Flag Blitz: a flag quiz with 170 flags and 8 seconds each

At a glance

different flags

170

rounds per session

10

seconds per round

8

lives

3

Try five real rounds

Straight from the app, same wording. Quib keeps score.

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How does a round of Flag Blitz work?

Quib holds up a flag and four country names. Tap the right one before the 8 seconds run out. A wrong tap or a timeout costs one of your 3 lives; after 10 flags or three misses the session ends and you see your XP.

After every flag Quib tells you one thing about it, for example why Nepal's flag is not a rectangle or what the 27 stars on Brazil's flag stand for. That sentence is what makes a flag stick the second time you see it.

Which flags are in it, and how hard does it get?

All 170 flags belong to countries, spread over Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania. The wrong answers are chosen to be close: neighbors, similar colors, the same stars or crescent. Chad next to Romania, Monaco next to Indonesia, Ireland next to Côte d'Ivoire.

You pick easy, medium or hard before you start. Harder levels give 1.25× or 1.5× XP. You can also turn the clock off; then there is no rush and no bonus.

Is this a good way to learn all the flags of the world?

It works best in short, daily doses. Quible brings back the flags you got wrong: three rounds later in the same session, and again days later from your review box. That is spaced repetition, the same principle flashcard apps use, built into a game.

The first chapter of the learning path, Flag Basics, is built on Flag Blitz and Odd One Out. If you want a map quiz where you tap countries on a map, Quible is not that; how to learn all the flags of the world covers which tools do.

What the rounds are about

Rounds per topic. One round can have more than one topic.

• Stars and crescents53
• Europe44
• Africa34
• Asia33
• Americas23
• Oceania12
• Northern Europe10

Where it shows up in Quible

• Path chapter 1: Flag Basics
• Duel: playable with 2 to 4 players on one iPhone
• Energy: a finished round costs one; Quible Plus makes it unlimited

The example rounds with answers

1. 🇳🇬 Which country?

   Pakistan · Bangladesh · Zambia · Nigeria

   Answer: Nigeria. The green-white-green design won a nationwide competition in 1959.

2. 🇺🇸 Which country?

   Liberia · USA · Malaysia · Chile

   Answer: USA. 13 stripes for the founding states, 50 stars for the states of today.

3. 🇲🇹 Which country?

   Denmark · Austria · Poland · Malta

   Answer: Malta. White and red halves with the George Cross in the top left corner.

4. 🇪🇷 Which country?

   Ethiopia · Eritrea · Sudan · Djibouti

   Answer: Eritrea. A red triangle spans the whole flag, with a golden olive wreath on it.

5. 🇰🇮 Which country?

   Nauru · Marshall Islands · Vanuatu · Kiribati

   Answer: Kiribati. A golden frigate bird flies over a rising sun and three white waves.

What people also ask

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All 13 games

• GeographyMystery Country

  Five clues, one at a time. Guess early and keep your points.

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• GeographyHigher or Lower?

  Two places, one number. Tap the bigger one and see how far off your gut was.

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• HistoryWho Am I?

  Quib pretends to be someone famous, or a city. Guess who before the last clue.

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