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Countries by National Anthem

Can you name these countries based on a selected lyric from their national anthem?
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First submittedOctober 31, 2011
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Lyric
Country
O! say can you see by the dawn's early light
United States
With glowing hearts we see thee rise / The True North strong and free!
Canada
God save our gracious Queen / Long live our noble Queen
United Kingdom
This is the country of every tribe / The land of Balochs and Uzbeks / Pashtuns and Hazaras /
Turkmens and Tajiks
Afghanistan
Beneath our radiant Southern Cross / We'll toil with hearts and hands
Australia
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal / 'Mid cannon's roar and rifles' peal / We'll chant a soldier's song
Ireland
And onward, towards the ends of the east / An eye still gazes toward Zion
Israel
A prince of Orange / am I, free and fearless
The Netherlands
Pity, God, the Magyar, then / Long by waves of danger tossed
Hungary
Souls and bodies we'll lay down, all for our freedom / And we'll show that we, brothers,
are of the Cossack nation!
Ukraine
Arise! All those who don't want to be slaves! / Let our flesh and blood forge our new Great Wall!
China
From the bones arisen / of the Hellenes, the sacred
Greece
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas / Mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges
India
And the saga night that sends / dreams to our earth
Norway
You are the seat of Peter, whose blood was shed in Rome
Vatican City
Vile despots would have themselves / The masters of our destinies! / To arms, citizens
France
The gold star afluttering / Leading the people of our native land out of misery and suffering
Vietnam
From the southern seas to the polar lands / Lie our forests and fields
Russia
katiclement
+7
Level 32
Oct 31, 2011
Awesome quiz!
BuckDonk
+3
Level 59
Oct 31, 2011
great quiz!
biffaroo
+3
Level 64
Oct 31, 2011
Got all but France. Great quiz!
FadKrashmor
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Level 66
Apr 3, 2020
Easy if you have ever heard it! "Aux armes, citoyens!"
Yossarian
+2
Level 65
Oct 31, 2011
I disagree. No clues in the norway lyric!
zwizdan007
+9
Level 39
Feb 8, 2013
Saga night???
NapoleonBonaparte
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Level 64
Jun 19, 2017
A saga is a the Norse word for a story or tale
dasubergeek
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Level 70
Jul 2, 2017
Actually the Norwegian national anthem never mentions the name of the nation in the first, most commonly sung verse: Yes, we love this land / as it thrusts forth / rugged, wind-beaten over the water / with its thousands of homes / Love it, love it and think / Of our fathers and mothers / And of the saga-night which lays / Dreams upon our earth.
kogatora
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Level 88
May 29, 2018
but the saga clue is there and does help
CringeDragon
+1
Level 73
Aug 17, 2018
Rugged, wind beaten over the water probably would have gotten me the answer.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Sep 26, 2019
yea wind beaten over the water with its thousands of homes, would have gotten me the answer.
IsleAuHaulte
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Level 86
Feb 7, 2020
Sounds like a District in Hunger Games.
Pandora49
+1
Level 54
Mar 31, 2020
@someone2018 yeah
blizzrd33
+9
Level 76
May 27, 2019
I got it from the saga clue
jmellor13
+9
Level 67
Nov 2, 2019
Me too. Tried Iceland first, then Norway next. It's a fair clue.
CapitalAce
+1
Level 59
Nov 3, 2011
Nice quiz!
theLAYTshow
+1
Level 44
Nov 4, 2011
I did terribly, but that was fun! 50% for Australia, not bad I guess :)
forky76
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Level 72
Nov 27, 2021
its not a great clue for Australia.. those lyrics are from the second verse that not even most Aussies know, and is never sung when the anthem is played.
oranje
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Level 60
Nov 28, 2021
Southern cross is a dead giveaway though.
Cwej
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Level 66
May 8, 2012
God Save the Queen is indeed the UK national anthem. In fact, while Scotland and Wales also have their own national anthems, England doesn't, so God Save the Queen is the usual default at, for example, sporting events. People have argued for 'Jerusalem', 'Land of Hope & Glory' and 'I Vow to Thee My Country' as candidates, but so far with no official bearing.
divantilya
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Level 37
Mar 14, 2018
Isn't "Land of Hope and Glory" the processional used at high school and university graduations in the USA? It was at mine.
AVB
+1
Level 69
Mar 29, 2018
It is, but both tune and lyrics are by English people, and it is very well known in the UK - and a traditional component of "The Last Night of the Proms".
georgemana
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Level 43
Nov 9, 2012
I can't believe I missed Afghanistan! For some reason I kept writing Pakistan over and over again... >.
joeythelemur
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Level 86
Oct 3, 2014
I tried every "-stan" but that one. No idea how I forgot it.
erikj
+1
Level 61
Oct 17, 2014
same here...ended up trying different spellings for each of them, too.
ander217
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Level 77
Apr 15, 2017
I was just typing it in as the clock ended - so close.
Jezilly
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Level 75
Dec 10, 2012
I loved seeing the english translations of them! They really show the personalities of the countries. Norway's sounds especially beautiful, just like the country.
cpgatbyu
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Level 83
Aug 29, 2013
I know it agrees with Wikipedia, but "Spread are our forests and fields" doesn't make any sense. If you follow Wikipedia's citation for the lyrics, you'll see that that source actually says "Lie our forests and our fields" here. No "are"!
nettybet
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Level 73
Oct 10, 2014
Missed Hungary and Vietnam. Good quiz.
RomeNov
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Level 38
Oct 10, 2014
USA doesn't have a strong clue.
JBlouw1850
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Level 47
Apr 16, 2017
Mostly Americans who visit this site, though, so hopefully it rings a bell.
kalbahamut
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Level 83
Mar 29, 2018
The US and French anthems are the hardest to guess without any prior knowledge of the song, but they're also probably the two most famous on the list possibly excepting the anthems for Canada and the UK.
kalbahamut
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Level 83
Sep 26, 2019
"the gold star afluttering" is a reference to the Vietnamese flag.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Nov 29, 2021
(someone commented that they didn't see a clue for Vietnam)
blizzrd33
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Level 76
May 27, 2019
I guessed that USA would be first in a quiz like this and I was right.
ander217
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Level 77
Oct 10, 2014
Great quiz. Missed France and Vietnam - didn't see a clue for France, and had no idea which flag had a golden star.
kalbahamut
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Level 83
Mar 29, 2018
The only clue for France that I can see is that the anthem was born out of the French Revolution during which thousands of nobles ("vile despots") had their heads cut off.
TravelingMama
+7
Level 73
Jun 28, 2019
I thought the "to arms, citizens" gave it away.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Sep 26, 2019
why would it?
RJF
+1
Level 52
Aug 20, 2021
The 'vile despots' referred to in La Marseillaise were the absolute monarchs of Prussia, Austria and Russia who jointly declared war on France before the French Revolution had even properly started. It's got nothing to do with domestic nobles.
kalbahamut
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Level 83
Nov 27, 2021
My mistake, then. Even if the directions I got were wrong, they led me to the right answer anyway.
travelfan
+1
Level 69
Oct 10, 2014
Oh dear this is embarrassing. I'm Canadian and yet nearly missed Canada altogether; I only ever hear the original French version (or the bilingual one sung at Habs games in which the first half is in French), and the French and English "Ô Canada" are two completely different songs. It was easier to guess the other countries, as those were literal tranlsations in English. Well, I'll go to bed a little less ignorant tonight.
azteque316
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Level 68
Oct 11, 2014
With the «Southern Cross» reference, I tried South Africa and New Zealand, but I completely forgot Australia... Shame on me..
Blaugrana92
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Level 65
Jan 27, 2015
I see that Vietnam was the one that most people missed. For me 'the gold star' was a dead giveaway, seeing as Vietnams falg is basically a gold star on a red background.
kiwiquizzer
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Level 67
Apr 16, 2017
Same. Easy to figure out.
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Sep 26, 2019
working backwards yes there is logic. But a) there are several countries wth stars on their flags and b) how would you know it was even about flags?? there are uncountable amount of stars in the sky and all countries could be referring to them. It is a word that is used metaphorically so often.

and afaik the star on the flag isnt fluttering unless they have put LED's in it. But it still wouldnt on paper etc. A fluttering star makes you think of a real one or atleast a symbolic one, not a flag.

FadKrashmor
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Level 66
Apr 3, 2020
Real stars don't 'flutter' raven, they twinkle.
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Apr 3, 2020
I guess I was thinking of flickering or something. Sometimes it is hard to translate from english, when different languages use (nearly) the same word but in a slightly different way. Other times... it is sleepdeprevation haha.
Relbore
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Level 28
May 9, 2015
I don't know how anyone could make a quiz like this and not add the German national anthem. in my opinion, its the best, especially when you realize what it actually means when you translate it!
Quizmaster
+9
Level ∞
Oct 28, 2016
"Deutschland über alles" is no longer part of their official anthem. Their current anthem is very generic. The French anthem, on the other hand, is full of blood and guts.
Arp2600
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Level 83
Apr 15, 2017
The lyrics were never changed, but they avoid to use the verse with "Deutschland über alles". Anyway, that text is obviously Lutheran. On the other hand, the Marseillaise is a revolutionary song, with all the violence that implies...
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Sep 26, 2019
Why does the german anthem sing about wine but not beer??
DrunkytheSnowman
+1
Level 56
Nov 28, 2021
Because by the time they got to the beer they were too drunk to sing
Findlay
+2
Level 80
Sep 26, 2016
I only knew the US, Australia, the UK and France, but got them all thanks to the abundant clues - mostly with very little time. Norway and Russia I briefly struggled with, but got there.
Djilas
+5
Level 80
Oct 27, 2016
"The king of Spain I have always honoured" would be better clue for Netherlands :P
JBlouw1850
+2
Level 47
Apr 16, 2017
Sorry to burst your bubble, but no. The Orange clue is quite a bit better.
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Mar 14, 2018
Almost missed the Netherlands clue altogether because I'd never seen the words in English. It is only when I saw "Orange" that I translated the rest of the sentence and realized that it was "Wilhelmus".
Natascha
+3
Level 52
Nov 2, 2019
That is the sentence that trips everybody up who do not know the history of the Netherlands and William of Orange.
redsplat
+1
Level 75
Nov 19, 2016
Very cool. Please do a sequel!
catlover2496
+1
Level 44
Jan 19, 2017
Why won't the computer let me scroll down?
mrsmartguy
+1
Level 28
Jan 20, 2017
only England and Northern ireland has GSTQ as the national anthem, Scotland and Wales dont.
AVB
+4
Level 69
Mar 29, 2018
GSTQ is the National Anthem of the UK, including Wales and Scotland. At sporting events, they sing Land of my Fathers or Flower of Scotland, but that does not alter the fact.
JuniorSopot
+9
Level 66
Apr 15, 2017
No spanish anthem?
ruudsje
+4
Level 73
Apr 16, 2017
Seriously?
JuniorSopot
+3
Level 66
May 9, 2017
:)
Djilas
+2
Level 80
Apr 18, 2017
:D
AVB
+1
Level 69
Mar 29, 2018
The Spanish National Anthem, famously, has no lyrics, so hard to include in this quiz.
GeoCharlie
+1
Level 41
Jul 23, 2019
Bosnian's has no lyrics either
IvanAndonov
+1
Level 66
Apr 15, 2017
very nice
spotmuulix
+1
Level 70
Apr 15, 2017
This was fun, many different strategies are needed to get the clues!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Apr 15, 2017
I got them all this time. Only missed Norway the first time. In retrospect "saga" is a giveaway.
kiwiquizzer
+2
Level 67
Apr 16, 2017
Only missed Norway and France. Where is New Zealand? "God defend our free land". Good clue - it rhymes with "God defend New Zealand." Of course. And "Guard Pacific's triple star from the shafts of strife and war".
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 67
Apr 16, 2017
Fun quiz though :-)
25cmSimpleton
+1
Level 76
Apr 16, 2017
great quiz! got them all by educated guesses
mammix
+4
Level 59
Apr 18, 2017
If you're looking for a tricky one, here's Poland (crude translation): "we were given an example by Bonaparte how to win". Little people would have thought it's Poland, rather France or sth.

The anthem comes from the very end of the 18th century, when Poland was annexed by Russia, Prussia and Austria (1795) and a bulk of Polish soldiers went to France to help Napoleon in his fight against these countries, hoping for the independence of Poland. Napoleon did introduced a semi-independent Polish duchy afterwards, but in the end nothing worked out.

Sifhraven
+4
Level 67
Sep 26, 2019
It all depends what parts you choose. If you want to confuse people you could say : I am of German blood (descend) and have always honoured the king of Spain. Which is in the dutch anthem...
dasubergeek
+6
Level 70
Apr 24, 2017
There are so many beautiful anthems but for me, the Icelandic anthem is the most beautiful and haunting. "Iceland's thousand years, Iceland's thousand years: one small flower in eternity with a quivering tear, which worships its God and dies." I could be biased, though. :)
dasubergeek
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Level 70
Apr 24, 2017
Íslands þúsund ár, Íslands þúsund ár! Eitt eilífðar smáblóm með titrandi tár, sem tilbiður guð sinn og deyr.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Sep 28, 2019
It is indeed quite beautiful, poetic and sort of tragic. Flowers with trembling tears, and "from heavenly starbundles thou braided a wreath of thine legions gathered through time".

(perhaps I switched subject and indirect object though.. the complete translations I can find are all over the place so I decided to analyse it myself, but this is a hard distinction to figure out in many languages, if give you and you give has no difference or something added like give to)

Ryanlee
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Level 76
Jul 12, 2017
Hints: True North; noble Queen; Pashtuns, Southern Cross; Erin; Zion; Orange; Magyar; Cossack; Great Wall; Hellenes; Ganges/ Himalayas; saga; Peter & in Rome; Aux armes citoyens; Gold star; Polar lands forest and fields.
lazarff
+1
Level 67
Sep 4, 2017
Greattttt! My favourite subject!
ingriddurden
+1
Level 60
Oct 1, 2017
One of the best quizzes I have done so far ! Love it.
MilliVanilli
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Level 68
Jan 3, 2018
"our new Great Wall"? United States?
divantilya
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Level 37
Aug 11, 2018
^ LOL. Maybe in the near future, if Mexico doesn't build one first. Talk about fake news; all this hoopla about the influx of illegal Mexicans

is just that. Mexicans have been self-deporting from the USA for the last twenty years. For illegals, look to Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras.

TrueWolf
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Level 50
Mar 29, 2018
I didn't get France. It looks different when it's not in French.
undeadwarrior
+1
Level 60
Mar 29, 2018
The Vatican City has an anthem?
kalbahamut
+3
Level 83
Jul 5, 2018
As soon as they get their field hockey team off the ground and win the gold they'll be ready.
vomitingdiamonds
+2
Level 76
Apr 28, 2018
Does Russia have forests and fields in the southern seas? That confused me as I thought south meant southern hemisphere.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 83
Jul 5, 2018
southern in relation to Russia. There is no country with territory in the arctic that touches the Southern Ocean, so if you think about it for a second it becomes pretty obvious.
1MoloT1xD
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Level 55
Mar 20, 2020
There, in fact, is such a country, and it is Norway - as they have Bouvet island as a part of their territory (uninhabited, sure, but still part of their land).
WillemLAif
+1
Level 76
Jan 2, 2019
I'm expecting San Marino and Bosnia to show in the next one.
salvadoran
+5
Level 61
Apr 20, 2019
You should accept Cyprus for Greece, seeing as they share their national anthem.

Another reason why Cyprus should be regarded as European, but that's another topic...

JackintheBox
+1
Level 75
Jun 6, 2019
Got Norway with 2 seconds remaining!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Sep 26, 2019
Only missed the bottom 3, those are really the only 3 without any clues in them (cause I have never heard of any but uk and us)

Surprised at how low hungary was though, since it has the most obvious clue it basicly spells it out for you.

octodecimdentata
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Level 66
Nov 2, 2019
Throw in some African countries!
Mosestomtom
+1
Level 38
Nov 2, 2019
Holland is generally accepted for the Netherlands. Why isn’t it here?
Regas
+2
Level 58
Nov 2, 2019
Greece and Cyprus share the same national anthem so Cyprus must be an accepted answer too.
RKS
+1
Level 67
Nov 5, 2019
National anthems make me threw up in my mouth.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 83
Apr 3, 2020
hard to sing, then
spingospungo
+1
Level 55
Nov 29, 2021
Just as easy to sing, but no-one wants to sit in front of you.
aurieking
+1
Level 33
Mar 9, 2020
For the French national anthem, IDK where you got the translation from because I don't think those first 2 lines are in it.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 9, 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Marseillaise
GKS
+1
Level 48
Apr 30, 2020
Just letting you know, no one in Australia ever normally sings the second verse of our national anthem, and the majority of the population doesn't know it at all. So perhaps you could change the chosen lyrics to something from the first verse?
Chronikhiles
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Level 50
Jul 8, 2020
Didn't know Ukraine had Cossacks at all.
catie09
+1
Level 79
Sep 22, 2020
Wanted to guess an English-speaking country for Vietnam because the lines rhyme in English. Must be a poetic translation rather than literal, unless the Vietnamese words for "afluttering" and "suffering" also rhyme. Ha.
Josefs
+2
Level 65
Dec 22, 2020
Can you accept Holland for The Netherlands?
Oatmeal11
+2
Level 67
Apr 21, 2021
No
JetPunker180
+1
Level 54
Oct 9, 2021
Could you change the lyrics of Afghanistan to the new one "This is home of brave".
stylus
+1
Level 68
Nov 27, 2021
if you fancy a challenge, why not try Every Country’s National Anthem? i promise you’ll know more than you think!
RedLeaf
+1
Level 25
Jan 31, 2022
Use wikipedia for audio
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