Recusant said:
Yep. All four verses, like Isaac Asimov. Which puts me distinctly ahead of most of the rest of the country, which doesn't know it has more than one. Insofar as this sort of thing readily leads to jingoism, I'm not particularly enthused about it- but then, I'm a thinking being who understands that the greatness of my country doesn't diminish the greatness of others (which, sad to say, also seems to put me distinctly ahead of much of the rest of my country), so why not?
Yeah, Asimov is also the reason I know 'All Four Verses' of "The Star Spangled Banner". Before that, I had always wondered why our national anthem ends with a question. Turns out, the answer is at the beginning of the second verse.
http://www.purewatergazette.net/asimov.htm
Seriously, Asimov was nutty about the thing. In addition to the aforementioned essay, he also wrote a short story, 'No Refuge Could Save', in which a German spy embedded in US intelligence is detected by playing a word association game. When the questioner says "Terror of Flight" the spy responds "Gloom of the Grave". The questioner immediately has him arrested, knowing he must be a plant educated in 'Americanisms' by foreign powers - because no *real* American would know the words to all four verses of the Star Spangled Banner!
Seriously, though, it's easy to see why at least the third verse isn't sung much. It's basically a whole bunch of trash talk about how much the British suck.
Also, as a former hockey player/current hockey fan, I also know the words to the Canadian national anthem.