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100
He wrote the "Star Spangled Banner"
Who is Francis Scott Key
100
The title of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA's national anthem is THE ________________________.
What is the STAR SPANGLED BANNER
100
Oh say can you see by the dawn's ___________ light, What so ____________ we hailed at the twilights last gleaming.
What is EARLY & PROUDLY
100
TWILIGHT means _____________________________
What is THE LIGHT JUST BEFORE SUNRISE AND JUST AFTER SUNSET
100
The name of the fort that once flew the star spangled banner?
What is FORT MCHENRY
200

The ___________ army kept Key and the prisoner he came to get on their ship until the battle was over.

Who are the BRITISH

200
There are _____ stanzas (verses) in the SSB.
What is 4.
200
Who's broad stripes and ________ stars through the perilous ____________. O'er the _____________ we watched were so gallantly streaming.
What is BRIGHT, FIGHT, RAMPARTS
200

What is the word for thick stone or dirt walls that protect a fort?

Ramparts

200

Before marching to Fort McHenry, British soldiers burned down ______________.

The White House

300
Key was a _______________.
What is LAWYER
300
During what war was the SSB written?
What is WAR OF 1812
300
And the rockets red ___________ the bombs bursting in air. Gave _________ through the night, that our flag was _______ there.
What is GLARE, PROOF, STILL
300

This word means greeted.

Hailed

300
An American NOT in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with their RIGHT or LEFT hand over their heart during the playing of the national anthem?
What is RIGHT
400

True or False. Francis Scott Key knew his poem would become our National Anthem.

False.

400
Congress made the SSB the official national anthem of the USA in ____.
What is 1931
400
Oh say _________ that ________ Spangled ___________ yet ________.
What is DOES, STAR, BANNER, WAVE
400

This word means dangerous.

What is PERILOUS

400

The name of the museum where the historic flag is on display today.

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington D.C.

500
Key wrote the poem BEFORE, DURING, or AFTER the battle at Fort McHenry?
What is AFTER
500
The original title of the SSB was called Defense of Fort __________.
What is McHenry
500
O'er the ________ of the _______ and the _______ of the __________.
What is LAND, FREE, HOME, BRAVE
500

This word means impressively.

Gallantly

500

This man was the president at the time the Star-Spangled Banner was written.

James Madison