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Flags and Capitals Trivia Quiz

Try to match the flag description with a capital city of the country the flag represents.

A matching quiz by youngmade. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
youngmade

Time
5 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
384,861

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
311

(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.

Questions		Choices
1. Union Jack in top left corner, 4 stars, red, with white outlines on a blue background.		Nuuk
2. Red at the bottom, white at the top. On the left, a half circle of white on red background, meeting a half a circle of red on the white background.		Bandar Seri Begawan
3. Flag shaped like 2 overlapping triangles with a blue border, red interior and white star, sun and crescent moon.		Kathmandu
4. Green, black and yellow horizontal stripes, red triangle on the left containing a yellow star, a book, an AK47 assualt rifle and a grubber tool.		Doha
5. Cross of St George, St Patrick and St Andrew overlaid one on top of the next. The flag is red white and blue.		Bujumbura
6. Maroon on the right, a broad band of white on the left with a serrated edge of 9 points.		Wellington
7. A slightly off-centre yellow disc on a pale blue background.		Ngerulmud
8. Top half red with a frigate bird flying over a yellow sun, bottom half blue with 3 horizontal wavy white stripes.		South Tarawa
9. A white saltire which divides the field into alternating red and green areas. The center of the saltire merges into a white disk, on which there are three red solid six-pointed stars outlined in green.		Maputo
10. The country's crest in the centre, on a yellow field cut by black and white diagonal stripes.		London

Select each answer

1. Union Jack in top left corner, 4 stars, red, with white outlines on a blue background.

2. Red at the bottom, white at the top. On the left, a half circle of white on red background, meeting a half a circle of red on the white background.

3. Flag shaped like 2 overlapping triangles with a blue border, red interior and white star, sun and crescent moon.

4. Green, black and yellow horizontal stripes, red triangle on the left containing a yellow star, a book, an AK47 assualt rifle and a grubber tool.

5. Cross of St George, St Patrick and St Andrew overlaid one on top of the next. The flag is red white and blue.

6. Maroon on the right, a broad band of white on the left with a serrated edge of 9 points.

7. A slightly off-centre yellow disc on a pale blue background.

8. Top half red with a frigate bird flying over a yellow sun, bottom half blue with 3 horizontal wavy white stripes.

9. A white saltire which divides the field into alternating red and green areas. The center of the saltire merges into a white disk, on which there are three red solid six-pointed stars outlined in green.

10. The country's crest in the centre, on a yellow field cut by black and white diagonal stripes.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Union Jack in top left corner, 4 stars, red, with white outlines on a blue background.

Answer: Wellington

Though quite similar, the flags of New Zealand and Australia differ in the number of stars, and the Australian stars are solid white without red interiors. New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key launched a campaign in 2015 to change the New Zealand flag. After millions of dollars spent the flag stayed the same.

2. Red at the bottom, white at the top. On the left, a half circle of white on red background, meeting a half a circle of red on the white background.

Answer: Nuuk

Nuuk is the capital city of Greenland. Although Greenland is part of Denmark's territory it has its own capital city and flag.

3. Flag shaped like 2 overlapping triangles with a blue border, red interior and white star, sun and crescent moon.

Answer: Kathmandu

Kathmandu is the capital city of Nepal . The Nepalese flag is the only flag in the world with more than 4 sides. It is one triangle overlapping a larger one beneath and symbolises the Himalaya's. It has a blue border representing peace. A red interior which is the national colour like rhododendrons the national flower. The white sun and crescent moon and star symbolise permanence.

4. Green, black and yellow horizontal stripes, red triangle on the left containing a yellow star, a book, an AK47 assualt rifle and a grubber tool.

Answer: Maputo

Maputo is the capital of Mozambique. It is the only flag with a gun on it.

5. Cross of St George, St Patrick and St Andrew overlaid one on top of the next. The flag is red white and blue.

Answer: London

The crosses of the 3 patron saints of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland make up the Union Jack. The flag of Scotland, St Andrews cross, has a diagonal white cross on a dark blue background. St George's cross and England's flag is a red cross horizontal and vertical on a white background. St Patricks flag although not the flag of Northern Ireland is a horizontal red cross on a white background.

These 3 flags are overlaid on each other forming the Union Jack of the UK.

6. Maroon on the right, a broad band of white on the left with a serrated edge of 9 points.

Answer: Doha

Doha is the capital of Qatar. The flag symbolises in maroon the blood shed in the war of independence and peace by the white.

7. A slightly off-centre yellow disc on a pale blue background.

Answer: Ngerulmud

Ngerulmud is the capital of the small Pacific island nation of Palau. The blue signifies the ocean and their place within it and the yellow disc the moon.

8. Top half red with a frigate bird flying over a yellow sun, bottom half blue with 3 horizontal wavy white stripes.

Answer: South Tarawa

South Tarawa is the capital of Kiribati a group of atolls and small coral islands in the central Pacific Ocean. Kiribati sits on the Equator just to the west of the International Dateline.

Answer: Bujumbura

Bujumbura is the capital of Burundi. The 3 stars represent the 3 ethnic groups the Hutu, Tutsi and Twa. The red represents independent struggle the green hope and the white peace.

10. The country's crest in the centre, on a yellow field cut by black and white diagonal stripes.

Answer: Bandar Seri Begawan

Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of the tiny nation Brunei. Brunei has the fifth highest GDP in the world due to petroleum and natural gas fields. The Sultan of Brunei was formerly the world's most wealthy man.

Source: Author youngmade

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