Monday, January 21, 2013

Take the Oath of Office Quiz-- Part 1

From the Jan. 20th Parade Magazine.

What with this seeming to be the day for it, even though they were officially sworn in yesterday.  I took the ten question quiz and got five right (three that I knew and two good guesses).  Answers below.

1.  IN WHICH CITY DID THE FIRST INAUGURATION TAKE PLACE?
A) Richmond, Va.,  B) New York City,  C) Philadelphia


2.  WHICH PRESIDENT GAVE THE LONGEST INAUGURAL ADDRESS?
A)  Bill Clinton,  B) George Washington,  C)  William Henry Harrison


3.  WHO WAS THE ONLY PRESIDENT TO TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE FROM A WOMAN?

A) Lyndon B. Johnson,  B) Ronald Reagan,  C) George H.W. Bush





1.  B.  New York City was the temporary capital when Washington took his oath April 30, 1789.

2.  C.  Harrison's 1841 speech was more than 8,000 words and took nearly two hours to deliver on a cold and windy day.  He fell ill and died one month later.  (The shortest inaugural address was Washington's second at just 135 words.)

3.  A.  After Kennedy's assassination, Johnson was sworn in on Air Force One by Sarah T. Hughes, a U.S. district judge.

I Got All Three of These Right.  --Cooter

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