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What is the name of the national anthem?

"The Star-Spangled Banner".

  1. America the Beautiful
  2. My Country, 'Tis of Thee
  3. The Star-Spangled Banner ✔

Why: The national anthem is "The Star-Spangled Banner." The other two are famous patriotic songs, but they are not the anthem.

Huh, didn't know that: Francis Scott Key wrote the words in 1814, and it became the official anthem in 1931.

The dad joke
What's red, white, blue and yellow? The Star-Spangled Banana.
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Sources

  1. USCIS M-1778 (09/25), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version) https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf

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