rwanda
- C. Portugal
- D. Croatia
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Croatia
Did you know? The checkerboard, the sahovnica, is a classic Croatian emblem.
15.Which country has a square red flag with a white cross?
- A. Japan
- B. Burkina Faso
- C. Switzerland
- D. Barbados
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Switzerland
Did you know? Switzerland and Vatican City are the only countries with square national flags.
16.Which country has a blue flag with the Union Jack, a large commonwealth star, and the Southern Cross?
- A. Australia
- B. Croatia
- C. Guatemala
- D. Mali
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Australia
Did you know? Australia's flag was chosen through a public competition in 1901.
17.Which country has a red flag with a single large yellow star at its center?
- A. Vietnam
- B. Trinidad and Tobago
- C. Morocco
- D. Vatican City
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Vietnam
Did you know? The five points of Vietnam's star are said to stand for workers, peasants, soldiers, intellectuals, and youth.
18.Which country has a green field with a red circle slightly toward the hoist?
- A. Belgium
- B. New Zealand
- C. Honduras
- D. Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
Did you know? The red circle on Bangladesh's flag represents the sun rising over Bengal.
19.Which country has a flag with a red shield and crossed spears?
- A. Latvia
- B. Switzerland
- C. Ireland
- D. Kenya
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Kenya
Did you know? The Maasai shield on Kenya's flag symbolizes the defense of freedom.
20.Which country has red and yellow stripes with the coat of arms set off-center?
- A. Dominica
- B. Iceland
- C. Nepal
- D. Spain
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Spain
Did you know? Spain's civil flag omits the coat of arms, while the state flag includes it.
21.Which country has a red and white bicolor with a crescent and five stars?
- A. South Korea
- B. Singapore
- C. Austria
- D. Fiji
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Singapore
Did you know? Singapore's five stars stand for democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equality.
22.Which country has a flag with a black diagonal band edged in yellow?
- A. Benin
- B. the Dominican Republic
- C. Tanzania
- D. Ireland
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Tanzania
Did you know? Tanzania's flag merges the designs of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
23.Which country displays a black double-headed eagle on its red flag?
- A. the United Kingdom
- B. Albania
- C. Sri Lanka
- D. Canada
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Albania
Did you know? Albania's nickname, the Land of the Eagles, comes from its flag emblem.
24.Which country has a tricolor with a yellow star at the center stripe?
- A. Cameroon
- B. Turkey
- C. South Africa
- D. Papua New Guinea
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Cameroon
Did you know? Cameroon's flag colors trace to the Pan-African movement.
25.Which country has a green-yellow-red tricolor with a green star at the center?
- A. Senegal
- B. Morocco
- C. India
- D. Haiti
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Senegal
Did you know? Senegal's green star stands for hope and unity.
26.Which country has a red flag with five yellow stars in the upper left corner?
- A. China
- B. Belgium
- C. Malawi
- D. Madagascar
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China
Did you know? China's largest star stands for the Communist Party; the four smaller ones were added in 1949 design discussions.
27.Which country has a blue flag with the Union Jack and four red stars of the Southern Cross?
- A. Papua New Guinea
- B. Norway
- C. New Zealand
- D. Nicaragua
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New Zealand
Did you know? New Zealand's four red Southern Cross stars are outlined in white.
28.Which country has a horizontal red-white-green tricolor?
- A. Trinidad and Tobago
- B. Djibouti
- C. Hungary
- D. Benin
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Hungary
Did you know? Hungary's tricolor echoes the French model with national colors.
29.Which country has a flag of white over red?
- A. Peru
- B. Brazil
- C. Portugal
- D. Poland
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Poland
Did you know? Poland's flag colors come from its medieval coat of arms.
30.Which country has five stripes with a white star in a red triangle?
- A. Ireland
- B. Micronesia
- C. Cuba
- D. Trinidad and Tobago
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Cuba
Did you know? Cuba's lone white star is known as La Estrella Solitaria, like Chile's emblem.
31.Which country has a flag of blue over yellow?
- A. Ghana
- B. Ukraine
- C. Trinidad and Tobago
- D. Djibouti
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Ukraine
Did you know? Blue and yellow on Ukraine's flag evoke sky over wheat fields.
32.Which country has a red and white flag with a maple leaf at its center?
- A. Jamaica
- B. Canada
- C. the Philippines
- D. Egypt
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Canada
Did you know? Canada's maple leaf flag was adopted in 1965 after a national debate.
33.Which country has a green and red flag with an armillary sphere?
- A. Tanzania
- B. New Zealand
- C. Vietnam
- D. Portugal
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Portugal
Did you know? The armillary sphere on Portugal's flag recalls the country's Age of Discovery.
34.Which country has a yellow cross on a blue field?
- A. Malawi
- B. Sweden
- C. Norway
- D. Moldova
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Sweden
Did you know? Sweden's flag follows the Nordic cross tradition shared with its neighbors.
35.Which country has a red-white-red triband said to date to a 12th-century siege?
- A. Nepal
- B. Austria
- C. Bulgaria
- D. the United Kingdom
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Austria
Did you know? The red-white-red stripes on Austria's flag rank among Europe's oldest designs.
36.Which country has a flag combining the crosses of three patron saints?
- A. the United Kingdom
- B. South Korea
- C. Romania
- D. Zimbabwe
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the United Kingdom
Did you know? The Union Jack combines the crosses of St George, St Andrew, and St Patrick.
37.Which country has light blue and white stripes with a golden sun?
- A. Tanzania
- B. Haiti
- C. Sri Lanka
- D. Argentina
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Argentina
Did you know? The Sun of May on Argentina's flag has a face and alternating rays.
38.Which country has a green flag with a yellow diamond and a blue globe?
- A. Brazil
- B. Somalia
- C. Papua New Guinea
- D. Ecuador
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Brazil
Did you know? The Brazilian flag's motto Ordem e Progresso is written across the celestial globe.
39.Which country has a tricolor of saffron, white, and green with a blue wheel?
- A. Belgium
- B. North Macedonia
- C. Ukraine
- D. India
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India
Did you know? The blue wheel on India's flag is the Ashoka Chakra with 24 spokes.
40.Which country has a white flag with a red and blue taegeuk circle and black trigrams?
- A. Indonesia
- B. South Korea
- C. Moldova
- D. Venezuela
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South Korea
Did you know? South Korea's flag is called Taegeukgi in Korean.

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