Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 1:2.
How to recognise it
Blue field with a red upright cross edged in white over red and white diagonal crosses.
- Name in the quiz
- United Kingdom
- Also called
- UK, Britain, Great Britain
- UN member state name
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- ISO 3166-1 code
- GB
- Atlas Play pack
- Europe
Easily confused with
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom (Blue field; white saltire of St Andrew and red saltire of St Patrick, with the red cross of St George edged in white; proportion 1:2). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/gb.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 8ccdcb87c6b7…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.