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Flags of the World

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Nordic crosses, pan-African stars, crescents and twin flags: recognise the banners of all five continents, from the most iconic to the ones everyone mixes up.

18 quizzes in this collection

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Historical & Vanished Flags

From the pirates' Jolly Roger to Gaddafi's entirely green flag (1977-2011), the only one of its kind in the world, by way of double-headed eagle empires and tricolors bearing a red star: 15 emblems of states, kingdoms and regimes that no longer exist. Which country changed its flag nearly 20 times since 1900? Which banner is still banned in mainland China?

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History & Origins of Flags

Which legend has a flag falling from the sky mid-battle? Why is Nepal's the only national flag in the world that isn't rectangular? 15 questions on how national emblems were born.

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The Great Flag Challenge

Which kingdom is called Druk Yul, the Land of the Thunder Dragon? Which flag changes depending on peace or war? How many sovereign countries keep the Union Jack? 20 flags of the world to recognize, from the tricolor nearly identical to Romania's to the only national emblem that isn't a four-sided shape.

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Twin Flags, Who Is Who?

Cobalt blue versus indigo blue, identical red-and-white since 1881 and 1945, near-superimposable Scandinavian crosses: 20 pairs of flags everyone mixes up. Blue-red-white crosses, vertical yellow-blue-red tricolors, red-white-red bands, one looks like a certain North Sea trio. Can you tell these twin flags apart?

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Flags of Europe - The Classics

Fifteen European flags to identify with their real adoption dates, from the oldest tricolour in the world (1572) to the Scandinavian crosses, spanning the 13th century to 1910.

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Flags of Europe - Expert

A micro-state that added a crown to set itself apart from a neighbor, a blue Scandinavian cross edged in white on a red background, a flag adopted in 1995 with an 8-rayed sun after a dispute with Greece, and an emblem so close to Indonesia's: 15 flags of Europe for true vexillology experts.

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Flag Records & Fun Facts

The Libyan flag entirely green from 1977 until... what year? Which national flag bears a modern firearm? What is the only country with a non-rectangular flag? How many countries feature the Union Jack? Which colour is the rarest on national flags? To which inverted flag does the Red Cross owe its symbol? 15 vexillological records and fun facts.

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Flags of the Americas

The maple leaf has 11 points adopted in 1965, the star-spangled banner has changed 27 times since 1777, and the central symbol of the Mexican flag recalls the founding of Tenochtitlan. From the Sol de Mayo created by Belgrano in 1812 to the Caribbean crosses: identify 15 flags of the Americas.

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Symbols & Secrets of Flags

Why is the Swiss flag square? How many saints' crosses make up the Union Jack? Which animal does the eagle devour on the Mexican flag? 15 national flags, from Asia to the Americas, and the symbols hidden behind their colors.

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Flags of the World: Colors and Symbols

A golden lion brandishing a sword, a sun with 32 rays, a red-and-white checkerboard inherited from the Middle Ages, a maple leaf, a red "Rising Sun" disc, 50 stars, a red dragon, a crescent and a star: twenty flags to identify from their colors and emblems.

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The Least Known Flags

A Pacific country with a Y-shaped boar's tusk, Asia's youngest country that became independent in 2002, the smallest island state in the world, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, a sultanate in Southeast Asia, a Caribbean state with an endemic parrot, a flag with 9 stars for 9 islands: 15 flags that nobody can identify.

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Flags of Africa - Part 1

A green 5-pointed star adopted in 1915, a flag designed in 1959 by a 23-year-old student, a 6-colour emblem raised in 1994 for post-apartheid unity: recognise 15 flags of the African continent, from the Maghreb to the Cape. Which one looks like the Irish green flipped? Which one bears a crossed machete and gear?

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Flags of Africa - Part 2

The only flag in the world with an AK-47, the Mokorotlo hat, the shield of a southern African monarchy: 15 African flags that few can identify. Expert level in vexillology.

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Flags of Asia - The Obscure Ones

A flag unlike any other in the world that isn't rectangular, a Khmer temple adorning another one, a mythical creature on the flag of one Himalayan kingdom, and even traditional carpets woven onto a vertical band: 15 flags of Asia that almost no one can identify.

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Flags of Oceania and the Pacific

Australia's 5-star Southern Cross versus New Zealand's 4 red stars after the 2016 referendum, Fiji's coat of arms with coconut tree, Tonga's red cross and Samoa independent since 1962: 15 Pacific flags to identify.

Flags of the Caribbean and Central America

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Flags of the Caribbean and Central America

A trident on a blue and gold background, a rare bird perched on Dominica's flag, a spice unique in the world on Grenada's: Caribbean vexillology teems with little-known symbols. 15 flags to recognise, from the Lesser Antilles to the coasts of the Americas.

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Flags Without Countries

A red dragon on a white and green background, a white X-shaped cross on a blue background, 12 golden stars in a circle, a rainbow created in 1978, the rings designed by Coubertin, a pirate flag with a skull. 15 flags without countries to identify: what the white flag means in international law, the symbol of rescue that is the reverse of which national emblem, and the universal flag with a photo of the Earth. Test your eye.

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Flags of Asia - The Great Nations

The red and white two-color flag, the saffron-white-green tricolor of a South Asian giant, the stars of the Chinese flag, the text on the Saudi Arabian flag. 15 Asian flags to recognize by their precise details: which symbol sits at the center of the Indian flag, how many stars on China's, and what color the Saudi inscription is. No cheating.