Last part. Answers below.
8. WHICH PRESIDENT ISSUED THE OATH OF OFFICE TO TWO OF HIS SUCCESSORS?
A) George Washington, B) John Quincy Adams, C) William Howard Taft
9. WHO WAS SWORN IN ON A BIBLE WRITTEN IN A MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE?
A) Thomas Jefferson, B) Franklin D. Roosevelt, C) John F. Kennedy
10. WHICH PRESIDENT WAS GIVEN THE OATH OF OFFOCE BY HIS OWN FATHER?
A) John Quincy Adams, B) Calvin Coolidge, C) George W. Bush
ANSWERS
8. C. Taft was appointed chief justice in 1921, eight years after being president and administered to Coolidge in 1925 and Hoover in 1929.
9. B. Roosevelt was sworn in on an old faily Bible written in Dutch at all four inaugurations.
10. B. Coolidge was sworn in by his father, a justice of the peace, at the Coolidge family homestead in rural Vermont after he learned that President Harding had died.
Some Real Hard Ones Here. --DaCoot
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Take the Oath of Office Quiz-- Part 2
Answers below.
4. BLACK SOLDIERS FIRST MARCHED IN WHOSE INAUGURATION PARADE?
A) Abraham Lincoln's, B) Ulysses S. Grant's, C) Theodore Roosevelt's
5. WHICH CHIEF JUSTICE ADMINISTERED THE MOST PRESIDENTIAL OATHS?
A) John Jay, B) John Marshall, C) Earl Warren
6. INAUGURATION DAY WAS OFFICIALLY CHANGED FROM MARCH 4 TO JAN. 20 THANKS TO THE PASSAGE OF THE 20TH AMENDMENT IN 1933? WHY?
A) It often rained on March 4, B) Congress did not want the inauguration to fall during Lent, C) The transition period between election and inauguration was deemed too long.
7. WHICH PRESIDENT TOSSED THE SUPER BOWL COIN THE SAME DAYS AS HIS SWEARING-IN?
A) Richard Nixon, B) Gerald Ford, C) Ronald Reagan
ANSWERS
4. A) Lincoln's second inauguration in 1865. (I forgot about the second one and went with Grant.)
5. B. Marshall administered it nine times from Jefferson to Jackson. (I didn't know he was chief justice that long.)
6. The old March 4th date had been chosen when travel and communication was much slower. This became a real situation in FDR's first election in 1932. (I got his one right considering the possible answers.)
7. C. ON Jan. 20, 1985, Reagan took the oath privately in the White House and then went to the Map Room to flip the coin on live TV via satellite. The 49ers won the flip and the game. (No clue for this one. Possibly Reagan or Ford as both played college football.)
4. BLACK SOLDIERS FIRST MARCHED IN WHOSE INAUGURATION PARADE?
A) Abraham Lincoln's, B) Ulysses S. Grant's, C) Theodore Roosevelt's
5. WHICH CHIEF JUSTICE ADMINISTERED THE MOST PRESIDENTIAL OATHS?
A) John Jay, B) John Marshall, C) Earl Warren
6. INAUGURATION DAY WAS OFFICIALLY CHANGED FROM MARCH 4 TO JAN. 20 THANKS TO THE PASSAGE OF THE 20TH AMENDMENT IN 1933? WHY?
A) It often rained on March 4, B) Congress did not want the inauguration to fall during Lent, C) The transition period between election and inauguration was deemed too long.
7. WHICH PRESIDENT TOSSED THE SUPER BOWL COIN THE SAME DAYS AS HIS SWEARING-IN?
A) Richard Nixon, B) Gerald Ford, C) Ronald Reagan
ANSWERS
4. A) Lincoln's second inauguration in 1865. (I forgot about the second one and went with Grant.)
5. B. Marshall administered it nine times from Jefferson to Jackson. (I didn't know he was chief justice that long.)
6. The old March 4th date had been chosen when travel and communication was much slower. This became a real situation in FDR's first election in 1932. (I got his one right considering the possible answers.)
7. C. ON Jan. 20, 1985, Reagan took the oath privately in the White House and then went to the Map Room to flip the coin on live TV via satellite. The 49ers won the flip and the game. (No clue for this one. Possibly Reagan or Ford as both played college football.)
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
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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