Get ready for the Winter Olympics with Slate's national-anthem quiz.

Get ready for the Winter Olympics with Slate's national-anthem quiz.

Get ready for the Winter Olympics with Slate's national-anthem quiz.

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Feb. 11 2010 11:02 AM

O Say Can You Guess?

Get ready for the Winter Olympics with Slate's national-anthem quiz.

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More than 80 countries will participate in the 2010 Winter Olympics, which begin with Friday's opening ceremony and parade of nations. As a primer for the Games, we've built a quiz of 10 national anthems—those for countries with a chance to win multiple Olympic golds, as well as nations that have as much chance to medal as a John Candy-led bobsled team. To test your ear, click on the audio players below for a 30-second instrumental clip of each anthem. If you are still stumped, click on the "hint" links to get some clues. (The hints will be more helpful if you know a little something about Winter Olympic history or Cool Runnings.) Bonne chance, viel Glück, buona fortuna, and good luck!

Anthem No. 10:


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Senegal's "Pincez Tous vos Koras, Frappez les Balafons (Everyone Strum Your Koras, Strike the Balafons)"
Pakistan's "Qaumi Tarana (National Anthem)"
Jamaica's "Jamaica, Land We Love"
Australia's "Advance Australia Fair"

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*Correction, Feb. 11, 2010: This article originally included the audio for Russia's previous national anthem, "Patrioticheskaya Pesnya" (The Patriotic Song), and not the current "State Anthem of the Russian Federation." (Return to the corrected recording.)