Guess the Flag!

bbchris · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: YOU WON!

A Kingdom? COOL! Doesn't mean anything to me!! :wgrin

bbchris · Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: YOU WON!

So which country's flag is it??? :dunno

MyMP3BoardDotCom · The Original Joined: 27 Jul 2002 Posts: 282

Chris did NOT win!

HAHA!

This is the flag of the Kingdom TONGA (South Pacific)

Reigned by King Taufa'ahau Tupou, the King of Tonga.

bbchris · Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: Guess the Flag!

It must be an Arabic country!! :banana

ilikepie2 · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 371

that would be.......turkey

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MyMP3BoardDotCom · The Original Joined: 27 Jul 2002 Posts: 282

Quote:
bbchris

It must be an Arabic country!!

No, no...

Turkey marks the border between the European and Asian continents

It is NOT a arabic country

Quote:
ilikepie2

that would be.......turkey

Bud Bennett

HURRAY!

Bud is right again

Indeed this is the flag of TURKEY:

MyMP3BoardDotCom · The Original Joined: 27 Jul 2002 Posts: 282

Nobody?

Well, this is the flag of ANDORRA:

ilikepie2 · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 371

i'll bet a good catholic will know this one!

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bbchris · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:24 pm Post subject: Re: Guess the Flag!

Is it the Vatican?

ilikepie2 · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 371

i think we have a winner.

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bbchris · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:35 pm Post subject: Re: Guess the Flag!

WOW! You mean I guessed right!! WOooooooohooooooooo! Don't know this flag though....

MyMP3BoardDotCom · The Original Joined: 27 Jul 2002 Posts: 282

Indeed this is the flag of the VATICAN:

ilikepie2 · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 371

iran! when i was a kid, i always thought that center thing was a bird. i ought to look into it and see what it is actually.

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ilikepie2 · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 371

ah cool, i just looked it up:

Central emblem

The symbol consists of four crescents and a sword. The four crescents are meant to stand for the word Allah (there is indeed some resemblence to the Arabic writing of it). The five parts of the emblem symbolize the five principles of Islam. Above the sword (central part) is a "tashdid" (looks a bit like a W). In Arabic writing this is used to double a letter, here it doubles the strength of the sword.

Harald Müller, 14 May 1996

The shape of the emblem is chosen to remind a tulip, for the memory of the (young) people who died for Iran. It is an ancient belief in Iran, dating back to mythology, that if a young soldier dies patriotically, a red tulip will grow on his grave. In recent years it is considered as the symbol of martyrdom.

M. N., 7 June 1999

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Writings on the flag

There are Arabic writings in the border line of the stripes. These are 22 copies of the main Islamic phrase Allahu Akbar meaning "God is greater (than everything)". They are written in a beautiful ancient manner dating back to the first centuries of Islam. You can find the same way of writing (which is called Koofi originated from the city of Koofeh, now in Iraq) on the old mosques throughout Iran.

According to the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, number 22 was chosen because the Islamic Revolution (known as 1979 revolution in western chronology) overthrew the previous regime in the 22nd of the 11th month of the Iranian Calendar.

Iranian Calendar is based on Zodiac signs. The year begins in March 21st and the 11th month coincides exactly with Aquarius.

So we have 11 green copies on the top and 11 red copies on the bottom of the white strip.

The phrase Allahu Akbar is also written in a more modern writing on Iraqi flag.

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MyMP3BoardDotCom · The Original Joined: 27 Jul 2002 Posts: 282

Bud did it again!!!!!

:ww

Indeed, this is the flag of IRAN: