Can you name every country of South America from its flag? A free flags quiz with four answers to choose from for each flag.
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Every country has a flag, and many of them tell a story. The red and white of Poland’s flag come from its medieval coat of arms, the maple leaf has been on Canada’s flag since 1965, and Nepal’s two stacked pennants make it the only national flag that is not a rectangle. Some flags are almost twins: Chad and Romania use nearly the same blue, yellow and red stripes, and the flags of Indonesia and Monaco differ only in their shape.
Each question shows one flag and four countries to choose from. The wrong answers come from the same part of the world, so look closely at the colours, stripes and emblems. At the end you see your score and every flag you missed, so you can learn them for next time.
South America has 12 countries. Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela share yellow, blue and red, the colours of Gran Colombia, the republic led by Simón Bolívar in the 1820s. Brazil’s blue globe shows the night sky over Rio de Janeiro on 15 November 1889, the day the republic was proclaimed, with one star for each state and the capital district.
Flag images: flag-icons by Panayiotis Lipiridis (MIT licence).
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