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