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Can you tell Chad from Romania? This flag quiz for kids and grown-ups starts with famous flags and works up to the look-alikes. The answers are on the page, and the game itself covers all 195 flags of the world.

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31 questions in 3 groups, every one with its answer. Questions last changed: .

Famous flags

  1. Which country's flag is this?

    Two horizontal stripes: blue on top, yellow below.
    • Argentina
    • Thailand
    • Ukraine
    • Canada

    Ukraine. Ukraine's flag is often said to show a blue sky over golden fields of wheat.

  2. Which country's flag is this?

    Nine blue and white horizontal stripes with a white cross on a blue square in the top left.
    • Egypt
    • Greece
    • Jamaica
    • Kenya

    Greece. Some say the nine stripes on Greece's flag match the syllables of 'Freedom or Death' in Greek.

  3. Which country's flag is this?

    Three horizontal stripes: black, red and gold.
    • Brazil
    • Germany
    • Thailand
    • Argentina

    Germany. Johannes Gutenberg, from Mainz in Germany, built Europe's first printing press with movable metal type around 1440.

  4. Which country's flag is this?

    Five horizontal stripes: red, white, a wide blue stripe, white and red.
    • Thailand
    • New Zealand
    • United Kingdom
    • Sweden

    Thailand. Thailand is the only country in Southeast Asia that was never ruled by a European power.

  5. Which country's flag is this?

    A white field with two blue horizontal stripes and a blue six-pointed star in the middle.
    • Cuba
    • Finland
    • United Kingdom
    • Israel

    Israel. The Dead Sea, on Israel's border, is so salty that people float without trying.

  6. Which country's flag is this?

    Five blue and white stripes with a red triangle holding a white star at the pole side.
    • Cuba
    • Portugal
    • Greece
    • Ukraine

    Cuba. Cuba is home to the bee hummingbird, the smallest bird in the world.

  7. Which country's flag is this?

    A gold diagonal cross, with green triangles top and bottom and black triangles at the sides.
    • Jamaica
    • Poland
    • India
    • Denmark

    Jamaica. Jamaica's flag is the only national flag with no red, white or blue in it.

  8. Which country's flag is this?

    Three vertical stripes: green, white and green.
    • Ukraine
    • Nigeria
    • Poland
    • Portugal

    Nigeria. Nigeria has more people than any other country in Africa.

  9. Which country's flag is this?

    A blue field with a small red, white and blue flag in the top left and four red stars edged in white on the right.
    • Russia
    • United States
    • Thailand
    • New Zealand

    New Zealand. New Zealand has no native land snakes at all.

  10. Which country's flag is this?

    A green field with white writing above a white sword.
    • Nigeria
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Italy
    • Brazil

    Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's flag is never flown at half-mast because it carries a religious statement.

Flags from every continent

  1. Which country's flag is this?

    A white cross splitting the flag into four rectangles, blue and red on top, red and blue below, with a small coat of arms in the middle.
    • Cuba
    • Mexico
    • United States
    • Dominican Republic

    Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.

  2. True or false: This is the flag of Guatemala.

    Three vertical stripes: light blue, white and light blue, with a coat of arms showing a green bird, crossed rifles and a wreath in the middle.

    True. It's Guatemala. Guatemala's money, the quetzal, is named after a brightly coloured bird.

  3. Which country's flag is this?

    Five horizontal stripes: green, white, a wide red stripe, white and green, with a yellow star in the middle.
    • Venezuela
    • Suriname
    • Uruguay
    • Bolivia

    Suriname. Suriname is the smallest country in South America, and Dutch is its official language.

  4. Which country's flag is this?

    A dark blue field with orange and white diagonal bands widening toward the top right, and a white star with long and short rays in the top left.
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Marshall Islands
    • Kiribati
    • Tonga

    Marshall Islands. The bikini swimsuit was named after Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands.

  5. True or false: This is the flag of Chad.

    Three vertical stripes: dark blue, yellow and red.

    True. It's Chad. Chad and Romania are near twins. Chad's blue is a shade darker.

  6. Which country's flag is this?

    Green and white halves side by side, with a red crescent and star in the middle.
    • South Africa
    • Uganda
    • Algeria
    • Republic of the Congo

    Algeria. Algeria is the biggest country in Africa by area.

  7. Which country's flag is this?

    Three horizontal stripes: red, white and black.

    Yemen. Socotra, an island belonging to Yemen, is home to the dragon's blood tree, which grows nowhere else.

  8. True or false: This is the flag of South Korea.

    Three horizontal stripes: yellow, green and red, with a large white star in the middle.

    False. It's Myanmar. Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda is covered in gold, and its top is set with thousands of diamonds and other gems.

  9. True or false: This is the flag of Cyprus.

    Three horizontal stripes: yellow, green and red.

    False. It's Lithuania. Lithuania was the first Soviet republic to declare independence, in 1990.

  10. Which country's flag is this?

    A red field with a yellow sun in the middle and eight yellow rays spreading to the edges.
    • Andorra
    • Portugal
    • North Macedonia
    • Liechtenstein

    North Macedonia. Lake Ohrid, on North Macedonia's border, is one of the oldest lakes in Europe.

  11. True or false: This is the flag of Brazil.

    A green field with a yellow arrowhead edged in white and a red triangle edged in black, both pointing out from the pole.

    False. It's Guyana. Guyana is the only country in South America where English is the official language.

  12. True or false: This is the flag of Samoa.

    Split diagonally: black at the pole side with five white stars, and red at the far side with a yellow bird of paradise.

    False. It's Papua New Guinea. More than 800 languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea, more than in any other country.

Flags that look alike

Some flags are near twins: Colombia and Ecuador, Cameroon and Mali, Czechia and Philippines, Mali and Senegal. Each flag here has a twin. The twin is among the choices, or the question is a true or false about which of the two it is, so look closely.

  1. True or false: This is the flag of Colombia.

    Three horizontal stripes: a wide yellow stripe on top, then blue and red, with a coat of arms in the middle.

    False. It's Ecuador. Ecuador adds a coat of arms. Colombia's stripes are plain.

  2. True or false: This is the flag of Cameroon.

    Three vertical stripes: green, red and yellow, with a yellow star in the middle.

    True. It's Cameroon. Mount Cameroon is one of the most active volcanoes in Africa.

  3. True or false: This is the flag of the Philippines.

    White over red, with a blue triangle at the pole side.

    False. It's Czechia. Prague Castle is one of the largest ancient castle complexes in the world.

  4. True or false: This is the flag of Senegal.

    Three vertical stripes: green, yellow and red, with a green star in the middle.

    True. It's Senegal. Senegal's Lake Retba is famous for its bright pink water.

  5. True or false: This is the flag of Palau.

    A red circle in the middle of a white field.

    False. It's Japan. Japan has more than 100 active volcanoes.

  6. Which country's flag is this?

    Three horizontal stripes: red, white and light blue.
    • Netherlands
    • Russia
    • France
    • Luxembourg

    Luxembourg. Luxembourg's blue is lighter than the Netherlands'.

  7. Which country's flag is this?

    Two horizontal stripes: red on top, white below, on a nearly square flag.
    • Liechtenstein
    • Monaco
    • Poland
    • Slovakia

    Monaco. Monaco is the second-smallest country in the world. Only Vatican City is smaller.

  8. Which country's flag is this?

    Three vertical stripes: green, yellow and red.
    • Mali
    • Senegal
    • Guinea
    • Cameroon

    Mali. Mali runs green, yellow, red. Guinea runs the other way.

  9. Which country's flag is this?

    Three horizontal stripes: a wide yellow stripe on top, then blue and red.
    • Colombia
    • Guyana
    • Ecuador
    • Venezuela

    Colombia.

How to use these questions

Show the page to the room, or hold up a phone, and ask which country each flag belongs to. Some questions give choices and some do not, which is harder. To see every answer at once, switch on Show all answers at the top of the list. The page also prints on A4 paper from your browser's own Print command: the questions come first and the answers follow on a separate sheet.

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