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interesting facts about flags

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This country's flag is flown with the red stripe up in times of war and blue stripe up in times of peace.

a)

America

b)

UK

c)

Filipino

d)

Canada

2.

Which American state flag features the Union Jack (Flag of the UK) and is the only US State flag to do so.

a)

Tennessee

b)

New England

c)

Oregon

d)

Hawaii

3.

The Union Flag in the UK originates from the union of the crowns, not the union of the countries, so if Scotland leaves the United Kingdom, the Union Flag does not have to change. True or False?

a)

true

b)

False

4.

According to the Flag Code, the American Flag can be used for advertisement purposes in any manner whatsoever. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Lichtenstein and Haiti developed identical national flags independently of each other. No one realized until the two countries competed against each other in the 1936 Summer Olympics under the same flag. True or False

a)

False

b)

True

6.

During truce talks between North and South Korea, both parties would try to bring a bigger national flag than the other to each meeting. This went on until a special meeting was called to address the size of the flags, as they could no longer fit in the room. true or false

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The boy scouts burn the most US flags in the World, as it is actually the most respected way of disposing of a Flag True or False

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which country's flag is the oldest flag currently in use, designed in 1219 and unchanged since.

a)

America

b)

Sweeden

c)

France

d)

Denmark

9.

The flags of two countries are so similar, the Prime Minister of one of the countries was greeted with the wrong flag on a state visit to Canada in 1984. –

a)

Ireland and Italy

b)

Taiwan and the Philippines

c)

New Zealand and Australia

d)

Lichtenstein and Haiti

10.

The words “Allahu Akbar” are repeated 22 times on the flag of , ?.

a)

Syria

b)

Egypt

c)

United Arab Emirates

d)

Iran.

11.

John Rabe, a member of the Nazi Party, prevented the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians at the hands of the Japanese by setting up a refugee zone under the ........flag.

a)

French

b)

Swiss

c)

Greek

d)

Nazi

12.

The flag of Mozambique has an AK-47 on it. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

13.

There was about a ........... year period in which the flag of France was just a white flag

a)

5 years

b)

10 years

c)

15 years

d)

20 years

14.

In ............., it is illegal to burn foreign flags, but not illegal to burn the .............flag.

a)

Denmark

b)

UK

c)

Canada

d)

China

15.

The ............ state flag is the only U.S. state flag to feature nudity

a)

Michigan

b)

Virginia

c)

Miami

d)

Florida

16.

The first Olympic flag went missing for........... years after the 1920 games until a 1920 olympian revealed he’d had it in his suitcase the whole time

a)

48

b)

53

c)

60

d)

77

17.

The nylon American flag planted on the moon during Apollo 11 cost $.........., was knocked over by exhaust from the Lunar Module’s ascent, and is likely to have disintegrated by four decades of heat, UV rays and radiation.

a)

2.30 Dollars

b)

5.50 dollars

c)

8.60 dollars

d)

11.25 dollars