Flag Day Quiz: Can You Identify All 50 State Flags?

Flag Day is June 14th. Photo of the United States flag laid diagonally on a table to the left and above the State of Nevada flag. The Nevada flag is most blue. The emblem in the top left corner of the Nevada flag reads "Battle Born" in blue letters on a yellow ribbon, with a white star underneath. The state name of "Nevada" can be seen in yellow letters under the star. There are yellow 5-pointed flowers with green leaves encircling the bottom portion of the emblem.

Photo of the United States and State of Nevada flags laid on a table next to each other.

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June 14^th is recognized as Flag Day here in the United States of America. It’s the date in 1777 that the Second Continental Congress adopted the famous red, white and blue of our nation’s flag. And now that our nation has grown from those original 13 colonies to 50 great states, how many state flags do you think you can identify?

Flag Day Quiz: Can You Identify All 50 State Flags?

To be honest, I’m not even sure if I could identify the flags of all the states I’ve lived in during my life. Those include New York, Vermont, Colorado, Tennessee, California, and finally Nevada for the past 30 years.

I’m pretty sure I could identify both California and Nevada, because the state’s name is actually printed on those flags. Plus, those are the most recent states in which I’ve lived.

Photo of the Nevada state flag blowing in the breeze from left to right. It is at the top of a white flagpole. The "Battle Born" state emblem is emblazoned on a dark blue background on the Nevada state flag. In the background, a colorful Nevada sunset.

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<sub>Photo of the Nevada state flag blowing in the breeze in front of a colorful Nevada sunset.</sub>

On the other hand, I’m not sure I’d be able to quickly identify the flags of all the other states in which I’ve resided. With this in mind, I thought it was interesting to see the results of Sporcle’s “U.S. State Flags” quiz. The folks at FreeBets.com provided us with the results of over 471,000 participants.

Now, the difficult part of this quiz is that you only have 10 minutes to complete it. That’s a tough task. The other factor that makes this more difficult is that the creator of the quiz removed the names of the states from any flag, like Nevada’s or California’s, which includes it.

Results Of Flag Day Quiz

It turns out, California has the most recognizable state flag. Over 88% of the people who took the quiz identified that big bear as the Golden State’s flag.

Other state flags which were easiest to identify were Texas (#2), Colorado (#3), Washington state (#4), and then Alaska and Maryland tied for fifth.

Unfortunately, Nevada’s flag could only be identified by 43.8% of the quiz takers, placing us 35^th out of 50 state flags. Our neighbors to the north in Idaho have the least recognizable state flag, according to the results provided by FreeBets.com.

My results on the Flag Day quiz? Terrible. I got 27 out of 50, but I cheated by looking at this illustration.

An illustration showing the flag of the United States of America on the top left, under the words "United States of America" in white letters at the top of the illustration. All 50 state flags are depicted in tiny rectangles on the right of the illustration, with the name of each state under each flag, in alphabetical order. On the bottom left under the American flag is a map of the United States with a portion of each state's flag occupying that state's location on the U.S. map. This is all illustrated on a light blue background.

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<sub>An illustration including the flag of the United States of America, all 50 U.S. state flags, and a map of the United States with a portion of each state flag representing the state's location on our nation's map.</sub>

If I hadn’t cheated, I may have gotten 5 or 6 out of 50.

If you’d like to take this fun Flag Day quiz on Sporcle.com, click here.

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Larry Martino is the long-time afternoon drive personality on 96.3 KKLZ. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of Larry Martino and not necessarily those of Beasley Media Group, LLC. Follow us: Facebook / Twitter / Instagram

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Larry Martino has been the afternoon drive personality on 96.3 KKLZ since 2007. He is also Music Director and Assistant Program Director. He’s been a professional radio broadcaster since 1980, serving as on-air talent, Program Director, and Music Director during his career. As a content creator for 96.3 KKLZ, Larry specializes in writing articles about music, recording artists, movies, food/restaurants, and hockey.

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