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Real vs. Fake Flags

In each question there are 3 real flags and 1 flag that might look real but isn't. Can you find the imposter?
All "real" flags are countries.
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First submittedDecember 3, 2021
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1. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Kiribati, Seychelles, completely Fake Flag, and Comoros.
2. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Fake flag, made to have similar colors to Ghana and Bolivia, with the design of Gambia, Gambia, Ghana, and Bolivia.
3. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Tuvalu, Tonga, Eswatini, and a Fake Flag made to look like British commonwealth flags with a French flag instead.
4. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Fake Flag, made with the colors of Uzbekistan and the crescent and star of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Oman.
5. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malaysia, Australia's flag with one star missing, and Madagascar.
6. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Norway, a fake flag containing the Nordic cross, Denmark, and Finland.
7. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Afghanistan, flag of Syria with colors flipped and 4 stars, Iraq, and Bangladesh.
8. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Brunei, Austrian flag with the Slovakian coat of arms, Paraguay, and Kyrgyzstan.
9. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Bahrain, Qatar, flag of Barbados with tricolor horizontal instead of vertical, and Barbados.
10. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: South Korea, North Korea, North Macedonia, and the flag of Kazakhstan with a red background instead of blue.
11. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Colombian flag with the coat of arms of Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.
12. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: South Africa, Jamaica, flag of Tanzania with colors flipped, and Tanzania.
13. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Pakistan, Turkey, Singapore with the entire flag being red instead of half red and half white, and Tunisia.
14. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Grenada, Zimbabwe, Guyana, and the flag of Mozambique with a hammer and sickle instead of a book, hoe, and gun.
15. Which flag is fake?
Flags in order: Turkmenistan, the flag of the Central African Republic with the star in the middle instead of the top left, Portugal, and Lesotho.
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64 Comments
heIIo
+24
Level 50
Dec 12, 2022
Real vs. Fake Flags 2 and Real vs. Fake Flags - Extreme are currently in production!
Hello24681
+19
Level 27
May 17, 2022
Great idea for a great quiz.
PapaFurchetta
+3
Level 94
Dec 7, 2022
Here's a similar quiz for U.S. state flags: Spot the Imposter - U.S. State Flags
AlmostAGenius
+15
Level 89
Dec 7, 2022
Fake Australia almost got me. I knew something was wrong with it, but I could not figure out what it was.
MarcellDAvis
+1
Level 80
Dec 21, 2022
Same here, I still didn't know so I looked it up - the big star under the Union Jack is missing.
BeigeDragon
+7
Level 65
Jan 7, 2023
The big star is called the Federation Star.
Chestnuthare
+16
Level 69
Feb 4, 2023
The color is also much lighter than the navy color of Australia, no?
JWatson24
+4
Level 71
Dec 7, 2022
Wow, congrats on your first featured quiz! And your only quiz it looks like--very impressive! Most people don't get a feature so quickly, but this quiz definitely deserves it :)
AlexDoubt
+8
Level 73
Dec 7, 2022
Wish it told us why they are fake.
Stewart
+8
Level 68
Dec 7, 2022
I agree. And also what the other flags are
heIIo
+8
Level 50
Dec 8, 2022
Good idea - changes submitted.
Ears
+2
Level 93
Dec 7, 2022
Fun! More please :-) .
loganite
+5
Level 93
Dec 7, 2022
This was interesting, but I think it should be split into two different quizzes (maybe two different series). One with three real flags and one completely fake flag, and one with three real flags and one real flag that has been slightly altered.
QuizzerBros
+17
Level 69
Dec 7, 2022
Nicely done. The Red and yellow Kazakhstan flag imposter looks awesome!
frognbuff
+9
Level 85
Dec 7, 2022
It would help immensely if the flags that have white on them weren't on a white background or at least had a more visible border - in particular the one that got me tripped up because I couldn't see the white was Madagascar's flag.
TheodoreE45
+10
Level 94
Dec 8, 2022
Okay the fake flag for #10 (Kazakhstan with Kyrgyzstan colors) looks stunning, I adore it!
Quizspider
+1
Level 84
Dec 8, 2022
I saw this and thought 'easy!' but it turns out I am easily confused by small changes to real flags.

Great quiz - hope there will be lots more of them!

Algernon
+1
Level 74
Dec 8, 2022
Great idea.
Gllombfek
+1
Level 54
Dec 8, 2022
In Q12, the fake one is used on Bob Marley's album Survival.
MarcellDAvis
+2
Level 80
Feb 4, 2023
Indeed it is. I wonder if they accidentally flipped it or whether it is an actual former flag? The old flag of Zaire is awesome BTW. Why is it always that the most evil regimes have the best flags?
angrobper14
+2
Level 86
Dec 8, 2022
Hate to be picking the nit...

It's Colombia with an O, not Columbia with an U.

Scoville
+1
Level 74
Dec 9, 2022
There's a small mistake in the solution text of Q8. It currently reads:

"Brunei, Austrian flag with the Slovakian coat of arms, Peru, and Kyrgzstan."

Should be Paraguay instead of Peru.

HinesBrothers
+2
Level 78
Dec 12, 2022
Kazakhstan imposter looks siiick
GlassMonkeyOLD
+2
Level 69
Jan 20, 2023
tricky fun trickster quiz
Orcapizza194
+2
Level 20
Feb 3, 2023
Scoring

You scored 15/15 = 100%

28.4% of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is 12

Your high score is 15

Your fastest time is 1:25

Gllombfek
+2
Level 54
Feb 4, 2023
Could you please change the Afghanistan one? That flag is not internationally recognised – meaning it could be considered "fake".
AlexThirkell
+4
Level 74
Feb 4, 2023
I've never heard of flags needing international recognition. Since the Taliban are in control of Afghanistan they can choose the flag *shrug*
protector441
+2
Level 48
Feb 4, 2023
Oh, I got all correct except of 10. For some reason I believed, the colorly switched Kazakh flag might be a legit flag for Kyrgyzstan. I think so stupid my, because I wrote a thesis about the compasion of these two countries :D
JamesWycombe
+3
Level 74
Feb 4, 2023
Pakistan didn't look right, because the edge of the flag is not obvious, flags with white edges need a border to differentiate from the background
ogamer
+1
Level 63
Feb 4, 2023
The Portuguese one should be fake. Why is it that my country's flag is so ugly. :(
CanesFanChance
+1
Level 29
Feb 4, 2023
Finished in 19 seconds!
YellowJacket
+2
Level 80
Feb 4, 2023
I like the Austrian flag with the Slovakian crest.
JesseFromThe6
+1
Level 70
Dec 9, 2024
Agreed. Slovakia should do a rebrand.
Stopperman
+1
Level 60
Feb 4, 2023
cant believe i forgot what my country's own flag looks like
barmanitan
+1
Level 84
Feb 5, 2023
In Q8 Kyrgyzstan is missing a 2nd y in the explanation
siggy
+1
Level 43
Feb 7, 2023
bruh when did afghanistan change its flag
Acer11818
+2
Level 55
Feb 7, 2023
Since the Taliban took over.
Acer11818
+2
Level 55
Feb 7, 2023
I got all but the Australia one. I was thinking that the color of its background was wrong (and I'm pretty sure it is) rather than it missing any stars. But I ended up picking malaysia because I thought it had the wrong # of stripes. Fun quiz.
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 60
Feb 9, 2023
Well that was easy
RJG
+1
Level 63
Feb 20, 2023
15/15, the one with the Soviet symbol, LOL.
Klaw
+1
Level 30
Feb 23, 2023
great quiz, got them all in first try
Nickelz
+3
Level 69
Apr 5, 2023
Fake Mozambique got me.
DaveF
+1
Level 18
May 24, 2023
Question 2 there is 2 fake flags the flag of Bolivia is fake as well because there isn't a symbol in the middle
fngf3501
+1
Level 52
Jun 10, 2023
Why does Eswatini's flag have blue leaves? The versions of Eswatini's flag that I found all have black/grey ones
Joeyboipng
+1
Level 27
Sep 28, 2023
Why are some of these flags actually cool looking?
CriticalStriker
+1
Level 24
Jan 29, 2024
Lost to Fake Syria, picked Afghanistan
Barroszt
+1
Level 17
Mar 10, 2024
Change Kyrgystan flag.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 10, 2024
Okay
TheMitskiCrave
+3
Level 58
Mar 12, 2024
that fake kazakhstan flag is so hot omg
cyceryx
+2
Level 61
May 30, 2024
i think i've fallen in love with that kyrgyzstan+kazakhstan flag
Fifi567
+1
Level 32
Jun 26, 2024
Hi, can I translate the quiz?
heIIo
+2
Level 50
Jul 6, 2024
👍
Fifi567
+1
Level 32
Aug 16, 2024
Sorry for this late comment, but thanks!
qaijerrt
+2
Level 68
Sep 17, 2024
Woah Mozambique isn’t communist-
leontodon
+1
Level 75
Dec 7, 2024
Flag of people who think Syria is underrated
Wafflehouse
+1
Level 21
Dec 7, 2024
Imagine mozambique actually being communist today
Koyamari
+1
Level 58
Dec 7, 2024
The 4th flag kind of looks real. It reminds me of Bashkortostan.
OfficerDibble
+1
Level 86
Dec 7, 2024
In the solution text of Q3, you refer to the "British commonwealth" (sic). There has been no such thing since 1949 - its name is the Commonwealth of Nations. The UK is one of the members, but does not own it (or make any claim to), and this has now been the case for fully 75 years.
PakistainedPants
+1
Level 41
Dec 7, 2024
Question 5 Flag 2 is USA flag
Baseballnerd
+3
Level 37
Dec 8, 2024
No it isn't
GeoStickler
+1
Level 50
Jan 23, 2025
I thought I liked the Kazakh flag, but dam maybe they should change it to this.
In2restingFacts
+1
Level 27
Feb 19, 2025
the edits are pretty clear.

red kazakh flag looks better than the normal honestly

ptilidion
+1
Level 37
May 10, 2025
this is cool
clivey
+1
Level 69
Jan 20, 2026
The red Kazakhstan flag looks great, as does the Austria/ Slovakia one. The Norway fake proves just what a difference the white outline makes, takes it from a 1/10 to a 9/10. Q1's fake flag with some sort of emblem in the centre would make a good one.
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