About Flags

Pick the world or a continent, then name every country from its flag.

Name every country from its flag, for the whole world or one continent. Many flags differ only in the order of their stripes or the shade of a colour, so it's a good way to learn the near-twins: Chad and Romania, Indonesia and Monaco, Ireland and Côte d'Ivoire. If you've done the flags quiz on Sporcle or JetPunk, it's the same format. (Geographys isn't affiliated with Sporcle or JetPunk.)

How it works

1. 1One flag is shown at a time. Type the country it belongs to.
2. 2Use the arrows or tap a thumbnail to skip to a different flag. Nothing is lost by skipping around.
3. 3Name as many as you can before the clock runs out. Hint gives you a head start on one, but costs time.

Tips

• Learn the near-twins as pairs: Chad and Romania, Indonesia and Monaco, Ireland and Côte d'Ivoire, Australia and New Zealand.
• Skip around. There's no penalty for leaving a flag and coming back once others have jogged your memory.
• Check the details. Stars, emblems and the order of stripes settle most flags that look generic.

Questions

How long do I get?

Five seconds a flag, with at least ten minutes. The daily is a quick five flags in two minutes.

Which flags are in it?

The 197 countries Geographys uses everywhere. For states, regions, territories and former countries, try Expert Flags.

How the world's flags fit together

Most national flags are built from a few designs: three stripes, a cross, a symbol in the top corner, or one emblem on a plain field. Shared colours often have a shared history. The red, yellow and green of many African flags come from Ethiopia's, long a symbol of African independence; the Nordic cross runs through the flags of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland; and red, white, black and green are the Pan-Arab colours of Jordan, Palestine, Sudan, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

A few flags break the pattern. Nepal's is the only national flag that isn't a rectangle, Switzerland's and Vatican City's are square, and Paraguay's has a different emblem on each side. The flag images here, for all 197 countries, come from Flagpedia.

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