Flags / Look-alike pack
Look-alikes: horizontal bands
Red, white and blue bands, two-colour flags and their twins. Watch the order and the shade.
A round shows ten of these 12, in a new order, each with four names from this pack.
Practise with descriptions shows a written description of each flag before you answer, for learning by ear or with a screen reader. Those rounds are counted separately.
The 12 flags
- NetherlandsThree equal horizontal bands: red, white, then blue.
- LuxembourgThree equal horizontal bands: red, white, then light blue.
- RussiaThree equal horizontal bands: white, blue, then red.
- SloveniaWhite, blue and red horizontal bands with a small blue shield of white peaks and three gold stars in the upper hoist.
- SlovakiaWhite, blue and red horizontal bands with a red shield holding a white double cross towards the hoist.
- SerbiaRed, blue and white horizontal bands with a crowned coat of arms with a white double-headed eagle towards the hoist.
- CroatiaRed, white and blue horizontal bands with a red-and-white chequered shield under a crown of five small shields.
- IndonesiaTwo equal horizontal bands, red over white, with nothing else on them.
- MonacoTwo equal horizontal bands: red over white, with nothing else on them.
- PolandTwo equal horizontal bands: white over red.
- AustriaThree equal horizontal bands: red, white, then red.
- LatviaA dark carmine red field with a narrow white stripe across the middle.
Telling the look-alikes apart
- Indonesia and MonacoIndonesia and Monaco are practically the same picture: Monaco’s real flag is squarer (4:5), which a 4:3 card hides. They are never asked together.
- Netherlands and LuxembourgNetherlands: dark blue. Luxembourg: light blue, and a longer real flag.
- Netherlands and CroatiaNetherlands: plain. Croatia: a chequered red-and-white shield in the middle.
- Russia and SloveniaRussia: plain. Slovenia: a small blue shield with white peaks in the upper hoist.
- Russia and SlovakiaRussia: plain. Slovakia: a red shield with a white double cross.
- Slovakia and SloveniaSlovakia: a big red shield with a white double cross. Slovenia: a small blue shield with white peaks and gold stars.
- Serbia and RussiaSerbia: red on top and a crowned coat of arms. Russia: white on top and plain.
- Indonesia and PolandIndonesia: red on top. Poland: white on top.
- Monaco and PolandMonaco: red on top. Poland: white on top.
- Austria and LatviaAustria: bright red and three equal bands. Latvia: dark carmine red and a narrow white stripe.
- Luxembourg and RussiaLuxembourg: red on top and light blue at the bottom. Russia: white on top and red at the bottom.
- Serbia and CroatiaSerbia: red, blue, white with a double-headed eagle. Croatia: red, white, blue with a chequered shield.
Other packs
- Europe10 flags
- Africa10 flags
- Asia10 flags
- North America and the Caribbean10 flags
- South America10 flags
- Oceania10 flags
- Northern and Eastern Europe11 flags
- Central Europe and the small states13 flags
- South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean11 flags
- West Africa13 flags
- North and East Africa10 flags
- Central Africa10 flags
- Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean10 flags
- The Middle East14 flags
- Central and South Asia14 flags
- East and South-East Asia and the North Pacific12 flags
- The Caribbean and Central America14 flags
- Look-alikes: upright tricolours12 flags
- Look-alikes: red, white, black and green10 flags
- Look-alikes: Nordic crosses and Union Flags10 flags
