John Wilkes Booth - Quiz
John Wilkes Booth
  • 1. In which year was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) 1901
B) 1838
C) 1798
D) 1865
  • 2. What was John Wilkes Booth's occupation?
A) Politician
B) Doctor
C) Farmer
D) Actor
  • 3. Who was the president assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) George Washington
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) John F. Kennedy
  • 4. In which theater did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
A) Apollo Theater
B) Radio City Music Hall
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) Abraham Lincoln
B) David Herold
C) Mary Surratt
D) Robert E. Lee
  • 7. What was the name of the play being performed when John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln?
A) Romeo and Juliet
B) Macbeth
C) Hamlet
D) Our American Cousin
  • 8. What was the name of the doctor who attended to Abraham Lincoln after he was shot?
A) Samuel Mudd
B) Simon Bodgett
C) Charles Leale
D) Mudd Gatrich
  • 9. What was John Wilkes Booth's father's name?
A) Junius Brutus Booth
B) Abraham Lincoln Booth
C) Thomas Jefferson Booth
D) George Washington Booth
  • 10. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's fiancĂ©e?
A) Laura Keene
B) Lucy Hale
C) Mary Todd Lincoln
D) Clara Harris
  • 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) Ku Klux Klan
B) Knights of the Golden Circle
C) Masons
D) Illuminati
  • 13. Who was the Vice President at the time of Lincoln's assassination?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Andrew Johnson
C) James A. Garfield
D) William McKinley
  • 14. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's popular sister who was a stage actress?
A) Elizabeth Booth
B) Asia Booth
C) Mary Ann Booth
D) Catherine 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) Thomas Eckert
B) William H. Seward
C) Edwin M. Stanton
D) Lafayette C. Baker
  • 17. Where was John Wilkes Booth killed by Union troops?
A) Georgia
B) Pennsylvania
C) Maryland
D) Virginia
  • 18. In what city was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) Richmond, Virginia
B) Bel Air, Maryland
C) Boston, Massachusetts
D) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 19. On what date did John Wilkes Booth assassinate President Abraham Lincoln?
A) May 10, 1865
B) April 14, 1864
C) April 26, 1865
D) April 14, 1865
  • 20. What happened to Booth after he was tracked down?
A) He was captured alive and hanged immediately
B) He escaped and was never found
C) He was killed in a gunfight with Union soldiers
D) He was shot by Union soldier Boston Corbett and died a few hours later
  • 21. Who was John Wilkes Booth named after?
A) English radical politician John Wilkes
B) Robert E. Lee
C) Henry Winter Davis
D) Abraham Lincoln
  • 22. What did Booth's sister recall about his reaction to a palm reading?
A) He wrote down the prediction and often discussed its portents
B) He immediately sought to change his fate
C) He ignored the prediction and never mentioned it again
D) He laughed it off as nonsense
  • 23. Which political party did Booth support in the 1854 elections?
A) The Republican Party
B) The Whig Party
C) The Know Nothing Party
D) The Democratic 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) 21
B) 19
C) 15
D) 17
  • 26. In which play did John Wilkes Booth make his stage debut?
A) Hamlet
B) Richard III
C) Othello
D) Macbeth
  • 27. What play did Booth perform in at the Arch Street Theatre in February 1858?
A) Lucrezia Borgia
B) Othello
C) Hamlet
D) Macbeth
  • 28. What role did Booth play in the play staged in Petersburg, Virginia, in 1858?
A) Horatio
B) Petruchio Pandolfo
C) Mohegan Indian Chief Uncas
D) Brutus
  • 29. What did Edwin Booth say to the audience after John Wilkes Booth's performance in 'Hamlet'?
A) He needs more practice.
B) He should try a different role.
C) I think he's done well, don't you?
D) He is not ready for the stage.
  • 30. How many plays did Booth perform in during 1858?
A) 100
B) 75
C) 50
D) 83
  • 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 tall and skinny man
B) A muscular, perfect man
C) A frail and delicate man
D) A short and stout man
  • 33. How much was John Wilkes Booth earning annually by the end of the 1850s?
A) $20,000
B) $15,000
C) $10,000
D) $30,000
  • 34. What did some critics call John Wilkes Booth?
A) The best Shakespearean actor in America
B) The most forgettable actor in America
C) The most talented actor in America
D) The handsomest man in America
  • 35. Who did John Wilkes Booth engage to serve as his agent?
A) Walt Whitman
B) John T. Ford
C) Philadelphia attorney Matthew Canning
D) Edwin Booth
  • 36. Which poet and journalist commented on Booth's acting as having 'flashes, passages, I thought of real genius.'?
A) Walt Whitman
B) The National Republican drama critic
C) The Philadelphia Press drama critic
D) Matthew Canning
  • 37. In which city was Booth shot accidentally in October 1860?
A) Columbus, Georgia
B) New Orleans
C) Montgomery, Alabama
D) Albany, New York
  • 38. Which city's drama critics gave Booth rave reviews despite his 'treasonable statements'?
A) Albany's drama critics
B) Boston's drama critics
C) New York City's drama critics
D) Chicago's drama critics
  • 39. In which musical by Stephen Sondheim is Booth a central character?
A) John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only
B) Assassins
C) Richard III
D) The Cosgrove Report
  • 40. What was the original name of the oil venture started by Booth and his partners?
A) Dramatic Oil
B) Wilkes Oil
C) Booth Oil
D) Ellsler Oil
  • 41. What did Booth's last words reportedly say?
A) I am sorry
B) Useless, useless
C) I am proud
D) I am at peace
  • 42. How did Booth feel about Lincoln's re-election?
A) Supportive
B) Indifferent
C) Angered
D) Pleased
  • 43. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the Wagon Train episode 'The John Wilbot Story'?
A) Kelly Blatz
B) John Lasell
C) Dane Clark
D) Rob Morrow
  • 44. In which play did Booth perform with his brothers Edwin and Junius on November 25, 1864?
A) The Marble Heart
B) Hamlet
C) Richard III
D) Julius Caesar
  • 45. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the Robert Redford film 'The Conspirator'?
A) Toby Kebbell
B) Jesse Johnson
C) Christian Camargo
D) John Derek
  • 46. What was the name of the oil company formed by Booth and his partners?
A) Ellsler Oil Company
B) Mears Oil Company
C) Booth Oil Company
D) Fuller Farm Oil
  • 47. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the 1977 film 'The Lincoln Conspiracy'?
A) Bradford Dillman
B) James Marsden
C) John Derek
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 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln' (S01E02)
B) 'Back There' (1961)
C) 'The John Wilbot Story' (1958)
D) 'The Day Lincoln Was Shot' (1956)
  • 50. Who declined the theatre invitation, preventing an assassination attempt?
A) Ulysses S. Grant.
B) William H. Seward.
C) Robert E. Lee.
D) Andrew Johnson.
  • 51. 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
  • 52. Who portrayed John Wilkes Booth in the Timeless episode 'The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln'?
A) Kelly Blatz
B) Anthony Boyle
C) Rob Morrow
D) John Lasell
  • 53. What was the modern equivalent of Booth's $6,000 loss?
A) $200,000
B) $100,000
C) $123,511
D) $150,000
  • 54. 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.
  • 55. Who portrayed John Wilkes Booth in the 2024 Apple TV+ miniseries Manhunt?
A) Kelly Blatz
B) Rob Morrow
C) John Lasell
D) Anthony Boyle
  • 56. What role did Booth play in the November 25, 1864, production of Julius Caesar?
A) Brutus
B) Mark Antony
C) Cassius
D) Caesar
  • 57. Who led Booth and Herold to Col. John J. Hughes' farm in Maryland?
A) David Herold
B) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
C) A Confederate sympathizer farmer
D) Thomas A. Jones
  • 58. Who played John Wilkes Booth in the 1998 remake of 'The Day Lincoln Was Shot'?
A) Rob Morrow
B) John Lasell
C) Kelly Blatz
D) Anthony Boyle
  • 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) November 15, 1864
B) October 31, 1864
C) November 27, 1864
D) December 1, 1864
  • 61. What did Booth intend to do after learning of the surrender of Johnston's army?
A) Join Confederate forces
B) Return to Washington D.C.
C) Reach Mexico
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 avenge the South's defeat.
C) To join the Union Army.
D) To become a farmer.
  • 63. 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 were close and shared the same views.
D) They had no contact during the Civil War.
  • 64. Who depicted John Wilkes Booth in 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets'?
A) Christian Camargo
B) Jesse Johnson
C) James Marsden
D) Chris Conner
  • 65. Where did Booth meet with Confederate sympathizers in Boston?
A) Faneuil Hall.
B) Old North Church.
C) The Parker House.
D) Boston Common.
  • 66. 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
  • 67. Who was dispatched from Washington to capture Booth in Virginia?
A) Thomas A. Jones
B) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
C) Lieutenant Edward P. Doherty
D) Colonel Everton Conger
  • 68. What was the significance of the phrase 'Sic semper tyrannis'?
A) It means 'To the victor, the spoils'.
B) It means 'Liberty or death'.
C) It means 'Thus always to tyrants'.
D) It means 'In God we trust'.
  • 69. In which web television series is Booth portrayed by Anthony Padilla?
A) Blame the Hero
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Grant
D) Manhunt
  • 70. Which adaptation of Shakespeare's text is used in Booth's surviving promptbook?
A) William Shakespeare adaptation
B) Matthew Weiner adaptation
C) Stephen Sondheim adaptation
D) Colley Cibber adaptation
  • 71. Who held Booth's getaway horse in the alley after he fled Ford's Theatre?
A) David Herold
B) Edmund Spangler
C) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
D) Thomas A. Jones
  • 72. Who played John Wilkes Booth in the film 'Abraham Lincoln' directed by D. W. Griffith?
A) John Derek
B) Ian Keith
C) James Marsden
D) Bradford Dillman
  • 73. Which theatre company developed a staged reading of Booth's 'Richard III'?
A) Harry Ransom Center
B) Baltimore Center Stage
C) Harvard Theatre Collection
D) The Hidden Room
  • 74. What method did Booth and his partners use in an attempt to increase the well's output?
A) Explosives
B) Steam
C) Water pressure
D) Mechanical pumps
  • 75. How much crude oil did the Wilhelmina well yield daily?
A) 30 barrels
B) 25 barrels
C) 15 barrels
D) 20 barrels
  • 76. Which TV series featured all three Booth brothers interacting with the Morehouses and Elizabeth in New York City?
A) Unsolved Mysteries
B) Copper
C) The Twilight Zone
D) Timeless
  • 77. Which city did Booth visit in October that was a center of Confederate activity?
A) Baltimore.
B) Montreal.
C) Richmond.
D) New York City.
  • 78. What was Booth's reaction to the South's situation in the Civil War?
A) Uninterested
B) Supportive of the Union
C) Indifferent
D) Growing more obsessed
  • 79. Who was assigned to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson?
A) Herold.
B) Atzerodt.
C) Powell.
D) Booth.
  • 80. What is the title of G. J. A. O'Toole's historical fiction-mystery novel?
A) The Cosgrove Report
B) Assassins
C) John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only
D) Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
  • 81. What did Booth use to assassinate Lincoln?
A) Sword.
B) Knife.
C) Rifle.
D) .41 caliber Deringer pistol.
  • 82. Where did Booth stay during his trip to Montreal?
A) National Hotel.
B) The Parker House.
C) St. Lawrence Hall.
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) Baltimore Center Stage
D) Greenmount Cemetery
  • 84. Who portrayed John Wilkes Booth in a flashback cameo in the comedy 'Zoolander'?
A) James Marsden
B) Toby Kebbell
C) Bradford Dillman
D) Chris Conner
  • 85. What did Booth draft after Lincoln's election in 1860?
A) A long speech decriing Northern abolitionism.
B) A letter supporting Lincoln.
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) Franklin, Pennsylvania
B) Cleveland, Ohio
C) New York, New York
D) Boston, Massachusetts
  • 87. In which year did the miniseries 'Abraham Lincoln' depict Booth's shooting of Lincoln?
A) 2019
B) 2022
C) 2020
D) 2024
  • 88. What was the title of the play in which Booth played a Greek sculptor in costume at Ford's Theatre?
A) Hamlet
B) Julius Caesar
C) The Marble Heart
D) Richard III
  • 89. What was the name of Mears' wife, after whom the oil well was named?
A) Elizabeth
B) Wilhelmina
C) Mary
D) Sarah
  • 90. Who was not harmed during the assassination?
A) Clara Harris.
B) John Wilkes Booth.
C) Mary Todd Lincoln.
D) Major Henry Rathbone.
  • 91. What was Booth charged with in St. Louis in 1863?
A) Theft.
B) Espionage.
C) Assassination attempt.
D) Making treasonous remarks against the government.
  • 92. Who was in the presidential box with Mary Todd Lincoln?
A) Andrew Johnson.
B) General Ulysses S. Grant.
C) Major Henry Rathbone.
D) William H. Seward.
  • 93. What did Booth shout after assassinating Lincoln?
A) Carpe diem.
B) Eureka!
C) Veni, vidi, vici.
D) Sic semper tyrannis.
  • 94. What play was Booth planning to use as a cover for kidnapping Lincoln?
A) Still Waters Run Deep.
B) Hamlet.
C) Macbeth.
D) Othello.
  • 95. Which Confederate general called Booth's act 'a disgrace to the age'?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Joseph E. Johnston
C) Thomas A. Jones
D) Edmund Spangler
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