# How many national anthems can you recognize?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 28, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-anthems-can-you-recognize/164803 "2003-03-28T16:16:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-anthems-can-you-recognize/164803/21 "2003-03-29T22:42:29Z")

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What about “Jerusalem”?

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**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-anthems-can-you-recognize/164803/22 "2003-03-29T23:05:21Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Davebear \*  
> \*\*Neither is “Waltzing Matilda” the national anthem of Australia. I was expecting one of the resident Aussies to correct that, but I guess they’re all asleep. \*\*

Beat me to it. You’re right, I was asleep. 😛 I hate Waltzing Matilda. It’s a stupid song and I hate that it is thought of as Australia’s anthem. Grr.:mad:

I can recognise the anthems of the USA, the UK and Australia by tune only, most likely more if there is singing.

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**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-national-anthems-can-you-recognize/164803/23 "2003-03-29T23:22:16Z")

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Hmm, let’s see: France, Canada, US, UK, Sweden, Finland (very catchy, I find myself whistling it often), Poland, USSR, Czarist Russia, Italy (like that one too!), Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Greece, Israel, Iraq, Burundi (my favorite!), South Africa _(Die Stem van Zuid-Afrika), Nkosi Sikeleli Afrika_ (used by several nations), Azerbaijan, India, Bangladesh, Japan, PRC, and Uruguay.

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