Retired World Flags Quiz

Can you name the Retired World Flags?

created by Paul91

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Source: Wikipedia Timeline of National Flags
*In some instances, slight variations on flags are ignored. The flag depicted is the general form of that flag for the years given despite minor year by year changes.
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Number	Country	In Use
1		1975-1983
2		1931-1939
3		1822-1889
4		1776
5		1855-1917
6		1990-2004
7		1977-1996
8		1943-1992
9		1987-2006
10		1946-1949

Number	Country	In Use
11		1951-1969
12		1962-2001
13		1928-1994
14		1893-1975*
15		1961-1975
16		1948-2010
17		1920-1943
18		1964-1986
19		1862-1912*
20		1830-1861*

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Retired World Flags Quiz

by Paul91

Created Jun 14, 2011 in Geography
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	Riko:	Jun 14th, 2011 at 11:12 GMT	2 points
	#11 has come out of retirement. It's used by the ruling government's opposition and that opposition is recognized as the legitimate government of that conflicted nation by more than a dozen nations so far. In the UK and Australia and possibly the US, that is technically the official flag of that nation. Very cool quiz though.

	tm83:	Jun 14th, 2011 at 11:50 GMT	23 points
	and at the risk of being pedantic, number 8 was never the flag of serbia, it was the flag of yugoslavia during the cold war, the red star was removed after the collapse of communism while the country still had its old name of yugoslavia

	hilco:	Jun 14th, 2011 at 15:28 GMT	12 points
	I have to say that most of these countries have improved on their flag's design. And the Lesotho flag looks like it has Patrick from SpongeBob on it.

	FreakyFlyBry:	Jun 14th, 2011 at 16:25 GMT	10 points
	@tm83: Yugoslavia's flag had the stripes blue-white-red. It was, however, the flag of Serbia as a part of the communist Yugoslavia.

	wyldstallyn:	Jun 14th, 2011 at 16:28 GMT	3 points
	great quiz, great idea!

	samcash13593:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 02:23 GMT	4 points
	Spain and Brazil are so obvious, they have much in common with the modern flags. so why didnt i see that??

	Flembo:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 09:59 GMT	4 points
	Super quiz, best geography quiz in ages

	Fojin:	Jun 15th, 2011 at 14:08 GMT	1 point
	I have never seen #10 in my life, and I actually live in that country. Not sure if this ever was an official flag.

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	Riko:	Jun 16th, 2011 at 03:23 GMT	5 points
	@Fojin: look at the years that that flag was in use and think about what was going on then. I'm not sure how prevalent it was but it was adopted for use at sea because ships need to display a national flag and they sure couldn't use the old one.

	Babomomebeo:	Jun 16th, 2011 at 18:26 GMT	6 points
	Libya went with the more minimalistic approach, I see.

	cdvillafan:	Jun 18th, 2011 at 10:33 GMT	2 points
	Number 11 is making a comeback!

	quizzesarenice:	Jun 19th, 2011 at 13:51 GMT	13 points
	Why would any country go from a flag with elephants to one without? That's a huge fail. Great quiz, though!

	Lauro:	Jun 20th, 2011 at 05:33 GMT	1 point
	THAT was an interesting quiz, thx a lot!!! Some of them I remember well. (Never seen or heard of the #10 in my life living in that country too.)

	Hamilton_Burger:	Jun 20th, 2011 at 23:29 GMT	3 points
	The C-Pennant was never used as a national flag for Germany, but only as an ensign on German merchant shipping during the occupation--the "C" literally standing for "capitulation." So I don't think it's properly included as a "retired" world flag.

	ALcu:	Jun 26th, 2011 at 22:51 GMT	2 points
	Number 8 is actually not the flag of Yugoslavia, as someone said above. I wouldn't call it the flag of Serbia either as it was the flag of SR Serbia which can't really be called an independent country. Good quiz though

	bmo1616:	Jun 27th, 2011 at 23:33 GMT	1 point
	Let's hope North Korea will be on this list soon.

	M_C_HAMEL:	Jun 27th, 2011 at 23:59 GMT	-2 points
	Shoulda had the USSR flag here

	MghtyRoach:	Jun 28th, 2011 at 02:56 GMT	2 points
	This may seem a bit petty, but perhaps you could accept Siam for #5?

	Bleu:	Jun 28th, 2011 at 13:30 GMT	2 points
	And I was so certain that #5 would be Cote d'Ivoire...

	StupidBunny:	Jun 29th, 2011 at 04:52 GMT	2 points
	I'm disappointed by the Soviet Union and Zaire being excluded from this, but good quiz nonetheless.

	Ubbiebubbie:	Jun 29th, 2011 at 15:19 GMT	2 points
	... I'm able to get Georgia, but I miss USA. I must be tired.

	Langbartelski:	Jul 4th, 2011 at 04:47 GMT	1 point
	Can't believe I missed the flag of Allied occupied Germany!

	Jelle:	Jul 7th, 2011 at 16:17 GMT	3 points
	Argentina's old flag looks like someone's used the MS Paint spray tool on it.

	Aptpupil:	Jul 12th, 2011 at 03:10 GMT	1 point
	I'm would have loved this one if instead of Serbia it were written Yugoslavia.

	StupidBunny:	Sep 15th, 2011 at 20:44 GMT	2 points
	That Libyan flag there is back in very official use... :)

	megascarp:	Nov 20th, 2011 at 21:59 GMT	1 point
	anyone else get number #7 by typing seychelles for #1?

	tyl:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 17:28 GMT	1 point
	@tm83: Actually Nr8 was of the Socialist Republic of Serbia which was part of Yugoslavia. The flag of the SR of Yugoslavia hat its white stripe in the middle, the Serbian at the bottom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia#Republic_flags

	nthe:	Mar 10th, 2012 at 15:20 GMT	1 point
	@Bleu Confused it with Cote d'Or?