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  • 1. In which year was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) 1838
B) 1865
C) 1901
D) 1798
  • 2. What was John Wilkes Booth's occupation?
A) Politician
B) Farmer
C) Actor
D) Doctor
  • 3. Who was the president assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
A) George Washington
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) John F. Kennedy
  • 4. In which theater did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
A) Radio City Music Hall
B) Apollo Theater
C) Ford's Theatre
D) Kennedy Center
  • 5. What was John Wilkes Booth's nationality?
A) American
B) Russian
C) British
D) French
  • 6. Who aided John Wilkes Booth in his escape after the assassination?
A) Mary Surratt
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) David Herold
D) Robert E. Lee
  • 7. What was the name of the play being performed when John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln?
A) Hamlet
B) Macbeth
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) Our American Cousin
  • 8. What was the name of the doctor who attended to Abraham Lincoln after he was shot?
A) Charles Leale
B) Samuel Mudd
C) Mudd Gatrich
D) Simon Bodgett
  • 9. What was John Wilkes Booth's father's name?
A) George Washington Booth
B) Junius Brutus Booth
C) Thomas Jefferson Booth
D) Abraham Lincoln Booth
  • 10. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's fiancĂ©e?
A) Lucy Hale
B) Clara Harris
C) Mary Todd Lincoln
D) Laura Keene
  • 11. At what age did John Wilkes Booth die?
A) 50
B) 26
C) 40
D) 32
  • 12. Which group did John Wilkes Booth belong to that initially planned to abduct Abraham Lincoln?
A) Masons
B) Ku Klux Klan
C) Knights of the Golden Circle
D) Illuminati
  • 13. Who was the Vice President at the time of Lincoln's assassination?
A) Andrew Johnson
B) James A. Garfield
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) William McKinley
  • 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) Asia Booth
D) Catherine Booth
  • 15. How many days after Lincoln's assassination was John Wilkes Booth killed?
A) 30
B) 12
C) 20
D) 5
  • 16. What was the name of the lead detective in the search for John Wilkes Booth?
A) Lafayette C. Baker
B) William H. Seward
C) Thomas Eckert
D) Edwin M. Stanton
  • 17. Where was John Wilkes Booth killed by Union troops?
A) Maryland
B) Virginia
C) Pennsylvania
D) Georgia
  • 18. In what city was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) Bel Air, Maryland
B) Richmond, Virginia
C) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
D) Boston, Massachusetts
  • 19. On what date did John Wilkes Booth assassinate President Abraham Lincoln?
A) April 14, 1864
B) April 26, 1865
C) April 14, 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 killed in a gunfight with Union soldiers
C) He was captured alive and hanged immediately
D) He was shot by Union soldier Boston Corbett and died a few hours later
  • 21. Who was John Wilkes Booth named after?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Henry Winter Davis
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 laughed it off as nonsense
C) He ignored the prediction and never mentioned it again
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 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) 15
B) 17
C) 19
D) 21
  • 26. In which play did John Wilkes Booth make his stage debut?
A) Hamlet
B) Othello
C) Macbeth
D) Richard III
  • 27. What play did Booth perform in at the Arch Street Theatre in February 1858?
A) Macbeth
B) Lucrezia Borgia
C) Othello
D) Hamlet
  • 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) 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 short and stout man
B) A tall and skinny man
C) A muscular, perfect man
D) A frail and delicate man
  • 33. How much was John Wilkes Booth earning annually by the end of the 1850s?
A) $30,000
B) $20,000
C) $15,000
D) $10,000
  • 34. What did some critics call John Wilkes Booth?
A) The most forgettable actor in America
B) The handsomest man in America
C) The most talented 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) 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 National Republican drama critic
B) Walt Whitman
C) The Philadelphia Press drama critic
D) Matthew Canning
  • 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) Albany's drama critics
B) New York City's drama critics
C) Chicago's drama critics
D) Boston's drama critics
  • 39. In which musical by Stephen Sondheim is Booth a central character?
A) The Cosgrove Report
B) John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only
C) Assassins
D) Richard III
  • 40. What was the original name of the oil venture started by Booth and his partners?
A) Wilkes Oil
B) Booth Oil
C) Dramatic Oil
D) Ellsler Oil
  • 41. What did Booth's last words reportedly say?
A) Useless, useless
B) I am at peace
C) I am proud
D) I am sorry
  • 42. How did Booth feel about Lincoln's re-election?
A) Supportive
B) Angered
C) Indifferent
D) Pleased
  • 43. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the Wagon Train episode 'The John Wilbot Story'?
A) Rob Morrow
B) Dane Clark
C) Kelly Blatz
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) The Marble Heart
D) Hamlet
  • 45. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the Robert Redford film 'The Conspirator'?
A) John Derek
B) Christian Camargo
C) Jesse Johnson
D) Toby Kebbell
  • 46. 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
  • 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) Atzerodt.
B) Herold.
C) Booth.
D) Powell.
  • 49. 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 Day Lincoln Was Shot' (1956)
D) 'The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln' (S01E02)
  • 50. Who declined the theatre invitation, preventing an assassination attempt?
A) Andrew Johnson.
B) Ulysses S. Grant.
C) William H. Seward.
D) Robert E. Lee.
  • 51. Where did Booth and Herold finally reach the Virginia shore?
A) Surratt's Tavern
B) Port Royal, Virginia
C) Belle Plain, Virginia
D) Near Machodoc Creek
  • 52. 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
  • 53. What was the modern equivalent of Booth's $6,000 loss?
A) $150,000
B) $100,000
C) $123,511
D) $200,000
  • 54. Who was responsible for boring the spyhole into the door of the presidential box?
A) John T. Ford.
B) John Wilkes Booth.
C) Frank Ford.
D) Harry Clay Ford.
  • 55. Who portrayed John Wilkes Booth in the 2024 Apple TV+ miniseries Manhunt?
A) Anthony Boyle
B) Rob Morrow
C) John Lasell
D) Kelly Blatz
  • 56. What role did Booth play in the November 25, 1864, production of Julius Caesar?
A) Mark Antony
B) Brutus
C) Caesar
D) Cassius
  • 57. Who led Booth and Herold to Col. John J. Hughes' farm in Maryland?
A) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
B) A Confederate sympathizer farmer
C) David Herold
D) Thomas A. Jones
  • 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) Dennis Farina
B) Tony Rice
C) Mary Chapin Carpenter
D) Robert Stack
  • 60. On what date did Booth withdraw from the oil business?
A) November 15, 1864
B) December 1, 1864
C) October 31, 1864
D) November 27, 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) Return to Washington D.C.
D) Join Confederate forces
  • 62. What was Booth's plan if the Confederate government could not continue the war?
A) To join the Union Army.
B) To become a farmer.
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) They had no contact during the Civil War.
C) They were close and shared the same views.
D) Edwin was a Confederate soldier.
  • 64. Who depicted John Wilkes Booth in 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets'?
A) Jesse Johnson
B) Chris Conner
C) James Marsden
D) Christian Camargo
  • 65. Where did Booth meet with Confederate sympathizers in Boston?
A) The Parker House.
B) Old North Church.
C) Boston Common.
D) Faneuil Hall.
  • 66. Who was the Confederate agent that Booth and Herold contacted after arriving at Samuel Cox's home?
A) Thomas A. Jones
B) Edmund Spangler
C) Dr. Samuel Mudd
D) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
  • 67. Who was dispatched from Washington to capture Booth in Virginia?
A) Colonel Everton Conger
B) Thomas A. Jones
C) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
D) Lieutenant Edward P. Doherty
  • 68. What was the significance of the phrase 'Sic semper tyrannis'?
A) It means 'To the victor, the spoils'.
B) It means 'Thus always to tyrants'.
C) It means 'In God we trust'.
D) It means 'Liberty or death'.
  • 69. In which web television series is Booth portrayed by Anthony Padilla?
A) Manhunt
B) Blame the Hero
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) Thomas A. Jones
B) Edmund Spangler
C) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
D) David Herold
  • 72. Who played John Wilkes Booth in the film 'Abraham Lincoln' directed by D. W. Griffith?
A) James Marsden
B) John Derek
C) Ian Keith
D) Bradford Dillman
  • 73. Which theatre company developed a staged reading of Booth's 'Richard III'?
A) The Hidden Room
B) Baltimore Center Stage
C) Harvard Theatre Collection
D) Harry Ransom Center
  • 74. What method did Booth and his partners use in an attempt to increase the well's output?
A) Water pressure
B) Mechanical pumps
C) Explosives
D) Steam
  • 75. How much crude oil did the Wilhelmina well yield daily?
A) 25 barrels
B) 15 barrels
C) 30 barrels
D) 20 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) Unsolved Mysteries
C) Copper
D) Timeless
  • 77. Which city did Booth visit in October that was a center of Confederate activity?
A) Baltimore.
B) New York City.
C) Richmond.
D) Montreal.
  • 78. 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
  • 79. Who was assigned to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson?
A) Herold.
B) Booth.
C) Atzerodt.
D) Powell.
  • 80. What is the title of G. J. A. O'Toole's historical fiction-mystery novel?
A) Assassins
B) John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only
C) Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
D) The Cosgrove Report
  • 81. What did Booth use to assassinate Lincoln?
A) Rifle.
B) Sword.
C) .41 caliber Deringer pistol.
D) Knife.
  • 82. Where did Booth stay during his trip to Montreal?
A) National Hotel.
B) St. Lawrence Hall.
C) The Parker House.
D) Old Soldiers Home.
  • 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. 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
  • 85. What did Booth draft after Lincoln's election in 1860?
A) A letter supporting Lincoln.
B) A long speech decriing Northern abolitionism.
C) A play about Southern life.
D) A novel about the Civil War.
  • 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) 2019
B) 2024
C) 2020
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) Mary
C) Elizabeth
D) Wilhelmina
  • 90. Who was not harmed during the assassination?
A) Mary Todd Lincoln.
B) Major Henry Rathbone.
C) Clara Harris.
D) John Wilkes Booth.
  • 91. What was Booth charged with in St. Louis in 1863?
A) Assassination attempt.
B) Theft.
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) General Ulysses S. Grant.
C) Andrew Johnson.
D) Major Henry Rathbone.
  • 93. What did Booth shout after assassinating Lincoln?
A) Veni, vidi, vici.
B) Eureka!
C) Carpe diem.
D) Sic semper tyrannis.
  • 94. What play was Booth planning to use as a cover for kidnapping Lincoln?
A) Macbeth.
B) Hamlet.
C) Othello.
D) Still Waters Run Deep.
  • 95. Which Confederate general called Booth's act 'a disgrace to the age'?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Joseph E. Johnston
C) Edmund Spangler
D) Thomas A. Jones
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