Flag Quiz

Flag Quiz is a free geography game covering the flags of all 193 UN member states. Name the country from its flag, pick the right flag for a country, or match countries to their capitals. Play the flag quiz in your browser on desktop or phone, with no download and no sign-up.

Game modes

• Flag → Country: you see a flag and choose the country from four names. This is the classic flag quiz.
• Country → Flag: you see a country name and pick its flag from four. The wrong flags usually share colours with the right one.
• Capitals: you see a country and choose its capital city from four options on the same continent.

Every mode works with a continent filter (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America or Oceania) and three lengths: a quick 10-question round, 20 questions, or the All 193 marathon, which asks every country in your selection exactly once. Your score, streak and best score per mode are saved in your browser.

The wrong answers aren’t random. They come from the same continent and, in the flag modes, from flags with similar colours, so you have to actually know the flag rather than rule out the odd one. After each round you can review every miss with its flag, capital and continent, or hit Retry misses to drill just those.

How to get better at flags

Most flag mistakes come from a small number of near-identical pairs. Learn the one detail that separates each pair:

• Chad vs Romania: both are blue, yellow and red vertical tricolours. Chad’s blue is a darker indigo; Romania’s is a brighter cobalt. They really are almost identical, so this quiz never puts them in the same question. Andorra and Moldova look similar too, but both have a coat of arms in the centre.
• Indonesia vs Monaco: both are red over white. Monaco’s flag is squarer (4:5) and Indonesia’s is longer (2:3). Poland flips it: white over red.
• Ireland vs Côte d’Ivoire: the same three colours in reverse order. Ireland has green next to the flagpole and orange at the fly; Côte d’Ivoire has orange at the pole. Ireland’s flag is also longer.
• Netherlands vs Luxembourg: both are red, white and blue stripes. The Netherlands uses a dark blue; Luxembourg’s bottom stripe is a light sky blue.
• Australia vs New Zealand: both are blue with the Union Jack and the Southern Cross. Australia’s stars are white and seven-pointed, plus a large star under the Union Jack. New Zealand has just four red five-pointed stars with white borders.
• Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela: all yellow, blue and red. Colombia’s is plain with a double-height yellow stripe, Ecuador’s adds a coat of arms, and Venezuela’s stripes are equal with an arc of eight white stars.
• Senegal vs Mali: green, yellow and red vertical stripes, but only Senegal has a green star in the middle.

Beyond the pairs, group flags into families: the pan-African green, yellow and red; the pan-Arab red, white, black and green; the Nordic crosses; and the Slavic white, blue and red. Once you know the family, one detail picks the country. Short daily rounds beat long cram sessions, and the skill is similar to our Visual Memory game.

Flags by continent

Playing one continent at a time is the fastest way to learn. Africa has 54 countries, the most of any continent, and many share pan-African colours. Asia has 46 here, including the Middle East and Central Asia. Europe has 44, full of tricolours and crosses. North America has 23, including Central America and the Caribbean. South America has 12 and Oceania has 14. Many of the Oceania flags feature the Southern Cross. Countries that span two continents follow common quiz practice: Türkiye, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are listed under Asia, while Russia and Cyprus are under Europe.

FAQ

Which countries are included?

All 193 member states of the United Nations, each with its flag, capital and continent. Observer states and territories aren’t included.

Are the flags accurate?

Colours, stripes, layouts and proportions follow the official designs, and every flag is drawn in the page itself, so it looks the same on any device. Very detailed emblems, such as the coats of arms of Mexico, Spain or Ecuador, are drawn in a simplified style.

Which capital is used when a country has more than one?

We use the official or constitutional capital: Sucre for Bolivia, Pretoria for South Africa, Yamoussoukro for Côte d’Ivoire and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte for Sri Lanka.

Can I play on a phone or Chromebook?

Yes. Tap an answer on touchscreens, or press keys 1 to 4 on a keyboard and Enter to move on.

Want more ways to learn the map? See our list of the best browser games to learn geography.