INAUGURAL TRIVIA QUESTIONS
Question #1: What was the biggest change in inaugural
tradition in the last 100 years?
Question #3: What is the traditional food presented to
the incoming first lady by the out-going first lady?
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#4: Which governor changed the inaugural ceremony from a simple one to
an elaborate one?
Question #5: Who was the first governor to arrive in
Frankfort for the inauguration by train?
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#6: Who was our youngest governor?
Question #7: Who was Kentucky's first governor?
Question #8: Who was the first governor inaugurated at
the current capitol building?
Question #9: Who escorted Isaac Shelby from his
home to Lexington, the capital, for his inauguration?
Question #10:
Who was the first
woman elected governor of Kentucky?
Question #11: Who was governor during the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954?
Question #12: Who was governor when the anti-Vietnam
riot occurred at the University of Kentucky?
Question #13: What were the names of the two governors
not sworn into office in Frankfort?
Question #14: Who was the first Kentucky governor to
die in office?
Question #15: Who were the Kentucky governors that
served more than one term?
Question #16: Who is the only governor of Kentucky, and
the only governor in the United States, to be assassinated'?
Question #17: How many Republican governors-elect had a
Democratic Lt. Governor-elect as a running mate?
Question #18: Who was the oldest person to be elected
governor of Kentucky?
Question #19: In 1900 Kentucky had two governors, who
were they?
Question #20: Which governor refused to leave his
office for several days after the inauguration of his successor?
Question #21: Where was the first inaugural ball held?
Question #22: Which governor married while in office?
Question #23: Which Kentucky governor later became
territorial governor of Montana?
Question #24: What Kentucky governors have the same
last name?
All photos courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society, unless otherwise noted.