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1. "This Land Is Your Land", was written by Woody Guthrie, one of the America's most influential folk musicians. It is said he'd got tired of listening to "God Bless America" sung on radio. That was a bit of a put down on someone regarded as one of the 20th Century's greatest songwriters. Which composer of Russian extraction was that?
2. "This land is your land, this land is my land..." which of these were the first two places mentioned in the unofficial anthem of America?
3. What kind of woods are in the first verse of "This Land Is Your Land"?
4. In the song "This Land Is Your Land", what was the narrator doing?
5. What kind of deserts does the narrator encounter in the song "This Land Is Your Land"?
6. The song "This Land Is Your Land" is often sung as a hymn of praise to the mighty land that is America. However, it is no saccharine-sweet homily. Where did the narrator find people standing hungry?
7. The man who wrote "This Land Is Your Land" often 'borrowed' ideas from other sources. Which county and western group recorded a song on which the "This Land..." melody was based?
8. "This Land Is Your Land" is a song sung and known to many. It was written in 1940 under a different name. Which of these was it?
9. "Nobody living can ever stop me..." sings the narrator in "This Land Is Your Land" and it mentions many places and locations in the USA. Where, though, was the song written?
10. "This Land Is Your Land" was a popular, if somewhat edgy alternative anthem for America ever since it was written in 1940. However, it - presumably - received Presidential endorsement when it was sung at the the inaugural concert of one White House incumbent. Who was he?
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