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The Star-Spangled Banner: What Do You Know?

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Why is "The Star-Spangled Banner" important to the U.S.?

a)

It is our national anthem.

b)

It is our favorite song.

c)

It is our flag.

d)

It represents the world.

2.

Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"?

a)

George Washington

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

Francis Scott Key

d)

Christopher Columbus

3.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" was originally written as a...

a)

song

b)

poem

c)

letter

d)

chant

4.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" was written in the year...

a)

1841

b)

1940

c)

1904

d)

1814

5.

What are the first five words of "The Star-Spangled Banner"?

a)

Oh, see can you say...

b)

Oh, say can you hear...

c)

Oh, say can you see...

d)

Oh, look can you see...

6.

What are the last six words of "The Star-Spangled Banner"?

a)

...and the land of the free!

b)

...o'er the land of the brave!

c)

...o'er the land of the free!

d)

...and the home of the brave!

7.

What do the 50 stars stand for on the U.S. flag?

a)

50 states

b)

50 countries

c)

50 stars

d)

50 presidents

8.

What do the 13 stripes stand for on the flag?

a)

The 13 wars the U.S. has fought

b)

The 13 original colonies

c)

The 13 people who signed the Declaration of Independence

d)

The 13 people who discovered the U.S.

9.

Where are you guaranteed to hear "The Star-Spangled Banner" sung or played?

a)

A funeral

b)

At church

c)

High school football game

d)

T-ball game

10.

Where will you NOT always hear "The Star-Spangled Banner" sung or played?

a)

Major League Baseball game

b)

Olympics when the United States wins the gold medal

c)

A funeral

d)

College football game

11.

What comes next?

"Oh, say can you see..."

a)

...through the perilous fight...

b)

...o'er the ramparts we watched...

c)

...what so proudly we hailed...

d)

...by the dawn's early light...

12.

What comes next?

"Whose broad stripes and bright stars..."

a)

...through the perilous fight...

b)

...by the dawn's early light...

c)

...were so gallantly streaming...

d)

...o'er the ramparts we watched...

13.

What comes next?

"And the rockets' red glare..."

a)

...gave proof through the night...

b)

...the bombs bursting in air...

c)

...were so gallantly streaming...

d)

...o'er the ramparts we watched...

14.

What comes next?

"Oh, say does that star spangled..."

a)

...gave proof through the night...

b)

...the bombs bursting in air...

c)

...banner yet wave...

d)

...that our flag was still there...

15.

What comes next?

"O'er the land of the free...

a)

...banner yet wave...

b)

...the bombs bursting in air...

c)

...gave proof through the night...

d)

...and the home of the brave?