John Wilkes Booth - Quiz
John Wilkes Booth
  • 1. In which year was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) 1798
B) 1901
C) 1838
D) 1865
  • 2. What was John Wilkes Booth's occupation?
A) Farmer
B) Actor
C) Doctor
D) Politician
  • 3. Who was the president assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) George Washington
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) John F. Kennedy
  • 4. In which theater did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
A) Apollo Theater
B) Ford's Theatre
C) Radio City Music Hall
D) Kennedy Center
  • 5. What was John Wilkes Booth's nationality?
A) Russian
B) French
C) British
D) American
  • 6. Who aided John Wilkes Booth in his escape after the assassination?
A) Mary Surratt
B) Robert E. Lee
C) David Herold
D) Abraham Lincoln
  • 7. What was the name of the play being performed when John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln?
A) Our American Cousin
B) Hamlet
C) Macbeth
D) Romeo and Juliet
  • 8. What was the name of the doctor who attended to Abraham Lincoln after he was shot?
A) Simon Bodgett
B) Samuel Mudd
C) Charles Leale
D) Mudd Gatrich
  • 9. What was John Wilkes Booth's father's name?
A) George Washington Booth
B) Abraham Lincoln Booth
C) Thomas Jefferson Booth
D) Junius Brutus Booth
  • 10. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's fiancĂ©e?
A) Laura Keene
B) Mary Todd Lincoln
C) Clara Harris
D) Lucy Hale
  • 11. At what age did John Wilkes Booth die?
A) 32
B) 50
C) 26
D) 40
  • 12. Which group did John Wilkes Booth belong to that initially planned to abduct Abraham Lincoln?
A) Masons
B) Knights of the Golden Circle
C) Ku Klux Klan
D) Illuminati
  • 13. Who was the Vice President at the time of Lincoln's assassination?
A) William McKinley
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Andrew Johnson
D) James A. Garfield
  • 14. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's popular sister who was a stage actress?
A) Elizabeth Booth
B) Mary Ann Booth
C) Catherine Booth
D) Asia Booth
  • 15. How many days after Lincoln's assassination was John Wilkes Booth killed?
A) 5
B) 12
C) 20
D) 30
  • 16. What was the name of the lead detective in the search for John Wilkes Booth?
A) Lafayette C. Baker
B) Edwin M. Stanton
C) Thomas Eckert
D) William H. Seward
  • 17. Where was John Wilkes Booth killed by Union troops?
A) Maryland
B) Pennsylvania
C) Georgia
D) Virginia
  • 18. In what city was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) Boston, Massachusetts
B) Richmond, Virginia
C) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
D) Bel Air, Maryland
  • 19. On what date did John Wilkes Booth assassinate President Abraham Lincoln?
A) April 14, 1864
B) April 14, 1865
C) April 26, 1865
D) May 10, 1865
  • 20. What happened to Booth after he was tracked down?
A) He escaped and was never found
B) He was captured alive and hanged immediately
C) He was shot by Union soldier Boston Corbett and died a few hours later
D) He was killed in a gunfight with Union soldiers
  • 21. Who was John Wilkes Booth named after?
A) Henry Winter Davis
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) English radical politician John Wilkes
D) Robert E. Lee
  • 22. What did Booth's sister recall about his reaction to a palm reading?
A) He wrote down the prediction and often discussed its portents
B) He ignored the prediction and never mentioned it again
C) He immediately sought to change his fate
D) He laughed it off as nonsense
  • 23. Which political party did Booth support in the 1854 elections?
A) The Republican Party
B) The Whig Party
C) The Know Nothing Party
D) The Democratic Party
  • 24. What did Booth practice daily as a teenager?
A) Mathematics and science
B) Military drills and tactics
C) Cooking and farming
D) Elocution and studying Shakespeare
  • 25. At what age did John Wilkes Booth make his stage debut?
A) 17
B) 15
C) 21
D) 19
  • 26. In which play did John Wilkes Booth make his stage debut?
A) Othello
B) Macbeth
C) Richard III
D) Hamlet
  • 27. What play did Booth perform in at the Arch Street Theatre in February 1858?
A) Othello
B) Macbeth
C) Hamlet
D) Lucrezia Borgia
  • 28. What role did Booth play in the play staged in Petersburg, Virginia, in 1858?
A) Petruchio Pandolfo
B) Brutus
C) Horatio
D) Mohegan Indian Chief Uncas
  • 29. What did Edwin Booth say to the audience after John Wilkes Booth's performance in 'Hamlet'?
A) He should try a different role.
B) He is not ready for the stage.
C) He needs more practice.
D) I think he's done well, don't you?
  • 30. How many plays did Booth perform in during 1858?
A) 75
B) 100
C) 83
D) 50
  • 31. How tall was John Wilkes Booth?
A) 5 feet 5 inches
B) 6 feet 2 inches
C) 5 feet 8 inches
D) 6 feet
  • 32. What did George Alfred Townsend describe Booth as?
A) A muscular, perfect man
B) A tall and skinny man
C) A short and stout man
D) A frail and delicate man
  • 33. How much was John Wilkes Booth earning annually by the end of the 1850s?
A) $10,000
B) $15,000
C) $30,000
D) $20,000
  • 34. What did some critics call John Wilkes Booth?
A) The most forgettable actor in America
B) The most talented actor in America
C) The handsomest man in America
D) The best Shakespearean actor in America
  • 35. Who did John Wilkes Booth engage to serve as his agent?
A) Philadelphia attorney Matthew Canning
B) Walt Whitman
C) John T. Ford
D) Edwin Booth
  • 36. Which poet and journalist commented on Booth's acting as having 'flashes, passages, I thought of real genius.'?
A) Walt Whitman
B) Matthew Canning
C) The Philadelphia Press drama critic
D) The National Republican drama critic
  • 37. In which city was Booth shot accidentally in October 1860?
A) Montgomery, Alabama
B) New Orleans
C) Columbus, Georgia
D) Albany, New York
  • 38. Which city's drama critics gave Booth rave reviews despite his 'treasonable statements'?
A) Chicago's drama critics
B) Boston's drama critics
C) Albany's drama critics
D) New York City's drama critics
  • 39. In which musical by Stephen Sondheim is Booth a central character?
A) John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only
B) The Cosgrove Report
C) Richard III
D) Assassins
  • 40. What was the original name of the oil venture started by Booth and his partners?
A) Dramatic Oil
B) Wilkes Oil
C) Booth Oil
D) Ellsler Oil
  • 41. What did Booth's last words reportedly say?
A) I am sorry
B) Useless, useless
C) I am at peace
D) I am proud
  • 42. How did Booth feel about Lincoln's re-election?
A) Angered
B) Indifferent
C) Supportive
D) Pleased
  • 43. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the Wagon Train episode 'The John Wilbot Story'?
A) Kelly Blatz
B) Dane Clark
C) Rob Morrow
D) John Lasell
  • 44. In which play did Booth perform with his brothers Edwin and Junius on November 25, 1864?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Richard III
C) Hamlet
D) The Marble Heart
  • 45. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the Robert Redford film 'The Conspirator'?
A) John Derek
B) Jesse Johnson
C) Christian Camargo
D) Toby Kebbell
  • 46. What was the name of the oil company formed by Booth and his partners?
A) Mears Oil Company
B) Booth Oil Company
C) Fuller Farm Oil
D) Ellsler Oil Company
  • 47. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the 1977 film 'The Lincoln Conspiracy'?
A) James Marsden
B) Chris Conner
C) Bradford Dillman
D) John Derek
  • 48. Who was assigned to assassinate Secretary of State William H. Seward?
A) Atzerodt.
B) Booth.
C) Herold.
D) Powell.
  • 49. In which episode of The Twilight Zone did John Lasell portray John Wilkes Booth?
A) 'The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln' (S01E02)
B) 'The John Wilbot Story' (1958)
C) 'The Day Lincoln Was Shot' (1956)
D) 'Back There' (1961)
  • 50. Who declined the theatre invitation, preventing an assassination attempt?
A) Robert E. Lee.
B) Ulysses S. Grant.
C) William H. Seward.
D) Andrew Johnson.
  • 51. Where did Booth and Herold finally reach the Virginia shore?
A) Surratt's Tavern
B) Near Machodoc Creek
C) Belle Plain, Virginia
D) Port Royal, Virginia
  • 52. Who portrayed John Wilkes Booth in the Timeless episode 'The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln'?
A) John Lasell
B) Anthony Boyle
C) Rob Morrow
D) Kelly Blatz
  • 53. What was the modern equivalent of Booth's $6,000 loss?
A) $123,511
B) $150,000
C) $100,000
D) $200,000
  • 54. Who was responsible for boring the spyhole into the door of the presidential box?
A) Frank Ford.
B) Harry Clay Ford.
C) John T. Ford.
D) John Wilkes Booth.
  • 55. Who portrayed John Wilkes Booth in the 2024 Apple TV+ miniseries Manhunt?
A) Rob Morrow
B) John Lasell
C) Anthony Boyle
D) Kelly Blatz
  • 56. What role did Booth play in the November 25, 1864, production of Julius Caesar?
A) Brutus
B) Cassius
C) Mark Antony
D) Caesar
  • 57. Who led Booth and Herold to Col. John J. Hughes' farm in Maryland?
A) David Herold
B) Thomas A. Jones
C) A Confederate sympathizer farmer
D) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
  • 58. Who played John Wilkes Booth in the 1998 remake of 'The Day Lincoln Was Shot'?
A) Rob Morrow
B) Kelly Blatz
C) Anthony Boyle
D) John Lasell
  • 59. Which Unsolved Mysteries host presented the episode examining the theory that Booth escaped to Oklahoma?
A) Mary Chapin Carpenter
B) Tony Rice
C) Dennis Farina
D) Robert Stack
  • 60. On what date did Booth withdraw from the oil business?
A) December 1, 1864
B) November 15, 1864
C) November 27, 1864
D) October 31, 1864
  • 61. What did Booth intend to do after learning of the surrender of Johnston's army?
A) Hide in the Maryland woods
B) Reach Mexico
C) Join Confederate forces
D) Return to Washington D.C.
  • 62. What was Booth's plan if the Confederate government could not continue the war?
A) To become a farmer.
B) To join the Union Army.
C) To avenge the South's defeat.
D) To flee to Canada.
  • 63. What was Booth's relationship with his brother Edwin?
A) They increasingly quarreled, especially over Booth's partisan views.
B) Edwin was a Confederate soldier.
C) They were close and shared the same views.
D) They had no contact during the Civil War.
  • 64. Who depicted John Wilkes Booth in 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets'?
A) Chris Conner
B) Christian Camargo
C) Jesse Johnson
D) James Marsden
  • 65. Where did Booth meet with Confederate sympathizers in Boston?
A) Old North Church.
B) Faneuil Hall.
C) The Parker House.
D) Boston Common.
  • 66. Who was the Confederate agent that Booth and Herold contacted after arriving at Samuel Cox's home?
A) Edmund Spangler
B) Dr. Samuel Mudd
C) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
D) Thomas A. Jones
  • 67. Who was dispatched from Washington to capture Booth in Virginia?
A) Lieutenant Edward P. Doherty
B) Thomas A. Jones
C) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
D) Colonel Everton Conger
  • 68. What was the significance of the phrase 'Sic semper tyrannis'?
A) It means 'To the victor, the spoils'.
B) It means 'Liberty or death'.
C) It means 'Thus always to tyrants'.
D) It means 'In God we trust'.
  • 69. In which web television series is Booth portrayed by Anthony Padilla?
A) Blame the Hero
B) Manhunt
C) Grant
D) Abraham Lincoln
  • 70. Which adaptation of Shakespeare's text is used in Booth's surviving promptbook?
A) Colley Cibber adaptation
B) Matthew Weiner adaptation
C) Stephen Sondheim adaptation
D) William Shakespeare adaptation
  • 71. Who held Booth's getaway horse in the alley after he fled Ford's Theatre?
A) David Herold
B) Thomas A. Jones
C) Edmund Spangler
D) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
  • 72. Who played John Wilkes Booth in the film 'Abraham Lincoln' directed by D. W. Griffith?
A) John Derek
B) Bradford Dillman
C) James Marsden
D) Ian Keith
  • 73. Which theatre company developed a staged reading of Booth's 'Richard III'?
A) The Hidden Room
B) Baltimore Center Stage
C) Harry Ransom Center
D) Harvard Theatre Collection
  • 74. What method did Booth and his partners use in an attempt to increase the well's output?
A) Mechanical pumps
B) Steam
C) Water pressure
D) Explosives
  • 75. How much crude oil did the Wilhelmina well yield daily?
A) 20 barrels
B) 25 barrels
C) 15 barrels
D) 30 barrels
  • 76. Which TV series featured all three Booth brothers interacting with the Morehouses and Elizabeth in New York City?
A) Unsolved Mysteries
B) Copper
C) The Twilight Zone
D) Timeless
  • 77. Which city did Booth visit in October that was a center of Confederate activity?
A) Richmond.
B) New York City.
C) Montreal.
D) Baltimore.
  • 78. What was Booth's reaction to the South's situation in the Civil War?
A) Supportive of the Union
B) Uninterested
C) Indifferent
D) Growing more obsessed
  • 79. Who was assigned to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson?
A) Powell.
B) Atzerodt.
C) Herold.
D) Booth.
  • 80. What is the title of G. J. A. O'Toole's historical fiction-mystery novel?
A) Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
B) Assassins
C) John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only
D) The Cosgrove Report
  • 81. What did Booth use to assassinate Lincoln?
A) Rifle.
B) Sword.
C) Knife.
D) .41 caliber Deringer pistol.
  • 82. Where did Booth stay during his trip to Montreal?
A) Old Soldiers Home.
B) St. Lawrence Hall.
C) The Parker House.
D) National Hotel.
  • 83. Where did the world premiere of 'John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only' take place?
A) Harvard Theatre Collection
B) Greenmount Cemetery
C) Harry Ransom Center
D) Baltimore Center Stage
  • 84. Who portrayed John Wilkes Booth in a flashback cameo in the comedy 'Zoolander'?
A) Toby Kebbell
B) Chris Conner
C) Bradford Dillman
D) James Marsden
  • 85. What did Booth draft after Lincoln's election in 1860?
A) A letter supporting Lincoln.
B) A play about Southern life.
C) A long speech decriing Northern abolitionism.
D) A novel about the Civil War.
  • 86. Where did Booth and his partners invest in an oil well in late 1863?
A) Franklin, Pennsylvania
B) Boston, Massachusetts
C) New York, New York
D) Cleveland, Ohio
  • 87. In which year did the miniseries 'Abraham Lincoln' depict Booth's shooting of Lincoln?
A) 2022
B) 2019
C) 2024
D) 2020
  • 88. What was the title of the play in which Booth played a Greek sculptor in costume at Ford's Theatre?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Hamlet
C) The Marble Heart
D) Richard III
  • 89. What was the name of Mears' wife, after whom the oil well was named?
A) Mary
B) Sarah
C) Wilhelmina
D) Elizabeth
  • 90. Who was not harmed during the assassination?
A) Major Henry Rathbone.
B) John Wilkes Booth.
C) Clara Harris.
D) Mary Todd Lincoln.
  • 91. What was Booth charged with in St. Louis in 1863?
A) Making treasonous remarks against the government.
B) Espionage.
C) Theft.
D) Assassination attempt.
  • 92. Who was in the presidential box with Mary Todd Lincoln?
A) Andrew Johnson.
B) Major Henry Rathbone.
C) William H. Seward.
D) General Ulysses S. Grant.
  • 93. What did Booth shout after assassinating Lincoln?
A) Sic semper tyrannis.
B) Veni, vidi, vici.
C) Carpe diem.
D) Eureka!
  • 94. What play was Booth planning to use as a cover for kidnapping Lincoln?
A) Macbeth.
B) Still Waters Run Deep.
C) Othello.
D) Hamlet.
  • 95. Which Confederate general called Booth's act 'a disgrace to the age'?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Joseph E. Johnston
C) Thomas A. Jones
D) Edmund Spangler
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