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And just for the avoidance of doubt (and there is lots of it around) the Republic of Ireland is absolutely, 100% not part of either the UK or Great Britain. You could argue it's part of the British Isles, as that's a geographical rather than political term, but if you ever find yourself in...

Great Britain = England, Wales & Scotland, UK = Great Britain & Northern Ireland. I'e sometimes seen just "Britain" refer to England & Wales, but I have no idea if that's an official definition or not.

And of course the song itself has 5 verses, but just the first and third verses comprise the national anthem. On a related theme, I'm currently brushing up for the citizenship test, and if I want to embarrass my colleagues I just ask them questions from the test, like the date of Federation...