a. Jimmy Carter's in 1977
b. Ronald Reagan's in 1981
c. Ronald Reagan's in 1985
d. George Bush's in 1989

Question 2
Which of these presidents never had a traditional Inauguration Day ceremony?

a. Gerald Ford
b. Lyndon Johnson
c. Harry Truman
d. Calvin Coolidge

Question 3
Which presidential inaugural was the first to be televised?

a. Franklin Roosevelt's in 1945
b. Harry Truman's in 1949
c. Dwight Eisenhower's in 1953
d. Dwight Eisenhower's in 1957

Question 4
This president was the first man to walk from the Capitol to the White House after his inauguration.

a. Thomas Jefferson
b. James Monroe
c. Andrew Jackson
d. James Polk

Question 5
President-elect George W. Bush's inauguration January 20 is the nation's:

a. 58th presidential inauguration
b. 54th presidential inauguration
c. 50th presidential inauguration
d. 46th presidential inauguration

Question 6
Which presidential inaugural committee was the first to advertise its memorabilia on the home shopping cable network QVC?

a. Ronald Reagan's in 1985
b. George Bush's in 1989
c. Bill Clinton's in 1997
d. George W. Bush's in 2001

Question 7
This president first pronounced the words "So help me God" after taking the oath of office, setting precedent for the presidents after him:

a. Abraham Lincoln in 1861
b. John Quincy Adams in 1825
c. Thomas Jefferson in 1801
d. George Washington in 1789

Question 8
Who was the first president to be inaugurated at the Capitol in Washington?

a. John Adams in 1797
b. Thomas Jefferson in 1801
c. James Madison in 1809
d. James Monroe in 1817

Question 9
Who gave longest inaugural address in history at 10,000 words, lasting one hour and 45 minutes?

a. Thomas Jefferson in 1805
b. Martin Van Buren in 1837
c. William Henry Harrison in 1841
d. Abraham Lincoln in 1861

Question 10
This president's inauguration saw the first use of floats in an inaugural parade:

a. Martin Van Buren in 1837
b. James Polk in 1845
c. Franklin Pierce in 1853
d. James Buchanan in 1857

Question 11
He was the first president to assume the office due to the death of the president:

a. Chester Arthur
b. Andrew Johnson
c. Millard Fillmore
d. John Tyler

Question 12
Because of his Calvinistic religious faith, this president raised his right hand and affirmed the oath of office, rather than swearing to it on the Bible:

a. Thomas Jefferson
b. James Madison
c. Franklin Pierce
d. James Buchanan

Question 13
This president's inaugural was the first to be broadcast nationally by radio:

a. Warren Harding's in 1921
b. Calvin Coolidge's in 1925
c. Herbert Hoover's in 1929
d. Franklin Roosevelt's in 1933

Question 14
He was the first president to be inaugurated on January 20, as mandated by the 20th Amendment:

a. Franklin Roosevelt in 1937
b. Harry Truman in 1949
c. Dwight Eisenhower in 1953
d. Dwight Eisenhower in 1957

Question 15
This president was the first and only to be administered the presidential oath by a woman:

a. Teddy Roosevelt 1901
b. Harry Truman in 1945
c. Lyndon Johnson in 1963
d. Gerald Ford in 1974

Question 16
Upon his second presidential inauguration in March 1893, he became the first and only man to serve non-consecutive terms in office:

a. Benjamin Harrison
b. Grover Cleveland
c. James Blaine
d. William McKinley

Question 17
He was the first president inaugurated after the passage of the 22nd Amendment, which limits to two the number of terms a president can serve:

a. Harry Truman
b. Dwight Eisenhower
c. John Kennedy
d. Lyndon Johnson

Question 18
This president had his inaugural ceremony held on the West Front of the Capitol, the first time the location had ben used for the inaugural:

a. Teddy Roosevelt in 1905
b. Herbert Hoover in 1929
c. Lyndon Johnson in 1965
d. Ronald Reagan in 1981

Question 19
The poet Robert Frost participated in his inaugural ceremony:

a. Dwight Eisenhower
b. John Kennedy
c. Lyndon Johnson
d. Richard Nixon

Question 20
Other than George W. Bush, he is the only man to win the White House who was the son of a president:

a. Franklin Roosevelt
b. Benjamin Harrison
c. John Quincy Adams
d. Zachary Taylor

Question 21
This president delivered the shortest inaugural address in history at 135 words:

a. George Washington
b. James Garfield
c. William McKinley
d. Calvin Coolidge