1. Of whose inaugural speech did wordsmith H.L. Mencken say: "It
reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered
washing on the line; it reminds me of stale bean soup, of
college yells, of dogs barking idiotically through endless
nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it." a.
Herbert Hoover b. Warren G. Harding c. Calvin Coolidge d.
Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. Which of the following bird-related
inauguration incidents did not happen? a. In 1873 at Ulysses S.
Grant's second inaugural ball, temperatures were so cold that
100 canaries brought in as decoration froze to death. b. In an
effort to keep pigeons away from his open-top limousine, Richard
Nixon had the inaugural committee spend $13,000 to spray Roost
No More, a chemical bird repellent, along the parade route in
1973. The poison left dozens of birds dead in the streets. c.
During the traditional 21-gun howitzer salute from the
Presidential Salute Battery for Ronald Reagan's second inaugural
in 1985, two of the numerous whi