Do You Know These 12 Inauguration Day Facts?

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Smile for the camera! Which president’s inauguration was the first to be on TV?

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1945)
Harry S. Truman (1945)
Harry S. Truman (1949)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953)

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Not everyone is sworn in! Which two presidents “affirmed” the oath of office?

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Franklin Pierce (1853) and Herbert Hoover (1929)
Warren G. Harding (1921) and Ronald Reagan (1981)
William Howard Taft (1909) and Benjamin Harrison (1889)
John Quincy Adams (1825) and John Tyler (1841)

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Short enough to tweet, this president’s inaugural address is the shortest ever at 135 words.

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George Washington
James K. Polk
Ulysses S. Grant
Martin Van Buren

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Which president’s inauguration was the first to be broadcast on the Internet?

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George H. W. Bush (1989)
Bill Clinton (1997)
George W. Bush (2001)
George W. Bush (2005)

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The 20th Amendment changed the ceremonial date of the inauguration to January 20. Who was the first president to be sworn in on this day?

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Calvin Coolidge (1925)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1937)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1957)

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Who was the first unelected vice president to be sworn in as president?

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Richard Nixon
George H. W. Bush
Lyndon B. Johnson
Gerald R. Ford

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Where my ladies at? Women were finally included in the inaugural parade at which inauguration?

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William McKinley (1901)
Woodrow Wilson (1917)
Warren G. Harding (1921)

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Talk about flying high! Who is the only president to take the oath of office in an airplane?

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John F. Kennedy (1961)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963)
Richard Nixon (1969)
Gerald R. Ford (1974)

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True or false: Jimmy Carter’s 1977 inauguration used solar energy.

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True. What a progressive president!
False. Technology was not advanced enough.

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Chester Arthur took his oath of office in New York City. The only other president to become president in the state of New York was Theodore Roosevelt. In which city did he take his oath?

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Albany
Ithaca
Buffalo
Oyster Bay

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True or false: Tickets to the first-ever inaugural ball were only 50 cents! Thanks, James Madison.

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True. Fun fact: James Madison was so unpopular, he reduced prices just to have attendants.
False. It wasn’t that cheap!

12

Barack Obama used two bibles for his second inaugural ceremony. To whom did they belong?

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Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln
Malcolm X and Thomas Jefferson
Muhammad Ali and George Washington

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Smile for the camera! Which president’s inauguration was the first to be on TV?

Not everyone is sworn in! Which two presidents “affirmed” the oath of office?

Short enough to tweet, this president’s inaugural address is the shortest ever at 135 words.

Which president’s inauguration was the first to be broadcast on the Internet?

The 20th Amendment changed the ceremonial date of the inauguration to January 20. Who was the first president to be sworn in on this day?

Who was the first unelected vice president to be sworn in as president?

Where my ladies at? Women were finally included in the inaugural parade at which inauguration?

Talk about flying high! Who is the only president to take the oath of office in an airplane?

True or false: Jimmy Carter’s 1977 inauguration used solar energy.

Chester Arthur took his oath of office in New York City. The only other president to become president in the state of New York was Theodore Roosevelt. In which city did he take his oath?

True or false: Tickets to the first-ever inaugural ball were only 50 cents! Thanks, James Madison.

Barack Obama used two bibles for his second inaugural ceremony. To whom did they belong?

Last question - how would you rate this quiz?

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