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Will you be a standard-bearer or struggling down at half-mast? Test your knowledge of weird and wonderful flag facts
Which of these countries is the most recent to drop the union jack from its national flag?
Canada
Fiji
Pakistan
South Africa
If you turned the Indonesian flag upside down which European country's flag would you get?
Italy
Poland
Romania
Russia
Why isn’t Wales represented on the union jack?
Because Wales didn't have its own national flag until 1959.
There was nowhere to put the dragon
Because officially it is part of England
In a 1960 referendum the people of Wales voted against incorporating their flag into the union jack.
Since its original design in 1777, how many times has the Stars and Stripes been updated with extra stars as more states entered the union?
6
16
26
36
This is the world’s tallest flagpole – where is it?
Malaysia
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
US
This is the flag of which country?
Albania
China
Myanmar
Vietnam
What about this one?
Ethiopia
Georgia
Lebanon
Uganda
And this one?
Belgium
Germany
Ghana
Poland
The flag of three of these countries is a green, white and orange tricolour or triband. Which one is NOT?
India
Iran
Ireland
Ivory Coast
And the flag of three of these countries is a red, white and blue tricolour or triband. Which one is NOT?
France
Netherlands
Russia
Thailand
This is the world's only non-quadrilateral flag – of which country?
Monaco
Nepal
Panama
Uzbekistan
What do the national flags of Belize, Guatemala, Mozambique and Saudi Arabia have in common?
All have a single solid colour background
All feature animals
All feature weapons
All feature writing
Which country holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest continuously used national flag?
Austria
Denmark
Japan
Scotland
Here's the first of three more "this is the flag of which country" questions – a bit harder this time – starting with this beauty.
Chile
Cuba
Panama
Peru
What about this one?
Algeria
Libya
Pakistan
Turkmenistan

And one more …
Iraq
Jordan
Palestine
UAE
There was a period of 15 years when the flag of which country was just a white flag?
France
Germany
Italy
How many stars are on the Chinese flag?
1
5
7
This is the former flag of which country?
Brazil
Cuba
Portugal
Spain

Which country has changed its flag the most times?
Afghanistan
Haiti
Italy
Vietnam
16 and above.
Well done – put out more bunting!
11 and above.
Not bad – almost draped in glory
0 and above.
Seriously flagging there!
6 and above.
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