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Cross Flags of Europe

Name the countries of Europe whose flags contain a cross.
Not counting crosses that appear within a coat of arms
When you gues the country, the flag will appear
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Last updated: March 25, 2017
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First submittedMarch 25, 2017
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Country
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Iceland
Malta
Country
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
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Level 74
Mar 25, 2017
Cool quiz, but I think Slovakia also has some kind of cross on its flag
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Level 66
Mar 25, 2017
It sort of does. I can see it going either way.
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Level 65
Mar 26, 2017
True, I am from Slovakia and it is double cross. :)
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Level 73
Mar 29, 2017
It says in the description a cross that doesn't appear in the coat of arms
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Level 71
Mar 29, 2017
I know this cross as the 'Cross of Lorraine' which I believe originated in Hungary.
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Level 75
Apr 22, 2020
The Iceland coat of arms includes its cross.
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Level 67
Apr 27, 2020
@AlexThirkell, it might well do, but there's a cross on the actual flag aswell.
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Level 29
Apr 27, 2020
Than I wouldn't count Malta's cross
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Level 39
May 14, 2021
The cross isn't a coat of arms but the George Cross, which was awarded to Malta.
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Level 40
May 9, 2017
Slovakia most certainly does have a cross on their flag.
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Level 32
May 9, 2017
Slovakia yes has a cross on their flag
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Level 33
May 9, 2017
I double checked, its considered in the coat of arms.
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Level 66
Mar 25, 2017
"Not counting small crosses that appear within a coat of arms"
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Level 88
Mar 25, 2017
It's quite a big cross.
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Level 47
Mar 29, 2017
COAT OF ARMS
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Level 88
May 9, 2017
THE CLUE WAS CHANGED. SEE THE QUOTE ABOVE AND THE COMMENTS RIGHT UNDER YOUR POST. TYPING IN CAPS DOES NOT COME ACROSS VERY FRIENDLY, AND MAKES YOU LOOK QUITE DAFT WHEN YOU ARE INEVITABLY PROVEN WRONG.
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Level 88
Jul 2, 2018
Easy there, Cappy.
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Level 67
Apr 27, 2020
CAN EVERYONE JUST KEEP THE NOISE DOWN IN HERE!!
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Level 66
Apr 27, 2020
People seem to be getting cross.
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Level 62
Mar 15, 2024
WE'RE ALL YELLING IN HERE. ITS LOUD
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Level 82
Mar 25, 2017
Yeah, about the same size as George Cross on the flag of Malta. Maybe the "small" should be eliminated from instructions.
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Level ∞
Mar 26, 2017
Okay
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Level 44
Apr 18, 2018
The goerge cross on Malta's flag is not our coat of arms, its just an honorary symbol pinned on the map since we received the george cross as an entire country not individually.
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Level 25
Jan 31, 2022
The Vatican has an actual cross on its flag’
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Level 44
Nov 4, 2021
So why maltas here
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Level 79
Mar 26, 2017
Many more flags have a cross in them. There is a cross in the flags of Liechtenstein (top of Crown), Moldova (in the beak), Montenegro (on the orb, scepter and crown), Portugal (intended and implied in the Shield), San Marino (in the crown), Serbia (crown and shield), Spain (crown), and Vatican City (crown, keys, stole).

If Georgia is considered part of Europe, then it is nothing but crosses.

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Level ∞
Mar 26, 2017
"Not counting crosses that appear within a coat of arms".
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Level 32
May 9, 2017
Liechtenstein's flag's crown isn't part of the coat of arms. Their flag is a red half bottom and a blue half top with a crown in the left blue part of the flag. There is a tiny cross at the top of the crown. Their coat of arms flag is 2 eagles in the upper left and lower right, a sideways Indonesia flag in the lower left, and black & yellow stripes with a vine-like plant in some sort of curtain. 2 very different flags. Fun fact: Liechtenstein had an army of 800 then declared war on Italy, then Liechtenstein immediately surrendered, but gaining one Italian soldier in the progress, then giving up on an army.
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Level 33
Mar 29, 2017
I got them all with 5 seconds to spare. I also thnk Slovakia should make the list.
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Level 30
Jun 9, 2022
It is in the Slovak coat of arms, so it should not be counted.
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Level 71
Mar 29, 2017
I tried Macedonia, which has about 6 crosses in it's flag, much like the Union Jack of UK.
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Level 78
Jan 16, 2019
Although it's a representation of a sun, I guess technically they are still crosses and should count... :x
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Level 66
Jul 12, 2019
I dont see them cross anything.. if it would ve said stripes, yes, you could see them as stripes I guess
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Level 64
Mar 30, 2017
Greece with one second left!

100%!!!

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Level 67
May 9, 2017
Weird that Vatican City does not have a cross.
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Level 69
May 9, 2017
"Not counting crosses that appear within a coat of arms" why not? At least can we have a version that does? :p
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Level 49
Jan 21, 2020
nice
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Level 66
May 9, 2017
And Serbia?
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Level 30
Jun 9, 2022
It is in the Serbian coat of arms, so it does not count.
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Level 32
May 9, 2017
I did england and it didn't count
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Level 71
May 9, 2017
I wonder why?
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Level 75
Nov 8, 2021
It's because you have to type it with a capital 'E'.
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Level 60
May 9, 2017
All done 100% with 1:06 remaining. Nice work!
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Level 57
May 9, 2017
Vatican flag definitely has crosses on it, too.
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Level 65
May 12, 2017
"Not counting crosses that appear within a coat of arms."
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Level 63
May 9, 2017
Pretty soon the crosses will be replaced with crescent moons on a green background.
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Level 56
May 9, 2017
You are one of those idiots aren't you. Muslims won't take over Europe and the world, and if you believe that you should check up some statistics and do some simple math.
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Level ∞
May 9, 2017
It's not going to happen soon. But to deny that it's a possibility seems naive. If current trends of immigration and birth rates continue, Europe will become majority Muslim at some point in the next 100 years or so. That's a big if, but maybe you can do the math and report back.
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Level 82
May 10, 2017
Entertaining the possibility is very different than spewing ignorant BS like the OP ...
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Level 47
Jan 22, 2018
Most reports seem to show around 10-15% in 2050 - from 6% in 2010. How could Islam possibly become a majority in Europe. The closest it would get is if enough Christians become nonreligious and Islam becomes the largest religion. Also, when has any demographic trend lasted 100 years. Migration, birth rates, death rates have changed rapidly in the past 100 years, and will continue to change. Most reports ignore the fact that Muslims can also become nonreligious, will continue to have higher birthrates - things that can easily change in the next 100 years.
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Level 74
Nov 3, 2021
Reportedly Amsterdam already has Islam as its major religion. There are some debates on whether Christianity should be reported as one, as in the link below, to show that Christianity is (still) the largest. Catholic and Protestant are probably as similar as Shiia and Sunni? So you can argue either way. No more detail is given on non-Christian religions in most statistics in Europe.

https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/living/about-amsterdam/people-culture/religion-spirituality

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Level 64
May 9, 2017
Good quiz.
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Level 32
May 9, 2017
1:17 left
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Level 68
May 9, 2017
Ah, thank you for the quiz. 1 minute remaining.
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Level 82
May 10, 2017
If you want to find all crosses on European flags. here's the quiz for you:

http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/208304/cross-flags-of-europe-all

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Level 75
May 17, 2017
Those Scandinavian countries sure do like their flags to have crosses.
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Level 35
Jun 30, 2017
Well then,I guess I did a sort of sequel to your quiz.
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Level 77
Jul 15, 2017
Forgot Switzerland... Also, what about Vatican City? It has the Crossed Keys. Shouldn't that count?
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Level 92
May 2, 2018
The Vatican flag has at least 9 crosses on it, without resorting to counting the crossing of the keys. However, since all of those are in the coat of arms, they don't count for this quiz.
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Level 21
Jan 13, 2019
England should be an accepted answer for "united kingdom".
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Level 73
Jan 17, 2019
absloutely not... those are 2 different things, as England is a country, part of the UK, at the same level as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Btw it's the same for Holland vs the Netherlands...

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Level 66
Jul 12, 2019
It is nothing like holland and the netherlands. There is no holland. There are the provences north-holland and south-holland. Holland is not a thing. When visiting those provences noone ever would say we re going to holland. (Or "im from holland", for that matter, if you were born in either of those provences)

like in australia, they dont say wales when they mean new south wales do they. (Do they? No right?)

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Level 66
Jul 12, 2019
Btw the Netherlands is simply the part in europe. The kingdom of the Netherlands DOES exist of several constituent countries (plus some oversees special municipalities)

the constituent countries are: the Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao and sint Maarten. The special municipalities are Bonaire, Saba and st Eustatius.

So if you would have said it is like Curacao and the Netherlands. Your example wouldnt have been completely off (cause it is now).

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Level 75
Apr 22, 2020
The Netherlands govt accepts that 'Holland' is used to refer to their country (www.holland.com)
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Level 30
Jun 9, 2022
You can put Holland for the Netherlands, and it will still count, due to the fact that many people (including me) call it Holland, and since its such an important region.
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Level 47
Feb 21, 2022
If we’re going to do that, can we also accept Normandy for France?
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Level 26
Jan 16, 2019
the swiss flag isn't a cross
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Level 73
Jan 17, 2019
Big looool...

And if not, what is it then ??

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Level 43
Aug 15, 2021
It’s still a cross. A cross wasn’t cut-out from the flag.
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Level 40
Jan 17, 2019
oof i forgot about switzerland
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Level 33
Jun 21, 2019
I think you miss Faroe Islands flag.
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Level 74
Aug 13, 2019
They're not a country
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Level 66
Jul 12, 2019
Man this is the whiniest comment section I have seen on this site!

First of, read, descriptions are there for a reason. I you have something to whine, look there first... Secondly eventhough the symbol on the flag might not match the coat of arms specifically... you get what he means.. or well I guess some dont...

maybe he should ve said symbol instead of coat of arms, but that would open a whole other can of worms..

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Level 74
Aug 13, 2019
The maltese cross is also a coat of arms, it's called the St. George's Cross by the way
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Level 61
Sep 27, 2019
It's not a coat of arms, it's civil decoration awarded to Malta collectively by the UK for it's service in WW2
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Level 40
Sep 20, 2019
Idk if you consider Georgia in Europe or not, but if you do it has 5 crosses XD
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Level 49
Jan 21, 2020
easy peasy
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Level 40
Apr 27, 2020
I guess Georgia is more a "country of Asia" but it's still in Europe... Maybe it should be noted?
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Level 44
Apr 27, 2020
Georgia is not in Europe at all. Geographically it is 100% in Asia. End of discussion.
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Level 49
May 20, 2021
as there is no clear definition of the asia/europe boundary there is no definite answer to that question so stop embarrasing yourself
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Level 35
Apr 27, 2020
If you can accept Malta, you can at least accept Vatican City!
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Level 60
Apr 28, 2020
Great quiz, however a few missing flags, for instance Tonga
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Level 68
Apr 29, 2020
This is only for Europe.
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Level 38
Apr 28, 2020
Macedonia???
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Level 66
Apr 28, 2020
Northern Macedonia* and it's a sun, not a cross
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Level 42
Feb 15, 2021
But Macedonia is shaped like a cross because of 4 rays.
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Level 66
Apr 28, 2020
I always considered Malta's cross as it's coat of arms
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Level 68
Oct 30, 2020
I persistently tried Georgia and Tonga... until i realized "Europe". Nice quiz...
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Level 78
Apr 7, 2021
No whining from me. 100% on a flag quiz is unprecedented!
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Level 33
May 16, 2021
Got all with 0:46 left.
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Level 21
Nov 3, 2021
that was a cool quiz. i got 100%
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Level 24
Feb 7, 2022
Some of these comments make me think people don't understand what a coat of arms is!
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Level 45
May 30, 2022
why is malta in when it is just their coat of arms lol
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Level 23
Sep 3, 2022
I was going for all the Nordic countries
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Level 22
Nov 24, 2022
sweden is more answered than denmark even though denmark's flag is in the thumbnail

they probably know sweden's flag more than denmark's flag lol

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Level 58
Nov 29, 2022
Interestingly the flag of the vatican doesn't contain a cross according to the rules of this quiz...
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Level 32
Jan 8, 2023
finished ✅ in 20 seconds
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Level 45
Apr 16, 2023
Thx
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Level 16
Jul 2, 2023
Good ol' days that Germany were on the list

-👴

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Level 67
Sep 23, 2023
Scandinavia. The end.
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Level 48
Sep 23, 2023
Completely forgot that my own home country's flag has a cross on it... >.
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Level 57
Sep 23, 2023
Georgia too!
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Level 26
Sep 26, 2023
Georgia (the country of course) had 5 crosses on it!!!
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Level 44
Oct 1, 2023
Georgia also has a cross
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Level 36
Oct 2, 2023
Where is Georgia ? It literally has 5 crosses ?!?!
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Level 75
Nov 4, 2023
"Where is Georgia?" Asia. I hope that answers that.
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Level 20
Jan 29, 2024
Where's Montenegro?

Edit: I got why