U.S. Flag Day Today. Here's Your Quiz.-- Part 3: Go Fly That Flag

Continuing with your quiz.

6.  Why and when was the U.S. flag first called "Old Glory?"

a)  It was the first flag flown from the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") when it was launched in 1797;

b)  It's a flag manufactured by the Old Glory Distilling Co. of Clarksville, Tennessee.

c)  Shipmaster  William Driver of Salem, MA., called his flag "Old Glory" as he first unfurled it in 1831;

d)  That's what Union troops called it as they marched off to war.

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7.  Which of these events actually occurred?

a)  Robert Peary posted the flag on the North Pole in 1909;

b)  Barry Bishop planted the flag atop Mt. Everest;

c)  Neil Armstrong planted the flag on the moon in July 1969;

d)  All of the above.

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8.  Where did Uncle Sam come from?

a)  He was an American Revolution caricature for Yankee Doodle, the name British  soldiers called American soldiers;

b)  During the War of 1812, meatpacker Sam Wilson of Troy, New York,  shipped meal rations   in barrels branded "U.S."  When they arrived, soldiers called them meals from "Uncle Sam.";

c)  It was the name U.S. soldiers gave to a common arillery piece;

d)  The World War I "We Want You" poster.

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ANSWERS

6.  c

7.  d

8.  b

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