In this Naturally N'Awlins quiz, Frank Davis proves just because you celebrate the 4th of July every year, it doesn't mean you know all there is to know.
Questions:
- What did Yankee Doodle call the feather he stuck in his hat?
- Who invented fireworks?
- John Philip Sousa wrote marching tunes while he served in which branch of the military?
- How many marches did Sousa write?
- What was his most famous one?
- What does the Fourth of July commemorate?
- Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
- What is the most popular Fourth of July food?
- The American Flag has 50 stars. How many stripes?
- Name one of George M. Cohan's three patriotic songs.
Answers:
- Macaroni.
- The Chinese in the 9th Century
- The Marines
- 136
- Stars and Stripes Forever
- The signing of the Declaration of Independence
- Frances Scott Key
- The hotdog
- 13, for the original 13 colonies
- Grand Old Flag, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Over There
