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John Wilkes Booth
Contributed by: Bridge
  • 1. In which year was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) 1798
B) 1865
C) 1901
D) 1838
  • 2. What was John Wilkes Booth's occupation?
A) Politician
B) Farmer
C) Doctor
D) Actor
  • 3. Who was the president assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) John F. Kennedy
C) George Washington
D) Thomas Jefferson
  • 4. In which theater did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
A) Apollo Theater
B) Kennedy Center
C) Ford's Theatre
D) Radio City Music Hall
  • 5. What was John Wilkes Booth's nationality?
A) Russian
B) French
C) American
D) British
  • 6. Who aided John Wilkes Booth in his escape after the assassination?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Mary Surratt
D) David Herold
  • 7. What was the name of the play being performed when John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln?
A) Hamlet
B) Macbeth
C) Our American Cousin
D) Romeo and Juliet
  • 8. What was the name of the doctor who attended to Abraham Lincoln after he was shot?
A) Mudd Gatrich
B) Simon Bodgett
C) Charles Leale
D) Samuel Mudd
  • 9. What was John Wilkes Booth's father's name?
A) George Washington Booth
B) Thomas Jefferson Booth
C) Junius Brutus Booth
D) Abraham Lincoln Booth
  • 10. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's fiancĂ©e?
A) Lucy Hale
B) Laura Keene
C) Clara Harris
D) Mary Todd Lincoln
  • 11. At what age did John Wilkes Booth die?
A) 26
B) 32
C) 40
D) 50
  • 12. Which group did John Wilkes Booth belong to that initially planned to abduct Abraham Lincoln?
A) Ku Klux Klan
B) Illuminati
C) Masons
D) Knights of the Golden Circle
  • 13. Who was the Vice President at the time of Lincoln's assassination?
A) James A. Garfield
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) Andrew Johnson
D) William McKinley
  • 14. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's popular sister who was a stage actress?
A) Asia Booth
B) Catherine Booth
C) Mary Ann Booth
D) Elizabeth Booth
  • 15. How many days after Lincoln's assassination was John Wilkes Booth killed?
A) 5
B) 20
C) 12
D) 30
  • 16. What was the name of the lead detective in the search for John Wilkes Booth?
A) William H. Seward
B) Edwin M. Stanton
C) Thomas Eckert
D) Lafayette C. Baker
  • 17. Where was John Wilkes Booth killed by Union troops?
A) Virginia
B) Maryland
C) Pennsylvania
D) Georgia
  • 18. In what city was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B) Richmond, Virginia
C) Boston, Massachusetts
D) Bel Air, Maryland
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