Flags of the World Quiz for Experts | Flags and Symbols

Answer: Gunki

Hata - just a flag, Kokki - national flag, Gunki - military flag and Koushitsuki - royal flag.

Answer: Red

The most popular colour used on flags is red. It has been the most popular colour throughout the century. Although it has declined from appearing on 81 percent of the flags surveyed in 1917 to 74 percent in 1999, it is still the most popular colour used on flags. Second most popular is white (71 p.c.), then blue (50 p.c.), yellow (43 p.c.) and green (42 p.c.).

Answer: Cuba

Answer: Uganda

Black, yellow, red were the colours of the Uganda People's Congress party, who came to power in elections in April 1962. The flag was adopted on the date of independence, 9 Oct 1962. To quote Whitney Smith ('Flags Through the Ages and Across the World', 1975): 'The three colours were intended to symbolise the people of Africa, sunshine and brotherhood.

The design was suggested by the minister of justice, Mr Grace Ibingira.' The crested crane was the flag badge of Uganda under British colonial rule.

Answer: Marshall Islands

The flag of the Marshall Islands was designed by the President's wife Emlain Kabua, and was chosen among 50 designs. The deep blue background stands for the Pacific Ocean. The white and orange bands represent the Ratak (Sunrise) and Ralik (Sunset) chains, respectively.

The customary symbolism of orange as the color of bravery and white as the color of peace are also recognized. The star symbolizes the cross of Christianity, with each of the 24 points signifying a municipal district of the Marshall islands.

The four main points represent the major centers of Majuro, Ebeye, Jaluit and Wotje. It was adopted when the Marshall islands became a self-governing territory on 1 May 1979.

Answer: Crux - Southern Cross

The Australian flag is composed of three parts: 1) The Union Jack (British flag) in the top left corner, 2) The 'Star of Federation' in the bottom left corner, and 3) The Southern Cross, taking up the right half of the flag. The Southern Cross is a constellation that can be seen from all of Australia's states and territories.

Answer: Guyana

The Golden Arrowhead, Guyana's National Flag has FIVE symbolic colors: GREEN represents the agricultural and forested nature of Guyana, WHITE symbolizes the rivers and water potential of the country, GOLDEN arrow represents Guyana's mineral wealth, BLACK portrays the endurance that will sustain the forward thrust of the Guyanese people, RED represents the zeal and dynamic nature of nation-building which lies before the young and independent Guyana

Answer: Chad

The blue-yellow-red colours of Chad are a combination of the blue-white-red of France, the former colonial power, and the green-yellow-red of the Pan-African (e.g., Ethiopian) ones. Blue officially represents sky, hope, agriculture and southern part of land. Yellow is for northern part (desert) and sun. Red is for prosperity, unity and the readiness of citizens to sacrifice for their country.

The flag was officially accepted on 6 November, 1959. The national flag of Romania is a tricolour: red, yellow and blue.

It has not undergone many or major changes in the course of history. Only the distribution of the colours (in point of proportion and position) changed to a certain extent, being made equal after the Revolution of 1848 when, under the spur of the French revolutionary spirit, many states in Europe adopted as their national flag the dimensionally standardised three-colour banner.

Answer: Barbados

The trident in the middle represents the break with England at independence - the trident is broken, thus only the top is showing.

Answer: Belize

Above the coat of arms, there is a tree, and below the c.o.a., one can see Belize's motto 'Sub umbra floreo' -- I flourish in the shadow (referring to the dependence from the UK). There is a mulatto man holding an ax to the left of the coat of arms. On the right side, a black man holds an oar.

Answer: Vulpecula, The Fox

All stars are actually present in the night sky. There are stars from the following constellations: Canis Minor, the Lesser Dog, Canis Major, the Greater Dog, Virgo, the Virgin, Scorpius, the Scorpion, Hydra, the Water Serpent, Crux, the Southern Cross, Triangulum Australe, the Southern Triangle, Carina, the Keel of Argo, Octans, the Octant. Unlike the stars on the American flag, each particular star on the Brazilian flag represents one particular state.

Answer: Iraq

The takbir - Allah Akbar (God is great) in Arabic script - in green was added to the 1963 flag during the Gulf War, 13 January 1991.

Answer: Order and Progress

The white band across the celestial sphere has been the object of much speculation, with some saying it represents the ecliptic, others the celestial equator, and others the belt of the zodiac. In fact, the white band has nothing to do with the celestial sphere, but merely provides a place to inscribe the motto, Order and Progress, which is attributed to the French positivist philosopher Auguste Comte, who had many followers in Brazil, including Professor Teixeira Mendes, who conceived the basic design of the flag.

Answer: 10

A new flag was adopted on 22 Sep 1992, when Cape Verde finally detached its links with Guinea-Bissau. The rectangle of the flag is seen as a large blue field symbolizing the infinite space of the sea and sky.

Answer: Ecuador

The bird on the top of the arms of Ecuador is an Andean Condor -local bird of the Equatorian Andes- opens its wings and with its majesty and energy symbolizes the Fatherland in its effort of self improvement and progress.

Answer: Denmark

Legend relates that the 'Dannebrog' fell from the skies on 15 June 1219, the day in which King Waldemar II defeated the Estonians in battle. The cross is, unsurprisingly, for Christianity.

Answer: Turkmenistan

Answer: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Since there are three green diamonds depicted on it, flag is often called 'The Gems'. And tricolor of Saint Vincent and Grenadines is as follows: blue, that represents the sky and sea, gold that stands for warmth, golden sands and bright spirit of people, green, that symbolizes vegetation and enduring vitality of the people.

Answer: Olive

In the center of a light blue field there is the white badge of the UN - a simplified map of the world between the North Pole and 60 degrees south with all the inhabited continents shown in outline. The map is flanked by two olive branches... Blue and white are the colors of the UN, the olive branches symbolize world peace, and the map of the world shows the extent of the UN's sphere of influence.

Answer: 12

The Council of Europe in 1953 had 15 members and the flag had one star for each member. The number of stars was not to alter if the number of members changed. However Germany objected to the number 15 because one of the members represented Saarland, and 15 stars would imply 'star' sovereignty for that region. France would not agree to 14 stars as that number would acknowledge the absorption of Saarland into Germany. 13 was ruled out for superstitious reasons. 12 was reckoned to be a 'good' number because it had no political innuendo, and there are 12 signs of the zodiac 12 hours on a clock 12 months in a year 12 apostles 12 tables of Roman Law and 12 starry crowns of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse (good?)