inauguration trivia answers


1. C. Start spreading the news: George Washington took the oath of office as our nation's first president in 1789 on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City. He went to Philly the next time.

2. C. Dolley Madison organized the first official inaugural ball in Washington, D.C., for husband James Madison when he became the nation's fourth president in 1809.

3. C. It cost $4 to attend that first ball, and 400 people snatched up the tickets.

4. B. Didn't you see the movie? African Americans first marched in Lincoln's second inaugural parade. Women, by the way, weren't included until 1917 at Woodrow Wilson's second inauguration.

5. B. Lady Bird Johnson held the Bible in 1965 when Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn in.

6. A. In 1949, Harry Truman's inauguration was broadcast on TV. John Kennedy's 1961 inauguration was the first televised in color. Bill Clinton's second inauguration in 1997 was the first webcast.

7. C. William Henry Harrison spoke for an hour and 45 minutes in 1841, so long that exposure to the elements is blamed for the pneumonia that led to his death after a month in office.

8. B. Cowboy star Montie Montana threw a lasso around President Eisenhower as he reviewed the inaugural parade. The Secret Service did not tackle Montana or his horse.

9. C. Thomas Jefferson walked to the Capitol building from a nearby boarding house to take the oath of office in 1801, the first inauguration held in Washington, D.C.

10. C. Since George Washington first invoked God at the end of his oath, every other president except Theodore Roosevelt has done the same.

11. All three are correct: Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover and John F. Kennedy all kept with longstanding tradition and wore top hats. But Kennedy was the last to do so.

12. B. Everybody remembers Aretha Franklin's hat – a $179 production by Detroit-based Mr. Song Millinery, customized with Swarovski crystals. The song she sang was “My Country 'Tis of Thee.”

13. C. John Quincy Adams refused to put on his big-boy pants and snubbed campaign foe Andrew Jackson with a no-show.

14. A. George W. Bush spoke for a little more than 20 minutes at his 2005 inauguration and said the word “freedom” 20 times.

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