Flags Quiz

Can you name all 194 flags? This flags of the world quiz covers every UN member country plus Vatican City, from famous flags like Japan and Canada to tricky ones like Chad and Romania. Pick a level and a region, or print a flag worksheet. This flags quiz also has the flags in a printable form, and tables that sort the 194 flags by level, first letter and name length.

Flags quiz to print (PDF)

These four pages show the printable flags quiz: a multiple-choice sheet, a write-in grid where players name each flag, the answer key and a black-and-white sheet that saves ink. Click any picture for the PDF, or use the quiz maker below to choose the region, the level and the number of questions.

How to play the flags quiz

• Pick the options above the quiz (questions, timer, region, level) and answer each question by tapping an answer, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard.
• A correct answer moves on by itself; a wrong one shows the right answer so you learn it.
• At the end you get your score, stars and your best score so far, plus a list of the answers to learn.
• Press Challenge a friend to send a link with exactly the same questions, or Practice the ones I missed to go again.

Quizzes by continent

• Flags of Europe (45 countries)
• Flags of Asia (46 countries)
• Flags of Africa (54 countries)
• Flags of North America (23 countries)
• Flags of South America (12 countries)
• Flags of Oceania (14 countries)

Tips for learning flags

• Start with the easy level (53 well-known flags), then move up.
• Learn look-alike flags in pairs: Indonesia and Monaco, Chad and Romania, Ireland and Côte d’Ivoire.
• Notice the symbols: a maple leaf, a cedar tree (Lebanon), a dragon (Bhutan), a wheel (India).
• Five questions a day for a week beats one long session.

Flags quiz: 194 flags by level

The flags quiz puts 194 flags in the world into three levels, so that every player can start at the right place. Easy has 53 flags, medium has 77 and hard has 64. The easy level has the flags that people see most often, and the hard level is mostly small countries:

By continent, the quiz is split like this, and Africa has by far the most flags to learn:

Flag quiz: countries by first letter

This flag quiz has 194 countries, and the letter S starts the most names (26 of 194), then M (18). The counts for the eight biggest letters are:

Names with fewer letters are quicker to write on the printed sheet. Counting only letters, the shortest and longest names are:

Guess the flag: design features to look for

To guess the flag, look at the colors, the number of stripes and the symbols before you look at anything else. These are the clues that matter most:

• Nepal has the only national flag that is not a rectangle, and Switzerland and Vatican City have the only square ones.
• Paraguay is the only national flag with a different design on each side.
• Mozambique has a rifle on its flag, Cambodia a building, and the Dominican Republic a Bible.
• Jamaica is the only flag with no red, white or blue, and Dominica has the rare color purple.
• Indonesia and Monaco have the same red and white stripes, and Chad and Romania are almost the same, with slightly different blues.
• Denmark has the Dannebrog, said to be the oldest national flag still in use, and the Nordic cross is on five national flags.

Flags of the world quiz: a five-day study plan

To learn the flags of the world quiz in a week, work through the levels in order. This plan uses the 53 easy, 77 medium and 64 hard flags, plus a printed test to check what you remember:

Playing all 194 flags takes 39 minutes at 12 seconds each. Wikipedia’s list of national flags of sovereign states shows every flag with a short description, and the study of flags has its own name, vexillology.

World flags quiz: how to learn the flags of every continent

A world flags quiz is easier when you study one continent at a time. Start with Europe or South America, where the flags are easier, and finish with Africa, which has 54 flags and the most hard ones. Each continent has its own quiz: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Oceania.

Country flags quiz: which flags are shared by many countries?

The country flags quiz has many pairs of flags that look alike, such as Chad and Romania, or Indonesia and Monaco. Many of these come from a shared history, so learning the story behind a flag helps to tell the pairs apart. The hardest pairs are the ones that differ only in a coat of arms or in a shade of blue.

Flag game: how to play with a group

The flag game works well in a classroom or at a party. Show the quiz on a screen, split the group into two teams and let each team answer in turn, or print the flag grid from the write-in sheet and give every player the same page. A point goes to each correct country, and the first team to name 20 flags wins.

Print this flags quiz

Make a printable version for a classroom, a quiz night or homework: choose multiple choice or write-in answers, 10 to 30 questions, and add an answer key. Download a free PDF or print straight away.

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