Daily Quiz | On inaugurations gone by
Amanda Gorman who recited The Hill We Climb at the 2021 inauguration. File
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In 1937, who became the first President to be inaugurated on the new date?
Answer : Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was sworn into office for a second term
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The first time a former President attended his son’s inauguration was in 2001. Name the two Presidents.
Answer : George H.W. Bush and his son George W. Bush
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What post-ceremony tradition started by Jimmy Carter in 1977 has been followed by his successors?
Answer : Walk all the way from the Capitol to the White House with the family after the ceremony.
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Both Barack Obama and Donald Trump took their oath on a Bible that was used by a former President. Name the President from the 19th Century.
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The first inauguration to be televised was that of Harry. S. Truman in 1949. But whose ceremony was the first to be broadcast live on the Internet?
Answer : Bill Clinton’s second term in 1997
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Who is the only outgoing President not to attend an inauguration ceremony in the 21st Century?
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What is common to ‘The Gift Outright’, ‘On the Pulse of Morning’, and ‘One Today’?
Answer : Poems read by their authors at the inauguration
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