Star-Spangled Banner History - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. He was captured on a British ship
   Dr. William Beanes
2. The British burned the Capitol Building in this city
   Washington, D.C.
3. Number of Americans held on a British ship during battle
   3
4. Hours that the battle lasted
   25
5. This place guarded Baltimore Harbor
   Fort McHenry
6. The British held on to these west of the Appalachians
   Forts
7. Where the original SSB is stored
   Smithsonian American History Museum
8. She was hired to create the flag to fly over Fort McHenry
   Mary Pickersgill
9. War between Great Britain and USA
   War of 1812
10. Number of stars and stripes on the SSB
    15
11. The SSB has the same tune as this English drinking song
    To Anacreon in Heaven
12. Material the stars were made of
    Cotton
13. Size of the flag over Fort McHenry
    1/4 the size of a basketball court
14. Number of verses in the SSB
    4
15. Number of points on Fort McHenry
    5
16. This man convinced shipowners to sink their ships to create a blockade
    Major General Samuel Smith
17. The British thought attacked this city would win the war for them
    Baltimore
18. Commander at Fort McHenry
    Major George Armistead
19. Lawyer who wrote the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner"
    Francis Scott Key
20. Forcing people to serve in your navy
    Impressment
21. Material most of the flag is made of
    Wool
22. The size of the stars in inches
    24
23. The amount Mary Pickersgill was paid for sewing the flag
    $405.90
24. He passed the law making the SSB our national anthem
    President Herbert Hoover