I believe that Thailand should technically be listed here as Siam. Per some quick research on Wikipedia, it was officially referred to as Siam for all or most of the period you list in the quiz.
Arguably the Burgundy Cross was never really the national flag of Spain, as its use predated the concept of a national flag, and it continued to be used alongside the quartered Castille-Aragon flag until the first version of the current red-yellow-red tricolour was introduced. But I really am nitpicking there.
Its the flag of the French Monarchy which was obviously used as the flag of the Kingdom of France too. The Fleur de Lis - also features on the royal emblem of the British Monarchy to show its French heritage.
More like their claim to the French throne. English, and then British, monarchs claimed the French throne for centuries, from the 14th century until (stretching my knowledge now) the early 19th century.
It was pretty iconic in its own way...even back when I didn't know that many flags, I always remembered Libya...it was so simple and easy to remember. "The all green one."
Agree with Bangladesh. Even as a Bangladeshi myself, I don't like the current flag that much. The colors don't go great together and it's kinda boring. I know there's also a big rule of "Don't put your country shape on the flag" but... this is one case where I'd say having the country shape is pleasant. The goldish-orange color looks nice. I'd prefer if Bangladesh went back to this flag or at least maybe add something new to it, but I doubt it's going to happen anytime soon, if ever.
What? South Africa has one of the prettiest, most iconic and recognisable flags now, why would they go back to that mess - not even considering the racist history it evokes?
What??? As if their racial policies weren't bad enough, the Apartheid South African flag is absolutely disgusting. It breaks literally every rule of good flag design:
1. Rips off the flags of the UK and the Netherlands while having absolutely nothing symbolic of South Africa itself.
2. Flags should not, I repeat SHOULD NOT, have other flags on them. It literally makes no sense whatsoever.
3. The way the flag-on-flags are organized is also unpleasant. Why is them on its side? Why are they all clustered so close together? Even if they were spaced apart a bit I could maybe forgive, but like that? Nope!
4. Ugly color scheme.
No, I am very happy with South Africa's current flag. Let's hope we neither see this flag, or the apartheid system, return to South Africa any time.
The old spanish flag, the cross of Burgundy, should also have Burgundy/Bourgogne as a valid answer since it was inherited from the Burgundian side of Charles V's family
The quiz is correct in listing the dates for the Canadian Red Ensign design depicted here, but I will note that Canada replaced it with a different Red Ensign that switched the emblem in the field to Canada's new Coat of Arms in 1922.
It seems there was a lack of standardization before 1922. The Canadian Red Ensign with the coat of arms would fly until 1957, when they put a white circle around the coat of arms. And then in 1965, they ditched the whole thing and brought in the now-familiar Maple Leaf Flag.
Most of these flags are better than now.
"We need ideas for our flag"
"GREEN"
"Perfect!"
1. Rips off the flags of the UK and the Netherlands while having absolutely nothing symbolic of South Africa itself.
2. Flags should not, I repeat SHOULD NOT, have other flags on them. It literally makes no sense whatsoever.
3. The way the flag-on-flags are organized is also unpleasant. Why is them on its side? Why are they all clustered so close together? Even if they were spaced apart a bit I could maybe forgive, but like that? Nope!
4. Ugly color scheme.
No, I am very happy with South Africa's current flag. Let's hope we neither see this flag, or the apartheid system, return to South Africa any time.
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It seems there was a lack of standardization before 1922. The Canadian Red Ensign with the coat of arms would fly until 1957, when they put a white circle around the coat of arms. And then in 1965, they ditched the whole thing and brought in the now-familiar Maple Leaf Flag.