1. 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. 2. When the U.S. flag has become so worn and faded that it should no longer be displayed, what is the preferred method of destroying it? It doesn’t matter; it can just be taken out with the trash. It should be ceremonially buried. It should be burned in a dignified way. It shouldn’t be destroyed; take it to a military base for recycling. 3. 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. 4. It looks like there’s about to be a rainstorm in your area, and the American flag flying outside your house is plain cotton instead of an all-weather version. What should you do? Lower it. An ordinary cotton flag should not be flown in the rain. Nothing. The flag should fly proudly at all times. Nothing. The flag should only be lowered at sunset. Make sure it’s well-anchored so that it won’t fall and hit the ground. 5. Who is said to have made the first American flag? Martha Washington Betsy Ross Francis Hopkinson Mary Pickersgill 6. 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 7. Who designed the first official U.S. flag? George Washington Betsy Ross Francis Hopkinson Nobody knows 8. You’re displaying the US flag on the same flagpole as the flag of another country. Where should the US flag be? At the top of the pole, just above the other flag. Above or below the other flag, depending on whether the other nation belongs to NATO. On a different flagpole – it can’t be flown from the same pole as another national flag. Just below the other flag. 9. According to the U.S. Flag Code, the U.S. flag should never be: Raised briskly Flown at night Replaced when damaged Used as clothing 10. You’re flying an American flag at half staff for a time of mourning. During this grieving period, the flag will never rise to full staff? False True Loading … Question 1 of 10
