Star-Spangled Banner Quiz

Can you guess all the lyrics to the first verse of the U.S. national anthem?

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First submitted	October 20, 2009
Times taken	160,443
Average score	71.0%
Rating	4.30

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🇺🇸

Oh,

say

can

you

see

the

dawn's

early

light

🇺🇸

What

proudly

hailed

the

twilight's

last

gleaming

🇺🇸

Whose

broad

stripes

and

bright

stars

through

the

perilous

fight

🇺🇸

O'er

the

ramparts

watched

were

gallantly

streaming

🇺🇸

And

the

rockets'

red

glare

the

bombs

bursting

air

🇺🇸

Gave

proof

through

the

night

that

our

flag

was

still

there

🇺🇸

Oh,

say

does

that

star-

spangled

banner

yet

wave

🇺🇸

O'er

the

land

the

free

and

the

home

the

brave

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100 Recent Comments

Level 24

Jul 3, 2014

I'm Canadian and I got all of it right...

Level 88

Jun 25, 2017

That's good. Unfortunately I would not be able to return the favor to you, our northern friends, and rehearse (all of) O' Canada.

Level 60

Jul 7, 2014

Not the Enrico Palazzo version, I see...

Level 75

Jul 30, 2014

I had to sing it to remember it. Is that sad??

Level 36

Aug 13, 2014

100% with 2:41 to spare; pretty proud right now.

Level 14

Sep 17, 2014

Beat it with 1:26 left!

Level 54

Oct 13, 2014

always thought broad was brought, but got it with 3 seconds left

Level 11

Dec 24, 2014

Finised with 2:00 left, #USNAVY #HOOYAH

Level 70

Jan 9, 2015

I am a war fanatic. Speaking of the Civil War, I've been to an actual battlefield. It is the one in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. My family owns an M1 Garand used in Vietnam. I own a pellet gun which is an impersonation of a Winchester 77

Level 67

Jul 1, 2016

This was written during the War of 1812, not the Civil War.

Level 65

Jan 27, 2015

Being from Denmark it is weird that I could do this in my sleep. And the same goes for the national anthems of Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom and Brazil. And Denmark obviously.

Level 82

Jul 1, 2016

Go to a lot of sporting events?

Level 61

Jan 27, 2015

I didn't even know America had an national anthem. I thought we were an autonomous collective.

Level 44

Apr 19, 2024

How? what.

Level 15

Feb 18, 2015

Knew all of it, but can't spell perilous right.

Level 21

Feb 20, 2015

Im Canadian, not in high school yet and I still got it PERFECT

Level 56

Feb 23, 2015

I gotta say, it's annoying that it took me so long to figure out I had to type the words that were back-to-back as one entry.

I typed "broad" for "broad stripes" and then sat there. I hit enter, and it said it was not correct.

My confusion was great. It was greater when it wouldn't accept "red."

Once I figured out I was supposed to type two words, I was fine, but that is still kind of a bug...

Level 51

Apr 12, 2015

Yeah, that annoyed me, too.

Level 14

Mar 25, 2015

100% and I'm English :)

Level 45

May 31, 2015

It always sounded like "gave through through the night"

Level 78

Sep 10, 2015

'Merica!

Level 36

Dec 15, 2015

NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE NOT BORN WITH A KEYPAD AT OUR FINGERTIPS.

Level 82

Jun 13, 2018

Most of the words in this song are 4 letters long or less. Pick up the pace.

Level 31

Dec 16, 2015

It shocks me how many Americans don't know the lyrics to the national anthem. Missing one word is fine, but not knowing a whole line just seems crazy to me. You hear it so much growing up, it would be like not knowing the lyrics to Twinkle Twinkle. Granted there are some big words in there, come on.

Level 63

Jan 27, 2016

There are non-American People on this site you know. From the comments you can tell that a few non-Americans are trying this. I didn't know the whole thing but got 53% and that's okay. I don't watch sports and got the answers I knew from watching Youtube videos of famous people singing it. Would you get 53% of a foreign anthem?

Level 75

Jan 29, 2019

I wouldn't, but I would like to try if people want to post versions of their own anthems. (I think I've seen similar versions for Canada and Australia.) I could get a few words from the anthems of Canada, UK, and maybe Germany and Australia, but probably not other countries except common words.

Level 46

Jun 9, 2016

I certainly hope that all US citizens aced this test. Probably those who missed some were from other countries, which is totally understandable.

Level 66

Jun 9, 2016

Watch Watched Hail Hailed

Level 49

Jun 25, 2016

I got 100% but feel kinda bad cause I had to fill it in out of order because I couldn't remember the second line...

Level 74

Jul 1, 2016

It is "rockets' red glare", not "rocket's red glare". Plural possessive rockets, please.

Level ∞

Jul 2, 2016

Fixed

Level 75

Jan 29, 2019

How do you know there was more than one rocket? :)

Level 45

Jul 2, 2016

Bizarrely, I have never heard the actual words to the song. I managed 25 out of 45 just by guessing random words.

Level 44

Jul 6, 2016

As a Canadian, I think this means I watch too much sports...

Level 37

Jul 27, 2016

I got 4 - star, spangled, banner and the. Not sure a British teen really does very well at this quiz...

Level 37

Jul 27, 2016

Unless you watch sporting events, that is

Level 23

Aug 28, 2016

Luckily they didn't quiz us on the other three verses... or the original Anacreontic Society lyrics.

Level 40

Sep 16, 2016

USA! USA! USA!

Level 13

Oct 5, 2016

Legit sang the song while doing this xD

Level 36

Dec 15, 2016

I don't understand the partial scores for answers that I got outright.

I only missed one (broad) and that's probably because I misspelled it.

Level 82

Jun 13, 2018

You can't get an answer partially right. What are you talking about? Does it say in the stats you got that answer right 50% of the time? You probably took the quiz before and forgot.

Level 24

Dec 15, 2016

I swear I can never seem to remember how to spell perilous when I take this quiz!

Level 58

Jan 4, 2017

As a European I know the story behind the poem and Francis Scott Key but I can only remember parts of the song and the rest gets mixed up with Oh Canada. :D

Level 73

Feb 10, 2017

Another quiz where I would love to see the split in scores between American takers and non American, or even non North American's, just to see what the drop off is like.

Level 48

Mar 6, 2017

Last word's wrong.

Should be CHIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEFS!!!

Level 52

Jul 2, 2017

49/62 and from the 🇬🇧

Level 36

Sep 3, 2017

great quiz got an a

Level 36

Dec 17, 2017

I have many issues with this country,but the "Star Spangled Banner" never fails to bring tears to my eyes. Has anyone stopped to visualize

what the anthem was depicting? Awesome tribute to our soldiers (of

all eras)!

Level 44

Apr 19, 2024

According to History.com it was written because "Francis Scott Key watched U.S. soldiers—who were under bombardment from British naval forces during the War of 1812—raise a large American flag over Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland."

Level 33

Jan 16, 2018

I'm from Canada and got a 98%...if it wasn't for the "O'er" i would have had 100%. I tried again and again to get that...knew what i wanted to put, but couldn't get the spelling....lol

Level 55

Feb 6, 2018

Good luck getting through this quiz without singing the song in your head...

Level 57

Apr 20, 2018

Got all the lyrics with 30 secs left and I'm neither American nor a native English speaker. So this is by far my greatest life accomplishment :(

Level 79

May 11, 2018

Got every single word and I'm not even American.^^ Still I've heard the anthem often enough to know the words and every time I hear it I'm tempted to sing along...

Level 20

May 15, 2018

super lit quiz

Level 15

Jun 6, 2018

I'm Danish. I have NEVER been to the American continent. And I got 100%.

Level 89

Jun 17, 2018

I'm American and I eat you for breakfast.

Level 34

Jun 13, 2018

38/62. I memorized the whole song but I still forgot some..

Level 89

Jun 17, 2018

Just run the Jimi Hendrix version through your mind. He'll guide you through it.

Level 89

Jun 28, 2018

I stopped when the very first word is misspelled so I was left with Osaycanyouseebythedawnsearlylight on the answer box because it never cleared when I filled in the first word correctly. "Oh" is not the early 19th Century poetic spelling.

Level 50

Jul 18, 2018

I am French and nailed it ...

Level 20

Aug 28, 2018

The word "does" got to me.

Level 76

Aug 31, 2018

Got the beginning and the end thanks to Tinseltown productions, did much better with O Canada, but scored 100% in the Spanish national hymn! Boo-yah!

Level 37

Dec 7, 2018

Play Ball

Level 23

Jan 22, 2019

I only know the first and last line, close enouh for someone who's not American :P

Level 75

Jan 26, 2019

Too America-centric

Level 47

Mar 4, 2019

Why do people know other words but not "watched"...

Level 90

Jul 4, 2019

because most people think it is watch, not past tense.

Level 43

Jul 4, 2019

I guessed the lyrics of my anthem and got 26 :)

Level 45

Jul 5, 2019

100% with 44 seconds remaining. Not bad for a Canadian, right? I guess watching all those NHL hockey games have paid off.

Level 57

Jul 6, 2019

Grapefruit through the night.

Level 43

Sep 23, 2019

missed one because i couldnt spell perilous.

Level 85

Feb 4, 2020

Didn't do great, but my main recollection of it is Frank Drebin's version in The Naked Gun so I'm blaming him.

Level 90

Jun 15, 2020

I prefer this version.

Level 64

Jul 5, 2023

I thought it couldn’t get worse that Carl Lewis’s legendary “Francis Scott off-Key” performance before the Nets game, but I do think he knew the words.

Level 71

Sep 13, 2020

Haha now let's add the next verses which talk about killing slaves. 'Freedom' is a curious thing

Level 49

Nov 13, 2020

Memorised from watching hockey lmao

Level 32

Dec 10, 2020

I typed "we" like, ten times and it still didn't go through

Level 26

Apr 4, 2021

Holy crap I just realized that this quiz is like 10 years old

Level 46

Apr 26, 2021

The average score is 45.... I got 49.... but i only beat 47.7% of the other test takers. confusion.

Level 73

May 14, 2021

what an honour to late, great Whitney Houston, inventor of the United States and the star-spangled banner

Level 39

May 14, 2021

As an American, I have to say I am proud of our anthem

Level 42

Jun 7, 2021

Not so easy if you are an egyptian, but I got 17, just by guessing common words...

Level 36

Oct 10, 2021

I thought it was "ramparts we lost" wtf lmaoo

Level 64

Jan 23, 2022

60/62 because

Said held for hailed

Who's for whose

Level 47

Mar 15, 2022

I got 24 - Not American

Level 37

Apr 23, 2022

Twenty-nine, not American either.

Level 84

Apr 10, 2022

Lijepa naša

Level 78

Jun 24, 2022

Objectively, this is a pretty cool anthem.

Level 26

Jan 6, 2023

Aren't there like, 4 verses? I'm pretty sure there's more to the song

Level 69

Feb 17, 2023

Kazakhstan is the greatest country in the world,

All other countries are run by little girls.

Kazakhstan is number one exporter of potassium,

Other Central Asian countries have inferior potassium.

Kazakhstan is the greatest country in the world!

All other countries is the home of the gays!

Level 54

Jun 22, 2024

Bros never even been to Kazakhstan

Level 70

Jul 4, 2023

Tune originally written by a Brit and first used in the USA in 1889 by the US Navy, which was itself invented by a Brit.

...checks today's date...

Ungrateful colonials.

Level 57

Jul 4, 2023

I guess I've seen too many NHL hockey games. This Canadian got 100%. Be sure to watch the YouTube video where the mic goes out at a Maple Leafs game and the crowd finishes the Star Spangled Banner for the singer. Cool!

Level 89

Jul 4, 2023

That is cool! My favorite was when Mo Cheeks helped the girl at the Trailblazers game when she forgot the lyrics.

Level 64

Jul 5, 2023

My favorite was I think the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals in Edmonton after some Americans had made negative comments about the Canadian anthem played before the games in the US. The Edmonton crowd took over from the singer entirely; it was excellent.

Level 74

Jul 4, 2023

Good quiz, aced it. Lovely song as well. It's always a little surprising to me that it never became official until the 1930s.

Level 64

Jul 5, 2023

It’s 2023 and I still dislike having the Star Spangled Banner be the American national anthem. Hail Columbia (currently the Vice President’s official theme) would be a far better choice.

Level 43

Aug 2, 2023

Great quiz!

Level 50

Dec 28, 2023

God bless the good ole USA!!

Level 54

Jun 22, 2024

Who else is American, knows the music of the star spangled banner, but never actually paid attention to the lyrics

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