Can you name the Flags of Africa?

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Flags of Africa Quiz

Rating:	Report a mistake
Published: September 6th, 2008
Category: Geography
Plays: 126,085

Tags: Country Quizzes, Africa Quizzes, Flags Quizzes

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	radiosilence:	Sep 15th, 2008 at 00:54 GMT	42 points
	Libya keeps it simple.

	Oakenshield:	Oct 8th, 2008 at 23:23 GMT	5 points
	very fun :)

	Uhlan:	Oct 16th, 2008 at 19:43 GMT	8 points
	Random trivia: when Chad chose their flag they didn't know it was the same as Romania's.

	davidr:	Oct 18th, 2008 at 16:40 GMT	8 points
	@Ben: are you sure about that? Chad's flag was formally adopted in 1960 and it seems unlikely that nobody in the Chadian government had an atlas. Chad and Romania use a slightly different shade of blue (indigo for Chad, cobalt blue for Romania). Actually, Romania was using a slightly different flag in 1960, with the state coat of arms in the centre.

	Bray:	Nov 3rd, 2008 at 15:51 GMT	3 points
	I keep getting Senegal mixed with Cameroon and Guinea with Mali. Why are the African flags so confuzzling? =\| I can also never remember which one is Gabon. I'll just keep trying. xD

	Bray:	Nov 3rd, 2008 at 15:55 GMT	1 point
	Must remember: Senegal GYR Cameroon GRY Guinea RYG Mali GYR

	Bray:	Nov 5th, 2008 at 20:35 GMT	1 point
	Sorry for triple comment, but I think it's helping to remember Cameroon and Senegal by thinking Senegal's star looks fairly good, but Cameroon's looks a little forced. Idk. xD

	Uhlan:	Nov 8th, 2008 at 15:55 GMT	3 points
	At Davidr; it is a little disputed whether the blue is different, but to all intents and purposes, they are the same. The crest was removed more recently, but the colours have been in use for hundreds of years. Given that the Chadians designed the flag, rather than having a traditional one resurrected, it could be construed as shortsighted.

	Anthony:	Dec 4th, 2008 at 20:14 GMT	31 points
	DRC for Democratic Rep. of Congo?

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	radish:	Dec 30th, 2008 at 22:49 GMT	-3 points
	Maybe the guys from Lesotho made it simpler than the Libyans: no flag at all.

	davidr:	Jan 10th, 2009 at 22:42 GMT	5 points
	@John2: You're missing something. Lesotho's is blue, white and green horizontal stripes with a black triangular-looking hat in the middle of the white stripe.

	peanut4:	Jan 25th, 2009 at 02:34 GMT	6 points
	Bray: I think the African flags are so "confuzzling" because they originate from empires and so adopt colours from their imperial rulers. I might be wrong, but you can guess which countries were ruled by Portugal quite easily.

	Annie:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 23:09 GMT	3 points
	I wasn't able to get all of these until I completed the Flags of the World quiz. It's amazing what memorizing 195 flags of pure awesomeness can accomplish

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	juusosieni:	Apr 4th, 2009 at 16:42 GMT	1 point
	53/53, Gambia is the hardest for me.

	danezinho:	Apr 4th, 2009 at 19:38 GMT	6 points
	no matter how many times i try this quiz, i will never be able to tell the difference between guinea and mali...

	fifteen:	Apr 13th, 2009 at 02:46 GMT	14 points
	Why did Rwanda have to change their flag? It used to have a giant "R" in the middle of it. :-P

	SonOfSibir:	May 29th, 2009 at 18:33 GMT	6 points
	@Paul: Actually, all of the Green-Gold-Red flags stem from the flag of Ethiopia, which has used them since 1798. They have since become known as the Pan-African Colors. Ghana was the first independent nation (after Ethiopia) to adopt a Green-Gold-Red flag in 1957. The flags of at least 16 current African nations are based on the Green-Gold-Red color scheme. The former flags of Cape Verde, Rwanda and Zaire (now DRC) also used Green-Gold-Red.

	SonOfSibir:	May 29th, 2009 at 18:38 GMT	4 points
	Additionally, Portugal had a relatively small collection of territories in Africa: Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and the island nations of Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe. All of which were established while Portugal had a White or Blue-White flag. However, the African nations gained their independence from Portugal while it flew the current Green-Red flag. Some of those nations do incorporate Green and Red into their flags, so it could be debated whether they were based off the Ethiopian or Portuguese flag.

	SonOfSibir:	May 29th, 2009 at 18:41 GMT	5 points
	@radiosilence: Very true. The flag of Libya can claim the shortest heraldic description - "Vert". The only other flag that would have a shorter one whould be a flag that's completely yellow - "Or".

	Axileon:	Jun 4th, 2009 at 09:21 GMT	2 points
	For some reason gabon and gambia seem the hardest for me

	porygon:	Jun 22nd, 2009 at 13:57 GMT	-4 points
	I believe the Western Sahara flag is missing from this quiz, 54 countires in Africa not 53

	x894565256:	Jul 2nd, 2009 at 12:45 GMT	5 points
	@ Porygon: Western Sahara isn't a country. It is not sovereign, and thus is not it's own country. It is controlled/disputed by Morocco and Algeria.

	porygon:	Jul 3rd, 2009 at 12:02 GMT	3 points
	I see thank you i must investigate this matter further

	michelplatini:	Sep 1st, 2009 at 19:18 GMT	3 points
	I missed 5, but I am learning english names of the nations!

	etoile:	Sep 6th, 2009 at 22:32 GMT	10 points
	Can you make DRC accepted for Democratic Republic of the Congo like on all the other geography quizzes?

	joefoxon:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 12:33 GMT	3 points
	Not having DRC caught me out but I eventually got them all.

	jokeefe72:	Dec 1st, 2009 at 23:20 GMT	5 points
	Did anyone tell them there are more than three colors? Seychelles flag is awesome btw

	joebobs:	Dec 4th, 2009 at 00:19 GMT	1 point
	Great quiz. Took me 3 attempts to get them all. It's been a while since I revised African flags.

	SanityLapse:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 07:58 GMT	5 points
	It's amazing how well mnemonics work for memorizing flags. Like Seychelles is pronouced say-shell, it's easy to remember, because it's pattern kind of looks like a seashell.

	tigerschick:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 12:46 GMT	5 points
	I love all the flag ones, this is the hardest continent tho! Don't know if it helps anyone else but I remember that SeneGal has a Green star on it ... and Cameroon is the other one with a star in the middle. I also remember that Sao Tome and Principe has 2 parts so it has 2 stars on it.

	ashy88:	Apr 17th, 2010 at 06:40 GMT	5 points
	omg this is awesome, it took me a good 2 weeks of practicing, but i finally got them all... i had to write a list with stupid little comments, like "benin is bendin" and worse just to remember them, but i have now. got it right with 7 minutes to spare this time

	doanie:	Apr 22nd, 2010 at 01:41 GMT	8 points
	i wish there would a constantcy about accepting d r c and c a r, at leasst on the same quiz. it is anoying!!!

	BradEinstein:	Jun 14th, 2010 at 23:41 GMT	1 point
	good quiz--now for Europe

	D_C_1:	Jul 18th, 2010 at 14:07 GMT	1 point
	Done with 8:11 left :D democratic and republic of congo slow it down way too much :/

	PaTTeri:	Aug 3rd, 2010 at 08:23 GMT	8 points
	Malawi flag should be updated ;)

	nachosnav:	Aug 3rd, 2010 at 14:25 GMT	5 points
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Malawi.svg

	superpole2000:	Sep 1st, 2010 at 19:31 GMT	1 point
	The Botswana flag is awesome. Love the colors.