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