Flag Colors & Symbols

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1.Which flag color appears with red and gold on the flag of Germany?
- A. green
- B. blue
- C. purple
- D. black
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black
Did you know? The German colors were readopted by the Weimar Republic in 1919.
2.Which flag symbol is the tree whose leaf stars on Canada's flag?
- A. the maple
- B. crossed keys
- C. an eagle
- D. the Union Jack
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the maple
Did you know? Canada's flag uses a stylized 11-point maple leaf.
3.Which flag symbol frame the island outline on the flag of Cyprus?
- A. a shield and spears
- B. a golden lion
- C. olive branches
- D. the princely crown
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olive branches
Did you know? The two olive branches stand for the island's two communities.
4.Which flag color appears on the flag of Jamaica in the saltire?
- A. black
- B. orange
- C. white
- D. yellow
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yellow
Did you know? Jamaica uses gold rather than plain yellow in official descriptions.
5.Which flag symbol appears on the flag of Barbados?
- A. a broken trident
- B. the maple leaf
- C. the sun with a face
- D. crossed keys
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a broken trident
Did you know? Barbados adopted its flag in 1966 at independence.
6.Which flag color appears between green and orange on the flag of Ireland?
- A. white
- B. red
- C. purple
- D. black
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white
Did you know? Ireland's tricolor was inspired by the French tricolor.
7.Which flag symbol appears on the flags of Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil?
- A. the star and crescent
- B. the Southern Cross
- C. the Union Jack
- D. a shield and spears
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the Southern Cross
Did you know? The Southern Cross is best seen from the southern hemisphere.
8.Which flag color appears on the flag of Canada at both ends?
- A. yellow
- B. red
- C. black
- D. green
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red
Did you know? Canada's official colors, red and white, were declared by King George V in 1921.
9.Which flag symbol is inscribed on the flag of Saudi Arabia?
- A. the cedar tree
- B. the Star of David
- C. the shahada
- D. a pentagram
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the shahada
Did you know? Because the flag bears a sacred text, it is never printed on merchandise.
10.Which flag symbol appears on the flags of Mexico and Egypt?
- A. an eagle
- B. crossed keys
- C. the taegeuk
- D. the eagle of Saladin
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an eagle
Did you know? The Mexican eagle stands on a cactus devouring a serpent.
11.Which flag color appears on the flags of both Argentina and Uruguay as a light shade?
- A. red
- B. blue
- C. green
- D. white
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blue
Did you know? The light blue of the River Plate flags is called celeste in Spanish.
12.Which flag symbol appear together on the flags of Turkey and Singapore?
- A. the Union Jack
- B. the star and crescent
- C. olive branches
- D. the George Cross
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the star and crescent
Did you know? Singapore's crescent sits beside five stars, unlike Turkey's single star.
13.Which flag symbol appears in navy blue at the center of the flag of India?
- A. the Southern Cross
- B. a shield and spears
- C. a golden sun and eagle
- D. the Ashoka Chakra
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the Ashoka Chakra
Did you know? The wheel has 24 spokes, one for each hour of the day.
14.Which flag symbol is the red and blue circle at the center of the flag of South Korea?
- A. the Ashoka Chakra
- B. an eagle
- C. the taegeuk
- D. olive branches
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the taegeuk
Did you know? The taegeuk's two halves represent balance, related to yin and yang.
15.Which flag color appears on the flag of the United Nations beside white?
- A. blue
- B. purple
- C. black
- D. orange
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blue
Did you know? The UN blue was chosen as a color of peace for the world body.
16.Which flag color appears above red on the flag of Poland?
- A. purple
- B. white
- C. yellow
- D. orange
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white
Did you know? Polish law defines the flag as white over red.
17.Which flag symbol stands at the center of the flag of Lebanon?
- A. a sword
- B. the sun with a face
- C. the crescent
- D. the cedar tree
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the cedar tree
Did you know? Cedars of Lebanon are praised in ancient texts.
18.Which flag symbol appear on the flag of Kazakhstan?
- A. the sun with a face
- B. crossed keys
- C. the shahada
- D. a golden sun and eagle
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a golden sun and eagle
Did you know? The steppe eagle appears in Kazakh folklore as a sign of freedom.
19.Which flag symbol appear at the center of the flag of Kenya?
- A. a shield and spears
- B. the maple leaf
- C. the princely crown
- D. the George Cross
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a shield and spears
Did you know? The white lines on Kenya's shield stand for peace.
20.Which flag color appears with white on the flag of Nigeria?
- A. yellow
- B. black
- C. green
- D. orange
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green
Did you know? Nigeria's green-white-green was adopted at independence in 1960.
21.Which flag color forms the background of the flags of Switzerland and Morocco?
- A. yellow
- B. blue
- C. white
- D. red
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red
Did you know? Both Swiss and Moroccan flags pair a red field with a single symbol.
22.Which flag symbol sits above the shield in the arms on the state flag of Liechtenstein?
- A. the cedar tree
- B. the princely crown
- C. a broken trident
- D. the maple leaf
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the princely crown
Did you know? The princely crown marks Liechtenstein's status as a principality.
23.Which bird of the Andes sits atop Ecuador's coat of arms?
- A. the golden eagle
- B. the bald eagle
- C. the Andean condor
- D. the kestrel
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the Andean condor
Did you know? The condor symbolizes the height and freedom of Ecuador.
24.In which country is a flag flown with the red band on top as a signal of war?
- A. the Philippines
- B. Indonesia
- C. Thailand
- D. Poland
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the Philippines
Did you know? The Philippines' flag is the only one whose inversion signals a state of war.
25.Which flag color appears on the flags of Kenya and Malawi beside red and green?
- A. blue
- B. black
- C. green
- D. orange
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black
Did you know? Kenya's flag colors black, red, and green are pan-African colors.
26.Which flag symbol appears on the flag of Egypt?
- A. the Union Jack
- B. the eagle of Saladin
- C. a white triangle
- D. crossed keys
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the eagle of Saladin
Did you know? The eagle takes its name from the 12th-century sultan Saladin.
27.Which bird of prey flies above the three stripes of the flag of Zambia?
- A. the snowy owl
- B. the African fish eagle
- C. the bald eagle
- D. the peregrine falcon
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the African fish eagle
Did you know? The fish eagle's cry is a classic sound of African rivers.
28.Which flag color appears at the hoist of the flag of India alongside saffron?
- A. purple
- B. blue
- C. green
- D. yellow
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green
Did you know? India's saffron, white, and green were formalized in 1931.
29.Which flag symbol appears in the canton of the flag of Malta?
- A. a shield and spears
- B. the cedar tree
- C. the George Cross
- D. the sun with a face
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the George Cross
Did you know? King George VI awarded the George Cross to Malta in 1942.
30.Which flag color appears on the flag of Scotland's neighbor Ireland and of Italy alike?
- A. purple
- B. green
- C. blue
- D. orange
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green
Did you know? Italian green stands for the plains, Irish green for the Catholic tradition.
31.Which flag symbol appear at the corners of the flag of Sri Lanka?
- A. four bo leaves
- B. the star and crescent
- C. a pentagram
- D. the taegeuk
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four bo leaves
Did you know? The bo leaves stand for the four virtues of loving-kindness in Buddhism.
32.Which flag color fills the top half of the flag of Algeria?
- A. blue
- B. green
- C. purple
- D. yellow
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green
Did you know? Algeria's flag pairs green with white and a red crescent.
33.Which flag symbol appear beneath the papal tiara in the emblem of Vatican City?
- A. an eagle
- B. the George Cross
- C. crossed keys
- D. a golden lion
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crossed keys
Did you know? The keys stand for the keys of heaven given to Saint Peter.
34.Which flag symbol no longer appear on any national flag of Europe?
- A. the hammer and sickle
- B. the Ashoka Chakra
- C. the eagle of Saladin
- D. the Sun of May
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the hammer and sickle
Did you know? Transnistria and some party flags still use the hammer and sickle design.

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