I wonder if ours is the only national anthem in the world whose first verse (the only one anyone sings anymore) is entirely a question?  That question is only answered in the second verse, in a ringing affirmation.  How many have ever heard, let alone sung it?  I am old enough that we actually sang through several vers...more

Chuck Norris could sing it with his eyes AND mouth closed and STILL get the words right.

How many of you know that only the words were written by Francis Scott Key?  The tune was a drinking song, "Anacreon in Heaven."

Standing there with their hand over their hearth?  Gee, I hope not, or at least I hope they didn't have a fire going in it if they did.

All due respect to Leslie Nielsen (may he rest in peace) and his onscreen character, but Borat gets my vote as the most botched rendition of the National Anthem.