The Shetlands?
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The Shetlands?
nope
Is it the main island of the UK, namely Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)?
Yeah that is correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
Mercian flag?
Are we looking for a county in England?
Kent?
:cornfused:
Did D-Type not answer correctly?
He's close and thinking correctly, but wrong kingdom. Hint...where did they first land?Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
I understand it is famously cold!
Not Merica itself although the region we are looking for once was a part of Mercia.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
No it is not an official county, more of an informal region.Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
Our region also have an university which has taken it's name from the region.
Northumbria?
Nope not Northumbria.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
gotcha... a mate of mine is a senior lecturer there, works on climate change :eek: :vader: :devil: :sailor:Quote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
Well, there's a University of East Anglia (I think)
We have a winner. :champion:Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
East Anglia is correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Anglia
Ok. Flags again.
There are three 'supra-national' flags, ie recognised entities larger than a country. Name them.
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Originally Posted by D-Type
Not sure what you mean but I would guess that it is like European Union, Nato, United Nations, African Union. Olympic Committee...?
European Union and United Nations are correct. NATO and the Olympic Committee have limited objectives, while the African Union is too loosely structured.
Red Cross?
Arab League?
Gay
Red Cross/Crescent/Crystal and Gay are again limited objective. The ties between the different Arab League countries are too loose and ill defined.
The third flag is for a group of countries which have one main political thing in common in addition to as a set of trade and tariff agreements. The organisation is better known than its flag.
die rote fahne!
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...OAawT-WJ53Xlfw
World wide symbol centuries old:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_flag_%28politics%29
A symbol of defiance all the way back to the late 1200s
Meaning of "No Surrender'....which of course is the only way society has progressed--- all thru the centuries...
No!
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade?
Union Jack?
Not the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - I don't think that has a flag.
Not the Union Jack (nowadays!)
gotcha... some sort of common flag...
Yes it's the flag of an organisation of several countries that have a lot in common. Unlike the UN and the EU, the flag of this organisation is not well-known although the organisation is.
OAS - Organization of American States?
Maybe to you fella? :sailor: :dork:Quote:
Originally Posted by D-Type
Commonwealth of Nations
I don't think the OAS has a flag - possibly because the members do not have enough in common to ever have occasion to fly a common flag.
This has gone on long enough - feel free to use Google etc
FIFA? UEFA? IIHF? IBSF? ;) :p
I am sure there are a similar to EU-Union in South America but what they are called and if they have a flag?
I have no idea. So lets called them South American Union.
That's the one I had in mind see http://www.flaginstitute.org/wp/flag...ype=Supra+FlagQuote:
Originally Posted by anfield5
They only list the three while Wikipedia include a few more - but, let's remember the Flag Institute are a British organisation
What slightly odd thing do the flags of Paraguay and Moldova have in common?
Don't know about Paraguay but Moldova a blue yellow red flag and has an eagle with a cross in the beaks and holding an olive branch, a sceptre and a shield.
The shield has a head of "bour" ( aurochs) which is a symbol of Moldova, sun, moon and a flower.
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Originally Posted by D-Type
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Originally Posted by anfield5
Hey didn't I have two rights? EU+UN?
It's the final one that matters. After I said they were correct, I assumed that every subsequent poster had included them but not said so.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleAivano
The shape (ie the aspect ratio)Quote:
Originally Posted by anfield5