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