KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -The permanent national flag is of a vertical triband design, with red outer bands and a single white middle band. The color red represents blood shed for independence. White symbolizes purity and peace. The colors are believed to symbolize the lasting impact the Incas have had in the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Peru flag was adopted in 1950. It is has 2 red band while the middle band is white. In Peru, flag day is celebrated every June 7 to commemorate the Battle of Arica. The colours stand for freedom, peace, patriotism and the blood of the Incas.

Detailed explanation-3: -This consists of three fields: sky blue to the upper left, with a vicuña looking inwards; white to the upper right with a cinchona tree (the source of quinine), and red in the horizontal lower field, with a golden cornucopia spilling out gold coins. These symbols represent the natural wealth of Peru.

Detailed explanation-4: -The red-white-red bands appeared for the first time in 1787 on national military insignia. The current flag was adopted as Austria’s national flag in 1918 and as a civic emblem in 1921, and was reintroduced on 1 May 1945, when the German occupation ended.