Asia Trivia Quiz

Asia — multiple choice, with the answer and a fun fact a tap away.

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Indonesia's red-and-white flag traces its colors to which powerful medieval empire?

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Indonesia's red-and-white flag traces its colors to which powerful medieval empire?

Correct answer: The Majapahit empire.

The banner called "Sang Saka Merah-Putih" echoes the red-and-white colors flown by the 13th-century Majapahit empire that once ruled much of the region.

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Which country's flag has a red star in a white disc on a broad red central band?

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Which country's flag has a red star in a white disc on a broad red central band?

Correct answer: North Korea.

The red star represents the revolution; the blue bands stand for sovereignty and peace, and the white for purity.

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By what popular name, meaning "circle of the sun", is Japan's national flag commonly known?

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By what popular name, meaning "circle of the sun", is Japan's national flag commonly known?

Correct answer: Hinomaru.

The red disc is the sun, apt for the "Land of the Rising Sun." Although the design is centuries old, Japan only made it the legally official national flag in 1999. (Kyokujitsu, the rising-sun rays, is the separate naval ensign.)

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The phrase "Allahu Akbar" in green Kufic script appears on the white band of which country's red-white-black flag?

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The phrase "Allahu Akbar" in green Kufic script appears on the white band of which country's red-white-black flag?

Correct answer: Iraq.

The red, white, and black are pan-Arab colors, and the inscription was redrawn in Kufic-style script in 2008.

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Which country has the only national flag in the world with a temple at its center?

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Which country has the only national flag in the world with a temple at its center?

Correct answer: Cambodia.

Cambodia has shown the temple of Angkor Wat on its flag since the 1850s, keeping it through every change of government and regime.

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Which country's flag has three horizontal bands of red, blue and orange?

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Which country's flag has three horizontal bands of red, blue and orange?

Correct answer: Armenia.

Red recalls the blood of those who died for the nation, blue the Armenian sky, and orange the people's hard work and creativity.

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Which country's national flag should never be flown at half-mast because it bears the shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith?

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Which country's national flag should never be flown at half-mast because it bears the shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith?

Correct answer: Saudi Arabia.

Because the Saudi flag bears the shahada, it is never lowered to half-mast or printed on disposable goods, and it is stitched so the inscription reads correctly from both sides.

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Which country's flag is a red band over a white band, nearly identical to Monaco's but in different proportions?

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Which country's flag is a red band over a white band, nearly identical to Monaco's but in different proportions?

Correct answer: Indonesia.

Called "Sang Saka Merah-Putih" — red for courage, white for purity. Turned upside down, it becomes the flag of Poland.

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Which country's five-striped red-white-blue flag, known as the Thong Trairong, has a wide central blue band often associated with the monarchy?

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Which country's five-striped red-white-blue flag, known as the Thong Trairong, has a wide central blue band often associated with the monarchy?

Correct answer: Thailand.

Red is commonly linked to the nation, white to religion, and blue to the monarchy; the current design was adopted in 1917, during World War I.

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On China's flag, what do the four small stars around the large star represent?

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On China's flag, what do the four small stars around the large star represent?

Correct answer: The people united under the Communist Party.

The large star represents the Communist Party; the four smaller stars are commonly explained as the people, or social classes, united under the party's leadership.

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