How well do you know the flags of the world? Take our quiz

Will you be a standard-bearer or struggling down at half-mast? Test your knowledge of weird and wonderful flag facts

Which of these countries is the most recent to drop the union jack from its national flag?

Canada

Fiji

Pakistan

South Africa

If you turned the Indonesian flag upside down which European country's flag would you get?

Italy

Poland

Romania

Russia

Why isn’t Wales represented on the union jack?

Because Wales didn't have its own national flag until 1959.

There was nowhere to put the dragon

Because officially it is part of England

In a 1960 referendum the people of Wales voted against incorporating their flag into the union jack.

Since its original design in 1777, how many times has the Stars and Stripes been updated with extra stars as more states entered the union?

6

16

26

36

This is the world’s tallest flagpole – where is it?

Malaysia

Morocco

Saudi Arabia

US

This is the flag of which country?

Albania

China

Myanmar

Vietnam

What about this one?

Ethiopia

Georgia

Lebanon

Uganda

And this one?

Belgium

Germany

Ghana

Poland

The flag of three of these countries is a green, white and orange tricolour or triband. Which one is NOT?

India

Iran

Ireland

Ivory Coast

And the flag of three of these countries is a red, white and blue tricolour or triband. Which one is NOT?

France

Netherlands

Russia

Thailand

This is the world's only non-quadrilateral flag – of which country?

Monaco

Nepal

Panama

Uzbekistan

What do the national flags of Belize, Guatemala, Mozambique and Saudi Arabia have in common?

All have a single solid colour background

All feature animals

All feature weapons

All feature writing

Which country holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest continuously used national flag?

Austria

Denmark

Japan

Scotland

Here's the first of three more "this is the flag of which country" questions – a bit harder this time – starting with this beauty.

Chile

Cuba

Panama

Peru

What about this one?

Algeria

Libya

Pakistan

Turkmenistan

And one more …

Iraq

Jordan

Palestine

UAE

There was a period of 15 years when the flag of which country was just a white flag?

France

Germany

Italy

How many stars are on the Chinese flag?

1

5

7

This is the former flag of which country?

Brazil

Cuba

Portugal

Spain

Which country has changed its flag the most times?

Afghanistan

Haiti

Italy

Vietnam

16 and above.

Well done – put out more bunting!

11 and above.

Not bad – almost draped in glory

0 and above.

Seriously flagging there!

6 and above.

A pretty standard performance

Continue reading...

from Travel | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2SoyWfU