Which country has a national flag that is not rectangular — it's made of two stacked triangles?
Nepal
The answer was Nepal. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.
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Nepal is the only country in the world whose flag is not a quadrilateral. Its distinctive shape consists of two stacked triangular pennants, representing the Himalaya Mountains and the two main religions of the country — Hinduism and Buddhism.
A good trivia question makes the wrong answers feel close. Here is the clean read on the set.
- Bhutan - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Nepal - correct answer.
- Tonga - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Switzerland - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
Nepal is the one to remember. Nepal is the only country in the world whose flag is not a quadrilateral. Nepal's constitution includes precise geometric instructions — complete with mathematical formulas — for constructing the flag's exact shape.
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Sources: Wikipedia — Flag of Nepal