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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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