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99 free World Flags trivia questions with answers — geography quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
50 free World Flags trivia questions with answers. World Flags trivia lives in two places on BrainPickle. This page is the shorter set; the main quiz is Flags of the World trivia, with our deepest question pool on the topic and a source behind every answer.
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Q 01Which country's flag features a red circle on a white background?
Japan
Japan's flag, known as the Nisshōki or Hinomaru ("circle of the sun"), features a simple red disc centered on a white rectangular field. It has been the national flag since 1870.
Q 02What tree's foliage appears on the flag of Canada?
Maple
Canada's flag shows a stylized red maple leaf on a white square between two red bands. The maple-leaf flag was proclaimed in 1965, replacing the Canadian Red Ensign.
Q 03Which country's flag consists of three vertical stripes: blue, white, and red?
France
The Tricolore runs blue, white, red from the hoist. The design was adopted during the French Revolution and has been the national flag since, with only minor changes in shade and proportion.
Q 04What are the colors of the Italian flag?
Green, white, and red
Il Tricolore has three equal vertical bands of green, white and red with green at the hoist. Like other tricolours it was inspired by the French flag, and it is defined in Article 12 of the Italian Constitution.
Q 05Which flag combines the Union Jack, a seven-pointed Commonwealth Star and the Southern Cross?
Australia
Australia's flag places the Union Jack and the seven-pointed Commonwealth Star in the hoist half and the Southern Cross in the fly; four of the five Cross stars have seven points, the smallest five.
Q 06The Stars and Stripes is the nickname for the flag of which country?
United States
The Stars and Stripes refers to the flag of the United States. It features 50 white stars on a blue canton representing the 50 states, and 13 alternating red and white stripes representing the original 13 colonies.
Q 07What color is the cross on the flag of Switzerland?
White
Switzerland's flag is a white Greek cross on a red, square field; an 1889 federal decree fixed the cross's arms at one-sixth longer than they are wide.
Q 08Which Scandinavian country's flag features a yellow cross on a blue background?
Sweden
Sweden's flag features a golden-yellow Nordic cross on a blue background. The colors are believed to come from the Swedish coat of arms, dating back to 1442.
Q 09What colour are the stars on the flag of China?
Golden
China's five stars are golden yellow on a red field: one large star for the Communist Party and four smaller stars, in the upper hoist, for the unity of the Chinese people.
Q 10Which country's flag, two stacked pennants bearing a moon and a sun, is the only national flag that is not rectangular?
Nepal
Nepal's flag is two stacked triangles, or pennants, with a crescent moon and a sun; the shape has been used since the 19th century.
Q 11The island map on the flag of Cyprus is coloured to represent which metal?
Copper
The copper-orange map sits above two olive branches on white, a deliberately neutral design meant to signal harmony between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
Q 12On the flag of Mexico, the eagle is perched on what kind of plant?
A cactus
The eagle sits on a nopal cactus devouring a serpent, recalling the Aztec legend that marked where Tenochtitlan should be founded.
Q 13How many stripes are on the flag of the United States?
13
The US flag has 13 alternating red and white stripes, representing the original 13 colonies that declared independence from Britain in 1776. The number of stripes has remained constant since 1818.
Q 21The emblem on the United Nations flag shows a world map surrounded by branches of which tree?
Olive
Two olive branches, a symbol of peace, frame the white map on the UN flag — an azimuthal equidistant projection centred on the North Pole, set on a sky-blue field.
Q 22Which country's flag features an AK-47 assault rifle?
Mozambique
Mozambique's flag shows a Kalashnikov AK-47 crossed with a hoe over an open book on a red triangle, recalling the independence struggle; it is the only national flag bearing a modern assault rifle.
Q 23Which country's flag shows six white stars in an arc above a golden map of the country on a blue field?
Kosovo
Adopted on the day of the 2008 declaration of independence, the six stars stand for Kosovo's six major ethnic groups: Albanians, Serbs, Bosniaks, Turks, Romani and Gorani.
Q 14Which country's flag features a dragon?
Wales
Y Ddraig Goch, the red dragon, walks across a green-and-white field. Wales is part of the UK, so the dragon does not appear on the Union Jack.
Q 15Besides Gaddafi-era Libya, which country used a plain single-colour national flag, all white, in 1996-97?
Afghanistan
Afghanistan under the Taliban flew a plain white banner from 1996 until the Shahada was added in 1997. Libya's all-green flag of 1977–2011 was the only other single-colour national flag.
Q 16The five interlocking rings on the Olympic flag represent what?
The inhabited continents
The five rings stand for the inhabited continents — Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania — with the Americas counted as one. Pierre de Coubertin designed the flag in 1913 and presented it in 1914.
Q 17What celestial body appears on the flag of Turkey?
Star and crescent moon
The white crescent and star on red descend from the Ottoman flag, where the design was introduced in 1844.
Q 18Which country's flag has a blue Star of David between two blue horizontal stripes?
Israel
Israel's flag features a blue Star of David (Magen David) centered between two horizontal blue stripes on a white background. The design was inspired by the Jewish prayer shawl (tallit) and was adopted as the national flag in 1948.
Q 19What motto is written across the flag of Brazil?
Ordem e Progresso
'Ordem e Progresso' ('Order and Progress') comes from Auguste Comte's positivist motto. It runs on a curved white band across the blue celestial globe, which shows the Southern Cross among its stars.
Q 20Which two countries have square-shaped national flags?
Switzerland and Vatican City
Switzerland and Vatican City are the only two sovereign states with square flags. Most national flags have a 2:3 or 3:5 aspect ratio, but these two nations maintain their traditional square proportions.
Q 24What is the study of flags called?
Vexillology
Vexillology is the scientific study of flags, from the Latin word vexillum meaning a type of Roman military standard. The term was coined by Whitney Smith in 1957. Heraldry, while related, deals specifically with coats of arms.
Q 25Which Nordic country's flag holds the Guinness record as the oldest continuously used national flag?
Denmark
Denmark's Dannebrog holds the Guinness record for oldest continuously used national flag, with continuous use dated to 1625; legend places its origin at the Battle of Lindanise in 1219.
Q 26The Pan-African colors of red, yellow/gold, and green were inspired by the flag of which country?
Ethiopia
Ethiopia's green, yellow, and red tricolor inspired the Pan-African color scheme used by many African nations. Ethiopia was one of only two African countries (along with Liberia) that were never colonized, making it a symbol of African independence.
Q 27What do the two red bands added to Mauritania's green flag in 2017 represent?
Blood shed for independence
The red bands represent blood shed for independence from France, added after an August 2017 constitutional referendum passed with about 86% in favour. The gold crescent and star on green were kept.
Q 28Which two-headed bird spreads across Albania's red flag?
Eagle
The black double-headed eagle is the traditional symbol of Albanians; its use goes back to the medieval hero Skanderbeg, who adopted the Eastern Roman imperial banner.
Q 29Which South American country's flag has a gold Sun of May with a human face on its centre stripe, added in 1818?
Argentina
Argentina's Sol de Mayo, a gold sun with a human face and 32 rays, was added to the centre stripe in 1818, copying the engraving on the first Argentine coin of 1813.
Q 30Which country's flag features a trident-head called a 'broken trident'?
Barbados
Barbados's flag bears a black broken trident on a gold band between two ultramarine bands; the colonial badge showed Britannia with a full trident, and the missing shaft marks the break from Britain.