Flag Quiz for Kids
Flags Quiz
What is a flag? A national flag is one of the most instantly recognizable symbols of a country’s identity. The word 'flag' comes from the Saxon word 'fflaken', which means to float or fly in the air, or to flap in the wind.
We've 20 awesome flag identification quiz questions for you to try. Before you try out our questions we have some trivia we hope you'll enjoy... The oldest, continuously used national flag is that of Denmark. Did you know that the flags of Romania and Chad are virtually identical? In the United States flag each stripe on the flag represents one of the thirteen original colonies, while each of the 50 stars represents a state. Vexillology is the study of flags. Enjoy our quiz.
Can you indentify the flags in our flag quiz?
1) This country is officially called the Hellenic Republic.
2) The current design of this country's flag dates from 1801.
3) A flag that has three vertical bands is called a tricolour.
4) This flag has the country's slogan: Ordem e Progresso, which means Order and Progress.
5) This flag has a Union Jack in it's upper corner.
6) The design of this flag has been modified officially 26 times since 1777.
7) The red represents the revolution.
8) This flag has a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre.
9) This flag was designed in 1821.
10) This consists of three equal bands displaying the national colours of black, red, and gold.
11)This tricolor flag is linked to Napoleon Bonaparte.
12) A red, 11-pointed maple leaf is in the centre.
13) This flag was designed in March 1994.
14) This flag is officially called the "sun-rise flag" in English.
15) This consists of a circle of 12 five-pointed yellow stars on a blue (azure) field.
16) This was first raised at the city of Rosario in 1812.
17) This national flag received its present-day coat of arms in 1981.
18) The white in the centre signifies a lasting truce between Orange and Green.
19) This was officially recognised as a national flag in 1959.
20) This flag is square. The only other square flag is that of Vatican City.
Answers:
- Greece
- United Kingdom
- France
- Brazil
- Australia
- United States of America
- China
- India
- Norway
- Germany
- Italy
- Canada
- South Africa
- Japan
- Europen Union
- Argentina
- Spain
- Ireland
- Wales
- Switzerland