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