Last month, I became an American citizen, a tremendous honor and no easy accomplishment, even for a Canadian...After years of steep filing fees and paperwork (including one letter from Homeland Security claiming that my fingerprints had "expired"), it all came down to a test. I passed, and, my fellow Americans, you could, too -- if you don't mind providing answers that you know are wrong. . . . Question 96 asks: Why does the flag have 13 stripes? The official answer: "because there were 13 original colonies." In fact, the flag has 13 stripes for the 13 original states.
Please read this great piece in full "How I Passed My U.S. Citizenship Test: By Keeping the Right Answers to Myself"