Something is not right with these flags

Question

Shown below are four country flags: Brazil, Australia, Philippines and Montenegro

There is a very small thing wrong with each of the flags. It is not the Flag dimensions or colors. Something very obvious.:) Can you point it out?

No partial answers please

Are the differences connected in some way, or are these just 4 separate puzzles? — bobble, Dec 17 '20 at 16:13
@DrD - Can you give a hint, since it seems like none of the other answers are correct? — marsnebulasoup, Jan 11 '21 at 15:58
@marsnebulasoup Bass got them right except Montenegro. Please look closely — DrD, Jan 11 '21 at 16:01

AngelPray · Answer 1 · 2021-01-07T23:50:54.977

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Brazil

The E in the national motto has been made larger. Normally the E should be smaller than the other letters.

Australia

The smallest star has seven points when it should have five.

Philippines

The stars are all pointing in the same direction when they should all be pointing towards the central sun.

Montenegro

The tongues of the eagles are colored in (gold), when only the outline should be visible (the interior should thus be red like the background).

edited Jan 07 '21 at 23:50

answered Dec 17 '20 at 15:35

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I think you made a typo for Australia; should be rot13: "Gur fznyyrfg fgne unf frira cbvagf jura vg fubhyq unir svir." – samm82 Jan 07 '21 at 22:17
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Indeed, I don't know what was happening when I wrote that. – AngelPray Jan 07 '21 at 23:48

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 17 '20 at 15:34

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Brazil:

the image has the wrong resolution. Also, the word "E" is enlarged.

Australia:

the small star should have only 5 points

Philippines:

the small stars should have a point pointing at the nearest corner of the white triangle

Montenegro:

The crown is wrong shape.

answered Dec 17 '20 at 15:34

Bass

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Montenegro. One small thing wrong. Please look closely – DrD Dec 17 '20 at 16:01
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@DrD no, there are several things wrong. But you do you. – Bass Dec 17 '20 at 16:40

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 17 '20 at 15:56

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Your version vs the original flag

On the Montenegro flag, there seem to be many differences (I don't know if this is due to different types of the same flag or not)

answered Dec 17 '20 at 15:56

Prim3numbah

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Montenegro. One small thing wrong only. Please look closely – DrD Dec 17 '20 at 16:02
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@DrD How about you look closely? – new Q Open Wid Jan 11 '21 at 20:46

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 07 '21 at 19:41

Here are the mistakes:

Brizal:

the “E” is larger

Australia:

the smallest star should have five angels

Philippines:

the star should be pointing different directions

Montenegro:

the tongues should only be out lined in gold, and the crown should have different shape(as circled)

marsnebulasoup · Answer 5 · 2021-01-07T22:34:07.077

All the other answers seem to be focusing on the flags in the pictures, themselves, but the question says to look for something obvious that is the same (I believe) throughout all four images.

If you place all images against a black background, you can see what's obviously wrong:

They all have a white border that is not present in the actual countries' flags. Pretty sneaky considering they just look like margins when viewed on a white background, like a PSE question...unless they are meant to be margins and I've got this all wrong.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 17 '20 at 15:33

Brazil

Hard to tell due to the resolution but I think there is at least one four-pointed star (fourth from left) where the original Brazilian flag has all five-pointed stars.

Australia

is supposed to have one five-pointed star on it, while in the image above, all stars have seven points

Philippines

The three yellow-pointed stars are supposed to be rotated slightly with respect to their positions in the image above

Montenegro

The number of feathers extending out on either wing seems to be 11 in the picture above where it should be 13.

score -2 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 17 '20 at 15:37

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In the Australian flag:

One of the stars is actually a five-point star.

In the Brazilian flag:

The blue ellipse is oriented wrong

answered Dec 17 '20 at 15:37

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Welcome to Puzzling! The question said "No partial answers please", and this is a partial answer as it doesn't address all of the flags. Therefore it is invalid. I encourage you to look around for some other puzzles, or make some of your own! – bobble Dec 17 '20 at 15:41
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(from review) ISTM the problem was with having "4 separate puzzles" posted as a single question, rather than in this specific answer. – Steve Jun 01 '21 at 08:10

Something is not right with these flags

7 Answers7

Brazil

Australia

Philippines

Montenegro