Proudly Flying the Flag Trivia Quiz

Answer: They contain the Union Jack

The Union Jack flag is depicted on the upper hoist-side quadrant of all four flags. The flags of Montserrat, Saint Helena and Turks & Caicos all have a dark blue background, however, Tuvalu has a light blue background. All except Tuvalu contain their coat of arms.

Answer: Maldives

The Algerian flag has a red crescent and star; the Mauritania flag has a gold crescent and star and the flag of Libya has a white crescent and star. The Maldives only has a white crescent.

Answer: Mozambique

The flag of Mozambique features an AK-47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova) assault rifle. The Haiti and Bolivia flags have bayoneted rifles as well as cannons. The flag of Guatemala has two crossed rifles and two crossed swords.

Answer: Grey crowned crane

Birds feature predominantly on a number of national flags, the most common being the eagle.
The grey crowned crane is abundant in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania although the population is declining. The bird has been the symbol of Uganda for over a century.

The Sisserou or Imperial Amazon parrot is featured on the flag of Dominica and is the national bird. The flag of Kiribati depicts a gold frigate bird flying over the sun. A yellow bird-of-paradise can be seen on the flag of Papua New Guinea.

Answer: Shields & spears

The flags of Kenya and Eswatini (Swaziland) both have a shield and spears. On the Kenya flag, the spears are crossed but are uncrossed on the Eswatini flag. Both have the meaning of protection of their country from enemies.

Lions are featured on multiple nations' flags; however, the only country to feature a black hat (Mokorotlo) is Lesotho.

Answer: Bolivia

Bolivia depicts a church on the coat of arms in the center of the flag. The church is the Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Bolivian flag is the only country that features a church - Afghanistan features a mosque and Cambodia features the Angkor Wat temple.

The flag of Portugal features seven castles; San Marino has three and Spain has one.

Answer: Dragon

The flag of Malta is comprised of two vertical stripes-one white and the other red. Depicted on the upper white part near the hoist is the George Cross, bestowed on the people of Malta for their courage and resilience during World War II. The George Cross depicts Saint George (the Patron Saint of England) slaying a dragon.

Answer: Ships

Ecuador's flag features a steamboat, while the flag of Belize shows a three-masted merchant sailing ship, and the flag of Costa Rica shows two of these merchant ships.

Answer: The Southern Cross

The Southern Cross also know as Crux, is depicted on the flags of some countries that are found in the Southern Hemisphere, most notably Australia and New Zealand. It is the smallest constellation and contains five bright stars, four of which form the cross - the brightest of which is Alpha Crucis.

Answer: Uruguay

The Sun of May is featured on both the flag of Uruguay and the flag of Argentina and is an emblem of both countries.

The sun is said to commemorate the Incan sun god Inti. The Argentinian sun has 32 rays while the Uruguayan sun only has 16 rays. Both depict a human face on the sun.