Flag Quiz

Flag Quiz is a quick geography game: a flag appears and you name the country. Every day there is a new set of ten flags, the same for everyone, so you can compare scores with friends. The quiz covers all 193 member states of the United Nations plus Vatican City and Hong Kong.

How the daily ten works

Each flag comes with four possible answers. The first questions are flags most people know, and the set gets harder as you go, ending with two that even keen fans may find tricky. The wrong answers are not random: they are flags that look similar or countries from the same part of the world, so you have to look closely. Your first attempt each day is the one that counts. When you finish, Share sends your score, your time and a row of green and red squares without giving the flags away. Play on consecutive days to build a streak. A new set starts at midnight on your own clock.

Practice modes

Practice is unlimited. Choose a continent and a level from easy to expert, then play a quick round of ten, Survival (keep going until you have missed three) or Type it, where there are no choices and you write the name yourself. Small typos and common alternative names such as Holland, Burma or Ivory Coast are accepted. The game remembers which flags you miss and shows them more often until you get them right three times in a row.

Telling look-alike flags apart

• Chad and Romania share blue, yellow and red vertical stripes. Chad's blue is darker and deeper. Andorra and Moldova use similar colours but add a coat of arms in the middle.
• Indonesia and Monaco are both red over white; Poland is the other way round, white over red.
• Ireland and Côte d'Ivoire are mirror images. Ireland starts with green next to the flagpole; Côte d'Ivoire starts with orange. Italy is green, white and red, and Mexico adds an eagle in the centre.
• India and Niger both use saffron, white and green. India has a navy-blue wheel with 24 spokes; Niger has a plain orange disc.
• Nordic crosses: Denmark is a white cross on red, Sweden a yellow cross on blue, Finland a blue cross on white. Norway and Iceland both use a bordered cross: blue on red for Norway, red on blue for Iceland.
• Australia and New Zealand both have the Union Jack. Australia's stars are white and include a large seven-pointed star; New Zealand has four red stars.
• Senegal and Mali are green, yellow and red, but only Senegal has a green star. Guinea reverses the order.