Spot the flag, pick the country. The quiz starts with banners you have seen a hundred times, then moves to the quiet ones: red-and-white cousins, near-twins that differ by a shade of blue, and flags with a story hidden in a star or a stripe. Every answer comes with a fact about what the symbols mean.
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Which country's flag is this?
Answer: C · Japan
Locals call it Hinomaru, 'circle of the sun', yet it only became the official flag by law in 1999.
This flag belongs to which Caribbean nation?
Answer: C · Jamaica
The diagonal cross was a late fix: the first design had horizontal stripes, too close to Tanganyika's flag.
Which country's flag is this?
Answer: A · Denmark
It holds the Guinness record as the oldest continuously used national flag, in use since 1625.
Which country's flag is this?
Answer: C · Nepal
It's the only national flag that isn't a rectangle or square, and the only one taller than it is wide.
Which country's flag is this?
Answer: B · Monaco
It's nearly identical to Indonesia's flag. Only the shade of red and the shape (4:5 vs 2:3) differ.
Which country's flag is this?
Answer: D · Qatar
At 11:28, it's the only national flag more than twice as wide as it is tall.