What country’s flag features the Catholic green and Protestant orange, separated by the white of peace? France Ireland Italy Netherlands (Need a hint? Remember what day it is today.) Think you know the answer? Send it to me as a comment at the bottom of this post (one answer per contestant, please!). At the end [...]
What country’s flag depicts a yin-yang symbol called a taeguk, surrounded by four black trigrams from the I Ching? Malaysia South Korea Taiwan (Republic of China) Thailand Think you know the answer? Send it to me as a comment at the bottom of this post (one answer per contestant, please!). At the end of the [...]
What country claims that its flag was inspired when King Eric the Holy saw a yellow cross against a blue sky as he landed in Finland during an 1157 crusade? Hungary Lithuania Poland Sweden Think you know the answer? Send it to me as a comment at the bottom of this post (one answer per [...]
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