Can you name the countries of the world based on their former flags?

created by Thoughtless
  • Enter a country in the box below
  • Correctly named countries will show up below
  • Click any empty # or Country to answer for that location
  • Each of the flags below corresponds to a modern independent country or one of its predecessor states. Enter the name of the modern country which at one point flew the flag in the image. Of the 195 independent states in the world, only 173 ever had a flag besides the one they fly now. For the purposes of this game, the two Koreas are treated as one country.
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Former Flags of the World Quiz

  1. by Thoughtless
  • Created May 12, 2011 in Geography
  • Game Plays 633

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