Sorting Stars Trivia Quiz

The national flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam features a red background with a single five-pointed yellow star in the centre. The red symbolises the revolution, bloodshed and sacrifice of the Vietnamese people for independence and freedom. The yellow star represents the unity of the country's workers, peasants, soldiers, intellectuals and youth under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The flag was adopted in September 1945 and has remained unchanged ever since.

The flag of Panama, designed by Marķa de la Ossa de Amador, was officially adopted in 1925 under the "Ley 48". The flag is a divided rectangle with white, red and blue quarters. The upper left white quarter contains a five-pointed blue star, the lower right a five-pointed red star.

The design of the flag reflected the political climate of the time, with blue symbolising the Conservative Party, red the Liberal Party and white peace and purity.

The flag of Burundi was adopted on 28 June 1967, after the country gained independence from Belgium. It has a white saltire dividing the flag into four parts of green and red. The green represents the nation's hope for a better future, the red stands for the struggles for independence and the sacrifices made, while the white symbolises peace.

The three six-pointed stars in the centre of the flag represent Burundi's three ethnic groups: the Hutu, the Twa and the Tutsi.

The flag of New Zealand, adopted on 24 March 1902, has a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton and four red stars with white edges representing the constellation of the Southern Cross. New Zealand uses the four brightest stars for its representation, while other nations such as Australia or Papua New Guinea use five stars to depict the Southern Cross. Over time, debates have arisen about the flag's colonial ties and calls have been made for a new design that reflects New Zealand's identity.

The flag of China, officially adopted on 27 September 1949, has a red field with five gold stars in the canton. The large star represents the Communist Party of China, while the four smaller stars symbolise the four social classes united under the leadership of the Party: the working class, the peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie.

The flag of Australia, officially adopted on 11 February 1903 (although in use since 3 September 1901), has a blue field with the Union Jack in the canton and the Commonwealth Star, representing the federation of the six original Australian states and territories. To the right is a representation of the constellation of the Southern Cross, consisting of five white stars.

The Union Jack symbolises Australia's historic links with Britain, while the Southern Cross represents the country's geographical location in the southern hemisphere.

The flag of Grenada has two yellow triangles at the top and bottom, and two green triangles at the hoist and fly. The red border around the triangles is decorated with six five-pointed yellow stars - three in the upper centre and three in the lower centre - symbolising the country's parishes.

A seventh star is placed on a red disc in the centre of the flag. There is also a nutmeg - Grenada's main export - on the hoist triangle. The flag was adopted on 7 February 1974, when the island gained independence from the United Kingdom.

The flag of Venezuela consists of three horizontal stripes: yellow at the top, blue in the middle and red at the bottom. The yellow symbolises the country's wealth of minerals and land, the blue the Caribbean Sea and the sky, and the red the blood shed by the heroes of independence.

The flag originally featured seven white five-pointed stars in the blue stripe, representing the seven provinces that contributed to the country's independence in 1811. An eighth star was added in 2006 for the province of Guayana.

The flag of Tuvalu consists of a sky blue field with the Union Jack in the canton and nine yellow five-pointed stars. The stars represent the nine islands that make up Tuvalu, and the arrangement is geographically correct when the flag is hung vertically. Adopted at independence from the United Kingdom in 1978, the flag embodies Tuvalu's sovereignty while maintaining historical links.

The flag of Cape Verde has a horizontal three-colour design of blue, red and white, with a circle of ten yellow five-pointed stars at the centre of the hoist side. The blue represents the sea and the sky, the white peace and the red struggle effort. The ten stars represent Cape Verde's ten main islands, while the circle symbolises unity.

The flag was adopted in 1992, replacing an older flag introduced after independence from Portugal in 1975.