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Introduction
Question 1
A. in 1776.
B. in 1812.
C. in 1892.
D. in about three minutes, just before homeroom.

Question 2
A. On an egg.
B. On an egg crate.
C. On a henhouse.
D. On the back of his hand, so he'd never forget it.

Question 3
A. "Greensleeves".
B. "To Anacreon in Heaven".
C. "Hey Nonny, Nonny".
D. "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from Titanic)".

Question 4
A. 1814.
B. 1892.
C. 1931.
D. Shortly after the extended remix came out.

Question 5
A. The French.
B. The British.
C. The Spanish.
D. Martians.

Question 6
A. Two hundred yards of Belgian cotton remnants.
B. One hundred yards of French silk damask.
C. Four hundred yards of English wool bunting.
D. Eight hundred individually-wrapped slices of American cheese.

Question 7
A. He penned it on the back of a letter.
B. He penciled it on the back of a handbill.
C. He penned it on the back of a newspaper.
D. He shaved it into the back of a goat.

Question 8
A. $200.00
B. $802.25
C. $405.90
D. Nothing, but she sold the movie rights for millions.

Question 9
A. A square.
B. A star.
C. A circle.
D. That weird little thing that hangs down in the back of your mouth.

Question 10
A. She was a flagmaker.
B. She was a cook.
C. She was a nurse in the Revolutionary War.
D. She was the mixmaster for a hip-hop group.

Question 11
A. It guarded the White House.
B. It guarded Baltimore Harbor.
C. It guarded Charleston Harbor.
D. It guarded the world's largest collection of Beanie Babies.

Question 12
A. To win the release of a friend.
B. To stop the attack on Fort McHenry.
C. To save the flag.
D. Because he was lonely and needed someone to talk to.

Question 13
A. They wanted to interrogate him.
B. They didn't have any way of getting him back to the mainland.
C. They felt he knew too much about their battle preparations.
D. They wanted him to help them build a super-secret death ray.

Question 14
A. Card tricks.
B. Fast cars.
C. A great sense of style.
D. Intercepting American ships, boarding them and forcing US Sailors onto British ships.

Question 15
A. At dawn on September 14, 1814.
B. At sunset on September 13, 1814.
C. When he returned to Baltimore on September 15, 1814.
D. When he saw it on The History Channel's Star-Spangled Banner Web site.

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