Daily Quiz | On inaugurations gone by

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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.

Answer : Abraham Lincoln

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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?

Answer : Donald Trump in 2021

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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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