FIRST Jeopardy! (6/10)

[EddieMcD]

We get to go back in time to the revolutionary era for a 400 pointer. This is the number of stripes the flag first called The Star Spangled Banner had.

[Brant Bowen]

What is 15?

[Kristina]

What is 13?

The original design had 13 and there were 13 stripes until Vermont and Kentucky joined which bumped it up to 15 later on. Then a law lowered it back to 13. And sheesh, they say you don't learn anything useful being a Poli Sci major who also takes a lot of history classes.

[OneAngryDaisy]

*What are 15









I mean, would you say- What is 15 stripes- or What are 15 stripes

[Greg Ross]

Originally posted by OneAngryDaisy
*What are 15


I mean, would you say- What is 15 stripes- or What are 15 stripes
I would say "What is 15?" because of the way Eddie worded the "answer": This IS the number of stripes the flag first called The Star Spangled Banner had.



P.S. The reason I responded was not that I felt so strongly about the matter. It was that I realized that by posting in the 6/9 thread, I inadvertently bumped that one to the top of the page, and someone might miss seeing this one.

[EddieMcD]

Read the question carefully. The first Star Spangled Banner did indeed have 15 stripes.