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