Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Which of these officials does NOT have the power to order the flag flown at half-staff during a state of mourning?
Only the president, the mayor of D.C., or any state governor has the power to declare the U.S. flag flown at half-staff; the Secretary of State does NOT.
- Multiple Choice
2. According to federal law, what is required to display the United States flag for all twenty-four hours of the day?
Federal law states that the United States flag should be displayed from sunrise to sunset, however, if proper illumination is used at night, it can be displayed all twenty-four hours of the day.
- Fill In The Blank
3. How many total stars and stripes were on the first adopted United States flag in 1777?
The first flag adopted as the U.S. flag contained a total of twenty-six stars and stripes, thirteen of each.
- Multiple Choice
4. In what year did an act of Congress add the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance?
"Under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954.
- Multiple Choice
5. The last time the United States flag changed was 1960, due to the state of __________ being added to the union.
The current United States flag is the only one to have lasted more than fifty years. It was officially adopted in 1960 after Hawaii was added as a state in 1959. Prior to Hawaii and Alaska being added, the flag had stayed the same for forty-seven years, since New Mexico and Arizona were added in 1912.
Guam and Puerto Rico are territories and not states, so they don't have a star that represents them on the American flag.
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