Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Test Your Knowledge of the Star Spangled Banner

1. Francis Scott Key wrote the "The Star Spangled Banner" after experiencing certain events on September 13, 1814, but he wasn't a lyricist by trade, what trade did he practice?

Farming

Cobbling

Banking

Law

Medicine

2. Key was caught up in Baltimore during the War of 1812. What event inspired "The Star Spangled Banner"?

Bombing of Fort McHenry

Bombing of Fort Knox

Naval battle of the Potomac

Naval battle of the Merrimac

Battle of Yorktown

3. The poem that became our national anthem was set to what drinking song tune?

"My Lady the Rose"

"That Old Drinking Song"

"Red Night, Sailor's Delight"

"Up and Away"

"To Anacreon in Heaven"

4. What was one of the key causes of the War of 1812?

Guerilla warfare

Plague

Impressment

Slavery

Grave misunderstanding

5. The War of 1812 is sometimes referred to as what?

Second Revolution

Second War of Independence

Redcoat War

Second Napoleonic War

War of 1814

6. The War of 1812 helped to solidify the iconography of what American symbol?

Eagle

Washington

Jefferson

Flag

Money

7. What was Fort McHenry used for during the Civil War?

Prison

Encampment

Food storage

Munitions

Training ground

8. Which president declared that "The Star Spangled Banner" should be played at all official state events?

Grant

McKinley

Wilson

Jackson

Madison

9. When the "Star Spangled Banner" was played during for the first time for a sporting event in 1862, what sport was being played?

Lacrosse

Football

Basketball

Baseball

Bowling

10. What year did "The Star Spangled Banner" become the national anthem?

1931

1814

1850

1864

1995