Quiz: American Flag Lore Quiz

Quiz created: 1999/9/4

American Flag Lore Quiz

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1. Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) was the poet who wrote the Star Spangled Banner (as well as several Episcopal hymns). He set it to the tune of a popular drinking song of the time. The banner itself flew over

the Capitol the White House Fort McHenry Gettysberg the Washington zoo No Answer

2. At the time he wrote the poem, Key was a

pharmacist captive soldier general farmer traitor to his country No Answer

3. The Star Spangled Banner was written in

1776 1800 1814 1887 1914 1931 1965 No Answer

4. The Star Spangled Banner became the National Anthem in

1776 1800 1814 1887 1914 1931 1965 No Answer

5. The flag itself to which the poem referred (check as many as appropirate)

was about 30 feet tall
was sewn by Betsy Ross
was sewn by Mary Pickersgill and her daughter Caroline
showed an image of Jesus from when he was in the tomb
was burned by the British in the War of 1812
would have been invisible in the fog
still belongs to the American government
ended up in a circus in Chicago and was destroyed in the Chicago Fire

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