Why are the flags images instead of emoji?

Some devices, like Windows PCs, show flag emoji as two letters instead of a flag. Images look the same everywhere.

Where do the country names come from?

From the list of country names built into your browser, so they show up in your language with the usual spelling.

Do I get the same questions every time?

Each round is picked at random. Only a friend's challenge link gives you the same questions in the same order.

🏳️ Flag Quiz

Name the country from its flag, it gets harder as you go

One flag, four country names. The first few are familiar, then flags you have never seen start to mix in. When you finish, you get the ones you missed back for a second look.

About this quiz

You see one flag and pick the country from four names. It opens with flags you see all the time, then brings in ones with similar colours and patterns.

Country names appear in your screen language, and the flags are images so they look the same on every device. At the end, the flags you missed come back for another look.

Questions: 10
Subject: Social studies
Price: Free
Sign-in: Optional
Devices: Phone, tablet, desktop

How to play

Telling look-alikes apart: Similar flags often turn up as the wrong options, like all those red, white and blue stripes. Check the stripe direction, the colour order and any emblem in the middle first.
It ramps up: The pool of flags widens with each question. Early ones are familiar countries, and by the last few you'll meet flags you've never seen.
Review only what you missed: Under your result you'll find each question you missed, what you picked, the right answer and why. Finish a round and your review is done too.

Score ranks

Flag Professor
You see a flag and the country just appears. You could commentate an Olympic opening ceremony.
World Tour Guide
Almost all of them. Review the one or two that tripped you up and you're a professor.
Map Reader
You know the famous ones for sure. Only the look-alike colours got you.
Needs a Compass
No worries, once you notice flags you start seeing them everywhere. Try again and you'll climb.

Frequently asked questions

Why are the flags images instead of emoji?: Some devices, like Windows PCs, show flag emoji as two letters instead of a flag. Images look the same everywhere.
Where do the country names come from?: From the list of country names built into your browser, so they show up in your language with the usual spelling.
Do I get the same questions every time?: Each round is picked at random. Only a friend's challenge link gives you the same questions in the same order.