Show:
Patriotic Music
The Star Spangled Banner
Patriotic Vocabulary
March Madness!
Marching Bands!
100
This is love and/or pride in our country
What is nationalism?
100
This American symbol inspired Francis Scott Key to write his poem.
What is the American flag?
100
This word means "to look up to" or "to honor".
What is "hailed"?
100
This type of instrument (similar to a flute) was used in the first early military bands.
What is a fife?
100
This college performed the first marching show during the halftime of a football game in 1907.
What is the University of Illinois?
200
The Star Spangled Banner was originally written as a poem about a battle in this war.
What is the War of 1812?
200
This group signed the order that made the Star Spangled Banner the official song to be played when raising the flag.
What is the Navy?
200
This is the meaning of the word "perilous".
What is "dangerous"?
200
Marches began during the time of this war.
What is the Revolutionary War?
200
Originally, military bands were used for this purpose.
What is supporting the troops in battle?
300
He was a 35 year old lawyer that wrote the poem for the Star Spangled Banner.
Who is Francis Scott Key?
300
Fort McHenry is in this city.
Where is Baltimore, MD?
300
"Gallantly" means this.
What is "bravely"?
300
In the early 1900's, every town, organization, and company had one of these.
What is a community band?
300
This is an energetic song that almost every college and school has to raise spirits.
What is a fight song?
400
He signed a law making the "Star Spangled Banner" our National Anthem in 1931.
Who is President Herbert Hoover?
400
This is Key's brother-in-law, who put Key's poem to a popular folk melody.
Who is Judge Joseph H Nicholson?
400
This word means "to be decorated in".
What is "spangled"?
400
This is the standard tempo for a march.
What is 120 beats per minute?
400
These are the 3 examples of commands that a typical marching band would use.
What are attention, "dressing the lines" and marking time?
500
The original poem written by Key has this many verses.
What is four?
500
This is the popular folk melody, composed by John Stafford Smith, that Key's poem fit into.
What is "To Anacreon in Heaven"?
500
This is another word for barracks, or a place in a battlefield to hide behind and look over.
What are "ramparts"?
500
This is the ENTIRE form of a typical march.
What is INTRO-A-A-B-B-C-D-C-D-C(Grandioso)
500
The University of Michigan uses this marching style (Hint: this is the "show" band style that usually high steps)
What is the traditional marching style?