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What geometric shape, repeated twice, gives Nepal's national flag its distinctive non-rectangular silhouette?

Answer

Triangle

Nepal's flag is formed from two stacked triangular pennants, making it the only national flag in the world that is not a rectangle or square.

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Nepal's flag is the world's only non-rectangular national flag, deliberately designed as two stacked triangles to represent two mountain peaks.

Other options people guess

  • Circle
  • Pentagon
  • Diamond

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  • flags
  • symbolism
  • shapes
  • nepal

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