Guess the Flag
Ten flags. Four answers each. The clock is the scoreboard.
Every flag is worth up to 1,000 points, and the points drain away while you think. Get it wrong and you score nothing at all. A perfect round is 10,000.
Every country in the world is in here, 196 of them, sorted into three difficulty tiers by hand so a round never asks you ten impossible flags in a row.
How to play
A game is ten flags. Each one appears with four countries to choose from and ten seconds on the clock. Pick one and you’ll see right away if you got it. There is nothing to click between flags: a second later the next one is up, so stay sharp.
How the scoring works
A correct answer is worth 400 points on its own, plus up to 600 more for speed. The time bonus drains as the clock runs down, so an instant answer is worth the full 1,000 and one on the buzzer is worth 400. A wrong answer, or letting the clock run out, scores nothing at all. Ten out of ten, all of them instant, is a perfect 10,000.
Why some flags are hard
Many flags share the same colours because neighbouring countries share a history. Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela were once one country, and the Nordic countries all use a cross. The small details, like stripe sizes or an emblem, are what give each one away.
Questions
How does the scoring work?
Every flag is worth up to 1,000 points and the points drain away while you think. Get it wrong and you score nothing at all for that round, so a confident guess beats a slow one. A perfect game is 10,000.
How many countries are in it?
All of them. Every UN member plus Vatican City, Palestine and Taiwan, which is 196 flags.
Are the rounds always the same difficulty?
Yes, deliberately. The flags are sorted into three difficulty tiers and every game draws the same recipe from them, so you never get ten impossible ones in a row or ten easy ones.
Do I need an account?
No. You can play as a guest for as long as you like. An account puts your best game of the day on the leaderboard and keeps it there.
Why did I score nothing on a flag I got right?
The clock. The points run down from 1,000 to zero over the ten seconds, so an answer that lands right at the end is worth almost nothing.