QUESTIONS FROM A VERY HARD CHURCH QUIZ

[ChairmanAl]

These are two beauties. I have searched everywhere inc Wiki and Yahoo answers and are not getting anywhere. Any help / ideas would be very much appreciated. I have tried numerous combinations but with no joy. Even 5 cans of Carling Premier lager have not refreshed the " little grey cells "

1. What is unusual about the Red Cross flag of Russia ?

2. Yes, No and Goodbye are the only words found on what ?

[Lie-in King]

2 Ouija board

[Pigletion]

1 It's a crescent?
"Red Crescent
The Red Crescent symbol

During the Russo-Turkish War from 1876 to 1878, the Ottoman Empire used a Red Crescent instead of the Red Cross because its government believed that the cross would alienate its Muslim soldiers. When asked by the ICRC in 1877, Russia committed to fully respect the sanctity of all persons and facilities bearing the Red Crescent symbol, followed by a similar commitment from the Ottoman government to respect the Red Cross. After this de facto assessment of equal validity to both symbols, the ICRC declared in 1878 that it should be possible in principle to adopt an additional official protection symbol for non-Christian countries. The Red Crescent was formally recognized in 1929 when the Geneva Conventions were amended (Article 19).[2] Originally, the Red Crescent was used by Turkey and Egypt. From its official recognition to today, the Red Crescent became the organizational emblem of nearly every national society in countries with majority Muslim populations. The national societies of some countries such as Pakistan (1974), Malaysia (1975), or Bangladesh (1989) have officially changed their name and emblem from the Red Cross to the Red Crescent. The Red Crescent is used by 33 of the 186 recognized societies worldwide."

from http://en.wikipedia.o...Red_Crescent_Movement

[abendigo]

The unusual aspect of the Red Cross Flag of Russia is that it is a white flag with a red cross and crescent (pointing towards hoist).

Because of the Moslems among the peoples of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Red Cross combines both symbols in its flag.