2009 DETWILER REUNION QUIZ - AUGUST
15, 2009
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.?
2. Where did these inaugurations take place?
3. All Presidents have taken the oath on a Bible except one. Who was it and what was used in place of the Bible?
4. Who gave the shortest inaugural speech which was only 135 words long?
5. Who gave the longest inaugural speech which was 8,578 words long and took nearly 2 hours?
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?
7. Who said "We are all republicans, we are all federalists" in his inauguration speech?
8. Who said the uorgettable words "With malice toward none, with charity for all..."?
9. Who said, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself"?
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"?
11. Who said, "I have no fears for the future of our country. It is bright with hope".
12. Who was the first President to wear trousers at their inauguration?
13. Which President started a tradition of bare headedness and who also wore a ring that was Lincoln's?
14. Who was the first President to wear a business suit for his inauguration?
15. Whose inaugural parade included a float carrying 34 women representing the existing states and also the first to include black marchers?
16. What President's parade was the first to include women marchers?
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?
18. What President invited 225 surviving Tuskegee Airman, the African American pilots who fought in World War II?
19. What President held the first official inaugural ball with 400 guests costing $4.00 each?
20. What President's inauguration was the first in which black guests were invited to all of the social events?
