"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful

quiz.” – Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca :P

Chinmay Kamat
SPQC
October 2010
 Flagging Off

Questions on flags of countries

Written round
10/5/3 scoring pattern
 1. India
In the centre there is a white band and it has
24 spokes, which intends to show that there is
life in movement and death in stagnation.
 2. Nepal
• The only flag which is does not have four
sides.
 3. Vatican City
• Only two flags are exact squares. One is
Switzerland. Other is ?
 4. Libya
• Only flag which consists of just one solid
colour.
 5. Denmark
• The oldest flag still in use.
6. Flags not identical on both sides?

Moldova

Paraguay

Saudi Arabia
 7. Mozambique
• Flag having an AK47 on it.
 8. Lebanon
• The country is synonymous with the Cedar
tree and sports the tree on its flag. As quoted
from the Bible “(Psalms 92:12, "the righteous
flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a
cedar in ______")
 9. Wales
• The flag is called Y Ddraig Goch (the red
dragon).
 10. Uganda
• Contains the crested crane – its national bird
 11. Oman
• Two crossed "khanjars", curved daggers with
pommel and sheath inlaid with silver. Between
the daggers is placed the "gourith", a small
traditional axe whose head is 10 cm long.
 12. Myanmar
• The emblem consists of a cog wheel and a
paddy ear surrounded with 14 five-pointed
stars. Basically indicating that the nation is
dependent on rice(paddy) and rice industries.
 13. Chile
• The white star symbolizes the snow clad
Andes mountain ranges that lie in the country.
 14. Cambodia
• Contains the AngkorWat temple
 15.Albania
• Also called the Skandeberg’s flag in the
memory of their national hero, it contains a
two headed dragon.