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The really tough flag quiz!

Last updated on: May 23, 2014 21:45 IST

Photographs: Wikimedia Commons

Think you know your flags from each other? Here's your chance to find out how good you really are!

Let the game begin...

1. What flag is Captain America (played here by Chris Evans) really sporting here?
1. United States of America
2. Cuba
3. Puerto Rico

Wrong! Try again..

Wrong!
The correct answer is Puerto Rico. Look carefully at the Puerto Rican flag. Now look at Captain America! :-)

Correct!
Look carefully at the Puerto Rican flag. Now look at Captain America! :-)

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Tags: Captain America , United States of America , Puerto Rican , Puerto Rico , Chris Evans

The really tough flag quiz!

Photographs: Wikimedia Commons

2. You don't find buildings on national flags. This flag is an exception. What country does it belong to?
1. Cambodia
2. Botswana
3. Ecuador

Wrong! Try again..

Wrong!
The correct answer is Cambodia.
The building on the flag is Angkor Wat, the temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world.

Correct!
The building on the flag is Angkor Wat, the temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world.

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Tags: Cambodia , Botswana , Ecuador

The really tough flag quiz!

Photographs: Zscout370/Wikimedia Commons

3. Believe it or not but this was the flag of a country between 1971 and 2011. What country are we talking about?
1. Egypt
2. Tunisia
3. Libya

Wrong! Try again..

Wrong!
The correct answer is Libya.
Chosen by Muammar Gaddafi, the flag of Libya, was the only one in the world to have just one colour and no design or details on it. The flag went away along with Gaddafi and was replaced with a new one featuring -- red, black, and green and a white star and crescent in the centre.

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Chosen by Muammar Gaddafi, the flag of Libya, was the only one in the world to have just one colour and no design or details on it. The flag went away along with Gaddafi and was replaced with a new one featuring -- red, black, and green and a white star and crescent in the centre.

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Tags: Muammar Gaddafi , Libya , Tunisia , Egypt

The really tough flag quiz!

Photographs: SKopp/Wikimedia Commons

4. Talking of flags with no insignia, can you possibly identify this one? (It's red AND white btw)
1. Maldives
2. Monaco
3. Morocco

Wrong! Try again..

Wrong!
The correct answer is Monaco.
The two bands represent the heraldic colours of the House of Grimaldi since at about 1339 that has ruled the country for most part of its existence.

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The two bands represent the heraldic colours of the House of Grimaldi since at about 1339 that has ruled the country for most part of its existence.

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Tags: House of Grimaldi , Monaco , AND , Morocco

The really tough flag quiz!

Photographs: Vzb83/Wikimedia Commons

5. This country's flag has its own map on it! Which country are we talking about?
1. Nigeria
2. Ethiopia
3. Cyprus

Wrong! Try again..

Wrong!
The correct answer is Cyprus.
That is the map of Cyprus. The two olive branches and the white background both symbolise peace. The flag has been in use since August 16, 1960.

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That is the map of Cyprus. The two olive branches and the white background both symbolise peace. The flag has been in use since August 16, 1960.

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Tags: Cyprus , Nigeria , Ethiopia

The really tough flag quiz!

Photographs: Zscout370/Wikimedia Commons

6. Much like our own flag, this one's a tricolour too. What country does it represent?
1. South Sudan
2. Rwanda
3. Sierra Leone

Wrong! Try again..

Wrong!
The correct answer is Sierra Leone.
Like the three colours on our flag, those on the flag of Sierra Leone also represent different things. The green stands for agriculture and natural resources. The blue, for the hope that the harbour in Freetown will make a contribution to peace in the world and the white stands for unity and justice.

Correct!
Like the three colours on our flag, those on the flag of Sierra Leone also represent different things. The green stands for agriculture and natural resources. The blue, for the hope that the harbour in Freetown will make a contribution to peace in the world and the white stands for unity and justice.

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Tags: Sierra Leone , South Sudan , Freetown , Rwanda