North America Trivia Quiz

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

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Which Central American country's blue-white-blue flag has a coat of arms with five volcanoes, a Phrygian cap and the motto "Dios, Unión, Libertad"?

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Which Central American country's blue-white-blue flag has a coat of arms with five volcanoes, a Phrygian cap and the motto "Dios, Unión, Libertad"?

Correct answer: El Salvador.

El Salvador's flag descends from the old United Provinces of Central America; the five volcanoes recall the federation's five original member states.

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What do the thirteen stripes on the flag of the United States represent?

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What do the thirteen stripes on the flag of the United States represent?

Correct answer: The original thirteen colonies.

The thirteen alternating red and white stripes honor the British colonies that declared independence in 1776.

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Which country's flag has four quadrants, two solid and two white, each white one holding a star?

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Which country's flag has four quadrants, two solid and two white, each white one holding a star?

Correct answer: Panama.

The blue and red were said to represent the country's two main political parties, with the white standing for peace between them.

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Five blue stars in an X across the white band of which country's flag recall a former federation?

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Five blue stars in an X across the white band of which country's flag recall a former federation?

Correct answer: Honduras.

The five stars represent the members of the United Provinces of Central America, kept on the flag in hope of one day reuniting.

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What do the ten stars around the parrot on Dominica's flag represent?

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What do the ten stars around the parrot on Dominica's flag represent?

Correct answer: The island's ten parishes.

The ten green-edged stars stand for Dominica's ten parishes; the Sisserou parrot at the center lives nowhere else on Earth.

What letter begins the registration number of U.S.-registered civil aircraft?

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What letter begins the registration number of U.S.-registered civil aircraft?

Correct answer: N.

The N mark was allotted to the United States in the 1919 Paris convention's radio-style letter split — which is why American pilots still call a registration an "N-number" — and early marks carried a class letter too, like NC for commercial aircraft. See the full list of aircraft registration prefixes by country.

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Which Caribbean country's flag has a black diagonal band with two white stars, edged in yellow, dividing green and red?

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Which Caribbean country's flag has a black diagonal band with two white stars, edged in yellow, dividing green and red?

Correct answer: Saint Kitts and Nevis.

The two white stars stand for the two islands and for hope and liberty.

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Which country has the only national flag in the world with human figures as a major design element?

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Which country has the only national flag in the world with human figures as a major design element?

Correct answer: Belize.

Belize's flag depicts two woodcutters - one of African and one of European descent - flanking a mahogany tree, recalling the logging trade that built the colony's economy.

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A "broken trident" snapped from its handle marks a break from colonial rule on which country's flag?

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A "broken trident" snapped from its handle marks a break from colonial rule on which country's flag?

Correct answer: Barbados.

The broken shaft marks independence from Britain in 1966; the blue bands are the sea and sky, the gold the island's sand.

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