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- 1. "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful quiz. Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca :PChinmayKamatSPQCOctober 2010
- 2. Flagging OffQuestions on flags of countriesWritten round10/5/3 scoring pattern
- 3. 1. India In the centre there is a white band and it has 24 spokes, which intends to show that there is life in movement and death in stagnation.
- 4. 2. NepalThe only flag which is does not have four sides.
- 5. 3. Vatican CityOnly two flags are exact squares. One is Switzerland. Other is ?
- 6. 4. LibyaOnly flag which consists of just one solid colour.
- 7. 5. DenmarkThe oldest flag still in use.
- 8. 6. Flags not identical on both sides?MoldovaParaguaySaudi Arabia
- 9. 7. MozambiqueFlag having an AK47 on it.
- 10. 8. Lebanon The country is synonymous with the Cedar tree and sports the tree on its flag. As quoted from the Bible (Psalms 92:12, "the righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in ______")
- 11. 9. WalesThe flag is called Y DdraigGoch (the red dragon).
- 12. 10. UgandaContains the crested crane its national bird
- 13. 11. OmanTwo crossed "khanjars", curved daggers with pommel and sheath inlaid with silver. Between the daggers is placed the "gourith", a small traditional axe whose head is 10 cm long.
- 14. 12. MyanmarThe emblem consists of a cog wheel and a paddy ear surrounded with 14 five-pointed stars. Basically indicating that the nation is dependent on rice(paddy) and rice industries.
- 15. 13. ChileThe white star symbolizes the snow clad Andes mountain ranges that lie in the country.
- 16. 14. CambodiaContains the AngkorWat temple
- 17. 15.AlbaniaAlso called the Skandebergs flag in the memory of their national hero, it contains a two headed dragon.