Flagging off

"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful quiz.” – Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca :P
ChinmayKamat
SPQC
October 2010

Flagging Off
Questions on flags of countries
Written round
10/5/3 scoring pattern

1. India
In the centre there is a white band and it has 24 spokes, which intends to show that there is life in movement and death in stagnation.

2. Nepal
The only flag which is does not have four sides.

3. Vatican City
Only two flags are exact squares. One is Switzerland. Other is ?

4. Libya
Only flag which consists of just one solid colour.

5. Denmark
The oldest flag still in use.

6. Flags not identical on both sides?
Moldova
Paraguay
Saudi Arabia

7. Mozambique
Flag having an AK47 on it.

8. Lebanon
The country is synonymous with the Cedar tree and sports the tree on its flag. As quoted from the Bible “(Psalms 92:12, "the righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in ______")

9. Wales
The flag is called Y DdraigGoch (the red dragon).

10. Uganda
Contains the crested crane – its national bird

11. Oman
Two crossed "khanjars", curved daggers with pommel and sheath inlaid with silver. Between the daggers is placed the "gourith", a small traditional axe whose head is 10 cm long.

12. Myanmar
The emblem consists of a cog wheel and a paddy ear surrounded with 14 five-pointed stars. Basically indicating that the nation is dependent on rice(paddy) and rice industries.

13. Chile
The white star symbolizes the snow clad Andes mountain ranges that lie in the country.

14. Cambodia
Contains the AngkorWat temple

15.Albania
Also called the Skandeberg’s flag in the memory of their national hero, it contains a two headed dragon.

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