How to play the flags and capitals quiz
- Choose a quiz: identify countries from their flags, name the capital of a country, or name the country that a capital belongs to.
- Pick the whole world or one region, and how many questions you want.
- Tap an answer. Wrong options come from the same region, so you cannot just rule out the obvious ones. At the end, see the ones you missed and share a challenge link.
Learning flags and capitals
The quiz covers the 193 United Nations member states plus a few widely recognised territories, about 197 in total. Learning region by region works best: start with your own continent, then add one new region at a time. Flags are easier to remember through their stories: many African flags use the Pan-African red, gold and green; Nordic countries share the off-centre Scandinavian cross; and dozens of former British colonies keep the Union Jack in a corner.
Some capitals catch everyone out: Australia's capital is Canberra, not Sydney; Canada's is Ottawa, Turkey's is Ankara, and Brazil's is Brasília. A few countries have more than one capital: Bolivia's constitutional capital is Sucre while the government sits in La Paz, South Africa splits its government between Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein, and the Netherlands' capital is Amsterdam although the government is in The Hague. Capitals whose status is disputed internationally are left out. Flags are shown as emoji, using the free Noto Color Emoji font where your system does not show flag emoji itself. Scores are not stored anywhere.
How many countries are in the world?
There are 193 UN member states and two observer states (the Holy See and Palestine). Counts vary depending on which territories are included.
Why do I see letters instead of flags?
Some systems, notably Windows, have no flag emoji. The page loads a flag font automatically; if it is blocked, letters appear instead.
Which flags look almost the same?
Chad and Romania, Indonesia and Monaco, and Ireland and Côte d'Ivoire are classic look-alikes.