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Let's Get Quizzical
Quiz: Can you finish these lines from US President inauguration speeches?
Were you tuned in for Biden’s this week?
THIS WEEK, JOE Biden became the 46th President of the United States.
For this quiz, we’re going to take a look at some inauguration speeches from the past, and see if you can finish the lines.
Best of luck.
From Joe Biden's this week: "It requires the most elusive things of all things in a democracy: __________"
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Peace
Strength
Togetherness
Unity
What about this from Donald Trump? "When America is united, America is totally __________"
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Unbeatable
Unstoppable
Great
Powerful
What about this when Barack Obama was sworn in for his first term? "With old friends and former foes, we'll work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the spectre of __________"
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A warming planet
Growing inequality
World hunger
Global terrorism
What about this from George W Bush's second inauguration? "We have confidence because freedom is the permanent hope of mankind, the hunger in dark places, the __________"
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Hope that brings light
Liberty we grant
Sugar in our cup of coffee
Longing of the soul
In 1993, Bill Clinton gave his inaugural address. Finish this: "But our greatest strength is the power of our __________"
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Freedom
Ideas
Ideals
Souls
What about this from Ronald Reagan in 1981? "Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it is not my intention to do away with __________"
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Government
Taxes
Politics
Freedom
Richard Nixon, in his first inaugural address said: "In these difficult years, America has suffered from __________"
War with Vietnam
A struggle for its soul
A fever of words
Infighting and strife
Okay. One of these is what John F Kennedy actually said at his inauguration. Which one is it?
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Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country
Ask not what you can do for your country - ask what your country can do for you
What about Franklin D Roosevelt in 1933? "More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of ________"
No work
Rent
Lacking hope
Existence
And lastly. Abraham Lincoln in 1861. "Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, and its hopes, would it not be wise to ascertain precisely _______"
Why we do it?
What it all means?
What the consequences are?
A just cause?
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Top Dog
Full marks. Well done.
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Clever cat
Almost purrfect
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Fintastic
A good job
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What are ewe doing?
Baaaaaaaad
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Turtely awful
A shell of a bad effort
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