Selects • April 2026
Flags
It’s time to show your true colours.
Mixed Flags
You know, like a Mixed Bag round but... you get it.
What term is given to the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags?
A national flag flown at sea, usually at the stern to indicate a ship’s allegiance, is given what name?
On the Olympic flag, what colour is the centre ring in the top row?
Which South American country’s national flag includes the Southern Cross?
Name the only country other than Vatican City with a national flag that is shaped like a square (following a 1:1 ratio)?
Mixed Flags
It’s NOT a Nation
These flags are not the national flag of a country. Can you tell us what they do represent?
We’ll give you some facts about each flag to help you out.

The twelve golden stars on this flag don’t represent members but instead ideals of unity and harmony.

This three-legged woman is known as the Trinacria with each leg representing one of the three capes of this island.

This flag, dating back to the 1880s when it was first adopted by the Colombo Committee, defines “aura” in the form of five colours.

Designed in 1990 and adopted in 2009, this flag features a koru — a symbol of a curling fern frond representing eternal growth.

This flag features the fleur-de-lis, a symbol that was also on the pre-revolutionary national flags of France.
It’s NOT a Nation
Historical Hoisting
Who doesn’t love a bit of history and symbolism?
After a couple of modifications by designer Gilbert Baker, how many stripes were on the iconic rainbow LGBTQ Pride flag introduced in 1979?
Which European country holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest continuously used national flag?
Name one of the two US states with a state flag that was once the national flag of an independent country.
A common sighting during the Golden Age of Piracy, the skull and crossbones pirate flag is commonly known by what nickname?
According to AIATSIS, what does each colour in the Aboriginal flag represent?
Historical Hoisting
What’s Missing?
We’ve removed one or more elements from a country’s flag. Can you tell us what’s missing?

Soviet Union

Cambodia

Sri Lanka

Mexico

Mozambique
What’s Missing?
Present Pennants
Flags now, flags forever.
When the monarch is in residence at Buckingham Palace, the Royal Standard is flown; what flag is flown when they are not there?
When used on land, semaphore flags are typically white and blue; what colours are they when used at sea?
In Game of Thrones, which House uses a heraldic flag featuring a golden kraken on a black field: Tully, Greyjoy, or Baratheon?
Aussie soccer legend Tim Cahill’s iconic goal celebration involved doing what with a corner flag?
Complete this lyric from a 2003 Dido hit:
“There will be no white flag...”
Present Pennants
It IS a Nation
Did you think we were going to do a flags quiz without a simple name the country by the flag round? You thought wrong.





It IS a Nation
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