1. What does a vexillologist study? Flags Great battles Historical records Great statesmen 2. You are at a baseball game as the national anthem is played. A large U.S. flag is flying to your left; to your right, the players are standing and the music is playing. Which way should you face? Straight ahead. Towards the flag at the left. Towards the music at the right. Towards the players at the right, since they’re in the closest thing to a military uniform. 3. Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the Star-Spangled Banner after witnessing which of the following? The bombardment of Fort McHenry George Washington’s Inauguration The Battle at Gettysburg The burning of the White House 4. When is it appropriate to fly the US Flag be flown upside down? When someone has died. In an emergency, to show the need for help. During a military battle. Never 5. You’re flying the U.S. flag vertically, hanging it from your window down the side of your building. Where should the ‘union’ (the blue field of stars) be if you’re standing in front of the flag admiring your handiwork? Upper left Upper right Lower left Lower right 6. The Continental Congress approved the design of the first official U.S. flag on: July 4, 1776 July 14, 1776 June 14, 1777 August 14, 1778 7. Which of these is not an occasion for flying a U.S. flag at half staff? A prominent government leader has died. Your local sports team has lost the Championship Game. The President or Governor has ordered it. It’s the morning of Memorial Day. 8. Officially, why is the flag red, white and blue? Courage, purity, and honor Truth, justice and the American way England and liberty There is no official reason 9. The original American flag has thirteen stars in a circle. The stars, which represent colonies, are in a circle so no colony would be the “first colony”. True False 10. When people are buried with military honors, the American flags draping their caskets are buried with them. True False Loading … Question 1 of 10
