2009 DETWILER REUNION QUIZ & ANSWERS
Since we just got over an election year and inaugurated a new President in January 2009 I thought it would be appropriate to have a quiz this year that focused on past Presidential inaugural facts!!
1. How many inaugurations did not take place in Washington, D.C.?
ANSWER: 3
2. Where did these inaugurations take place?
ANSWER: Washington had 2 in New York and John Adams had 1 in Philadelphia.
3. All Presidents have taken the oath on a Bible except one. Who was it and what was used in place of the Bible?
ANSWER: John Quincy Adams. He used a copy of the Constitution.
4. Who gave the shortest inaugural speech which was only 135 words long?
ANSWER: George Washington's second inaugural.
5. Who gave the longest inaugural speech which was 8,578 words long and took nearly 2 hours?
ANSWER: William Henry Harrison
6. Who died 30 days after his inauguration due to a cold that developed into pneumonia he caught at the inauguration due to the miserable weather in which he did not wear a hat or coat?
ANSWER: William Henry Harrison
7. Who said "We are all republicans, we are all federalists" in his inauguration's speech?
ANSWER: Thomas Jefferson in his first inaugural speech.
8. Who said the uorgettable words "With malice toward none, with charity for all..."?
ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln in his second inaugural speech.
9. Who said, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself?"
ANSWER: Franklin D. Roosevelt
10. Who said "and so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country"?
ANSWER: John F. Kennedy
11. Who said, "I have no fears for the future of our country. It is bright with hope".
ANSWER: Herbert Hoover
12. Who was the first President to wear trousers at his inauguration?
ANSWER: John Quincy Adams. The five before him wore breeches.
13. Which President started a tradition of bare headedness and who also wore a ring that was Lincoln's?
ANSWER: Theodore Roosevelt
14. Who was the first President to wear a business suit for his inauguration?
ANSWER: Jimmy Carter
15. Whose inaugural parade included a float carrying 34 women representing the existing states and also the first to include black marchers?
ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln in his first inaugural parade.
16. What President's parade was the first to include women marchers?
ANSWER: Grover Cleveland in his second inaugural parade.
17. What President's parade included 22,000 military marchers, an Alaskan dog team, three elephants and 59 floats and lasted 4 1/2 hours?
ANSWER: Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952.
18. What President invited 225 surviving Tuskegee Airman, the African American pilots who fought in World War II?
ANSWER: Barrack Obama
19. What President held the first official inaugural ball with 400 guests costing $4.00 each?
ANSWER: James and Dolly Madison in 1809.
20. What President's inauguration was the first in which black guests were invited to all of the social events?
ANSWER: Harry Truman in 1949.
