1. What flags were raised above the summit of Mount Everest by Hillary and Tensing in 1953? Ans: The flag of the United Nations, of Great Britain, Nepal and India in that order. 2. We all know the Stars and Stripes, but what were the Stripes and Bars? Ans: This was the first emblem of the Confederate State in the American Civil War. It was superseded by the Southern Cross Flag because of its resemblance to the Stars and Stripes proved confusing in battle. 3. What emblems are used, and where, for the Red Cross Flag? Ans: The Moselm region uses a Red Crescent Flag, and Iran uses a variant of its National emblem, a Red Lion grasping a sword. All three emblems are borne on a while field. 4. What is the translation of the Arabic script on the flag of Saudi Arabia? Ans: ‘There is no god but God and Mohammed is the Prophet of God’ – the Moslem declaration of faith. 5. How many stripes appear on the National Flag of Greece, and why? Ans: There are nine horizontal stripes, alternately blue and white, to represent the Nine symbols of the Greek slogan Eleutheria a thanatos’, Freedom or death’.6. Which was the first flag to reach the Moon? Ans:Miniature Russian flags were scattered on the surface of the Moon by the Luna 2 in 1959, and the Stars and Stripes was raised above it by Armstrong and Aldrin in 1969. 7. Which flag of a foreign region resembles a British Ensign in having the so-called Union Jack in its canton and what is the design on the remainder of the flag? Ans: The state flag of Hawaii, the flag also bears eight horizontal stripes, white, red, blue, white, red, blue, white, red. 8. What were the colours of the original flag of the … [Read more...]