50 Hard Flag Quiz

1. Each arm of the Swiss flag’s cross is longer than it is wide by what fraction of its width?

2. What is the official height-to-length ratio of Ireland’s national tricolor?

3. A Swedish flag law that changed the blue to a lighter shade was enacted on June 22 of which year?

4. Who proposed the Norwegian cross-flag design in 1821?

5. Which height-to-length proportion is specified for a plain Polish national flag?

6. Austria’s red-white-red banner developed from the arms of which medieval dynasty?

7. What Croatian name, meaning chessboard, is used for the checkered shield on the national flag?

8. A correctly proportioned Finnish civil flag is 11 units high. How many units long is it?

9. Which unusual height-to-length ratio belongs to Belgium’s official national flag?

10. The sun disc’s diameter in Japan’s standard national flag is what fraction of the flag’s height?

11. On South Korea’s flag, what does the upper-left trigram of three unbroken bars represent?

12. What is the name of the wheel placed in India’s white flag stripe?

13. Who designed the five-star flag adopted by China in 1949?

14. The blue stripes on Israel’s flag evoke which traditional garment?

15. Which style of Arabic calligraphy is used for the inscription on Saudi Arabia’s flag?

16. The four corner leaves in Sri Lanka’s lion panel come from which tree?

17. What do the jewels held in the claws of Bhutan’s flag dragon symbolize?

18. Which artist designed Kazakhstan’s national flag, adopted in 1992?

19. Which communities are represented by the white strip of Pakistan’s national flag?

20. What natural feature is represented by the green field of Bangladesh’s flag?

21. What Thai name, meaning tricolor, is given to Thailand’s national flag?

22. The three small stars on the Philippines’ flag represent which geographical groups?

23. In which year was the small star above Mongolia's Soyombo removed from the national flag?

24. What idea is represented by the narrow white bands in Kenya’s national flag?

25. What does the merging Y shape on South Africa’s flag express in its official explanation?

26. The golden eagle on Egypt’s flag is traditionally named after whom?

27. What red element was removed from Akinkunmi’s original winning design for Nigeria’s flag?

28. From 1964 until 1966, what color temporarily replaced the gold middle stripe on Ghana's national flag?

29. The pentagram on Ethiopia’s flag represents the unity and equality of whom?

30. In what year was the green pentagram added to Morocco’s red national flag?

31. What kind of national wealth is recalled by Tanzania’s narrow yellow flag stripes?

32. What idea is conveyed by the crane’s raised leg on Uganda’s flag?

33. Who designed Rwanda’s blue-yellow-green flag introduced in 2001?

34. The yellow star in Cameroon’s central red band is known as the star of what?

35. Which weather-related resource does the light blue on Botswana’s flag represent?

36. How many triangular rays project from the gold sun on Namibia’s flag?

37. What do the yellow bands on Eswatini’s national flag represent?

38. In which year were the human faces removed from the sun and moon emblems on Nepal’s national flag?

39. Nauru raised its national flag on January 31 of which year?

40. Who designed the Marshall Islands’ national flag adopted in 1979?

41. On the Maldives’ flag, which edge does the white crescent open toward?

42. What is the local name of the dragon pictured on Bhutan’s national flag?

43. The rays on Kazakhstan’s flag sun are shaped to resemble what?

44. What does the seventh point of Australia’s Commonwealth Star represent?

45. Which constellation is represented by New Zealand’s four flag stars?

46. In which year was the five-band fan design adopted as the Seychelles’ national flag?

47. On what date was Mauritius's four-colour national flag first officially hoisted at independence?

48. What geographical feature is represented by the blue band on the Gambia’s flag?

49. Which tall crop appears in the upper-left quarter of the shield on Fiji’s flag?

50. The curved golden emblem on Vanuatu's flag is a tusk from which animal?