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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) Doctor
B) Farmer
C) Actor
D) Politician
  • 3. Who was the president assassinated by John Wilkes Booth?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) George Washington
D) John F. Kennedy
  • 4. In which theater did John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln?
A) Radio City Music Hall
B) Apollo Theater
C) Kennedy Center
D) Ford's Theatre
  • 5. What was John Wilkes Booth's nationality?
A) French
B) American
C) Russian
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) Macbeth
B) Hamlet
C) Our American Cousin
D) Romeo and Juliet
  • 8. 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
  • 9. What was John Wilkes Booth's father's name?
A) Thomas Jefferson Booth
B) George Washington Booth
C) Junius Brutus Booth
D) Abraham Lincoln Booth
  • 10. What was the name of John Wilkes Booth's fiancĂ©e?
A) Mary Todd Lincoln
B) Lucy Hale
C) Laura Keene
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) 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) William McKinley
B) James A. Garfield
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) Mary Ann Booth
B) Catherine Booth
C) Asia Booth
D) Elizabeth Booth
  • 15. How many days after Lincoln's assassination was John Wilkes Booth killed?
A) 5
B) 20
C) 12
D) 30
  • 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) Georgia
B) Pennsylvania
C) Maryland
D) Virginia
  • 18. In what city was John Wilkes Booth born?
A) Boston, Massachusetts
B) Bel Air, Maryland
C) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
D) Richmond, Virginia
  • 19. On what date did John Wilkes Booth assassinate President Abraham Lincoln?
A) April 26, 1865
B) May 10, 1865
C) April 14, 1864
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 shot by Union soldier Boston Corbett and died a few hours later
D) He was killed in a gunfight with Union soldiers
  • 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 laughed it off as nonsense
B) He immediately sought to change his fate
C) He wrote down the prediction and often discussed its portents
D) He ignored the prediction and never mentioned it again
  • 23. Which political party did Booth support in the 1854 elections?
A) The Whig Party
B) The Know Nothing Party
C) The Democratic Party
D) The Republican Party
  • 24. What did Booth practice daily as a teenager?
A) Elocution and studying Shakespeare
B) Military drills and tactics
C) Cooking and farming
D) Mathematics and science
  • 25. At what age did John Wilkes Booth make his stage debut?
A) 19
B) 15
C) 21
D) 17
  • 26. In which play did John Wilkes Booth make his stage debut?
A) Hamlet
B) Macbeth
C) Othello
D) Richard III
  • 27. What play did Booth perform in at the Arch Street Theatre in February 1858?
A) Hamlet
B) Lucrezia Borgia
C) Macbeth
D) Othello
  • 28. What role did Booth play in the play staged in Petersburg, Virginia, in 1858?
A) Brutus
B) Mohegan Indian Chief Uncas
C) Petruchio Pandolfo
D) Horatio
  • 29. What did Edwin Booth say to the audience after John Wilkes Booth's performance in 'Hamlet'?
A) He is not ready for the stage.
B) He needs more practice.
C) I think he's done well, don't you?
D) He should try a different role.
  • 30. How many plays did Booth perform in during 1858?
A) 50
B) 83
C) 75
D) 100
  • 31. How tall was John Wilkes Booth?
A) 5 feet 8 inches
B) 6 feet 2 inches
C) 5 feet 5 inches
D) 6 feet
  • 32. What did George Alfred Townsend describe Booth as?
A) A frail and delicate man
B) A muscular, perfect man
C) A short and stout man
D) A tall and skinny man
  • 33. How much was John Wilkes Booth earning annually by the end of the 1850s?
A) $20,000
B) $15,000
C) $30,000
D) $10,000
  • 34. What did some critics call John Wilkes Booth?
A) The handsomest man in America
B) The most forgettable actor in America
C) The best Shakespearean actor in America
D) The most talented actor in America
  • 35. Who did John Wilkes Booth engage to serve as his agent?
A) Walt Whitman
B) Philadelphia attorney Matthew Canning
C) Edwin Booth
D) John T. Ford
  • 36. Which poet and journalist commented on Booth's acting as having 'flashes, passages, I thought of real genius.'?
A) Matthew Canning
B) The Philadelphia Press drama critic
C) Walt Whitman
D) The National Republican drama critic
  • 37. In which city was Booth shot accidentally in October 1860?
A) Albany, New York
B) Columbus, Georgia
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) Boston's drama critics
C) New York City's drama critics
D) Albany's drama critics
  • 39. 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
  • 40. What was the original name of the oil venture started by Booth and his partners?
A) Dramatic Oil
B) Ellsler Oil
C) Booth Oil
D) Wilkes Oil
  • 41. What did Booth's last words reportedly say?
A) I am sorry
B) I am at peace
C) Useless, useless
D) I am proud
  • 42. How did Booth feel about Lincoln's re-election?
A) Supportive
B) Indifferent
C) Pleased
D) Angered
  • 43. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the Wagon Train episode 'The John Wilbot Story'?
A) John Lasell
B) Dane Clark
C) Rob Morrow
D) Kelly Blatz
  • 44. In which play did Booth perform with his brothers Edwin and Junius on November 25, 1864?
A) Richard III
B) Julius Caesar
C) The Marble Heart
D) Hamlet
  • 45. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the Robert Redford film 'The Conspirator'?
A) Toby Kebbell
B) Christian Camargo
C) John Derek
D) Jesse Johnson
  • 46. What was the name of the oil company formed by Booth and his partners?
A) Booth Oil Company
B) Mears Oil Company
C) Ellsler Oil Company
D) Fuller Farm Oil
  • 47. Which actor played John Wilkes Booth in the 1977 film 'The Lincoln Conspiracy'?
A) James Marsden
B) Bradford Dillman
C) Chris Conner
D) John Derek
  • 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 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln' (S01E02)
D) 'The Day Lincoln Was Shot' (1956)
  • 50. Who declined the theatre invitation, preventing an assassination attempt?
A) Ulysses S. Grant.
B) Andrew Johnson.
C) William H. Seward.
D) Robert E. Lee.
  • 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) Rob Morrow
B) Anthony Boyle
C) John Lasell
D) Kelly Blatz
  • 53. What was the modern equivalent of Booth's $6,000 loss?
A) $100,000
B) $200,000
C) $123,511
D) $150,000
  • 54. Who was responsible for boring the spyhole into the door of the presidential box?
A) Harry Clay Ford.
B) John Wilkes Booth.
C) Frank Ford.
D) John T. 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) Cassius
B) Caesar
C) Mark Antony
D) Brutus
  • 57. Who led Booth and Herold to Col. John J. Hughes' farm in Maryland?
A) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
B) Thomas A. Jones
C) A Confederate sympathizer farmer
D) David Herold
  • 58. Who played John Wilkes Booth in the 1998 remake of 'The Day Lincoln Was Shot'?
A) Kelly Blatz
B) Rob Morrow
C) Anthony Boyle
D) John Lasell
  • 59. Which Unsolved Mysteries host presented the episode examining the theory that Booth escaped to Oklahoma?
A) Tony Rice
B) Dennis Farina
C) Mary Chapin Carpenter
D) Robert Stack
  • 60. On what date did Booth withdraw from the oil business?
A) December 1, 1864
B) November 27, 1864
C) October 31, 1864
D) November 15, 1864
  • 61. What did Booth intend to do after learning of the surrender of Johnston's army?
A) Hide in the Maryland woods
B) Join Confederate forces
C) Return to Washington D.C.
D) Reach Mexico
  • 62. 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.
  • 63. What was Booth's relationship with his brother Edwin?
A) Edwin was a Confederate soldier.
B) They increasingly quarreled, especially over Booth's partisan views.
C) They had no contact during the Civil War.
D) They were close and shared the same views.
  • 64. Who depicted John Wilkes Booth in 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets'?
A) Jesse Johnson
B) Christian Camargo
C) James Marsden
D) Chris Conner
  • 65. Where did Booth meet with Confederate sympathizers in Boston?
A) Faneuil Hall.
B) The Parker House.
C) Boston Common.
D) Old North Church.
  • 66. Who was the Confederate agent that Booth and Herold contacted after arriving at Samuel Cox's home?
A) Edmund Spangler
B) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
C) Dr. Samuel Mudd
D) Thomas A. Jones
  • 67. Who was dispatched from Washington to capture Booth in Virginia?
A) Colonel Everton Conger
B) Joseph 'Peanuts' Burroughs
C) Lieutenant Edward P. Doherty
D) Thomas A. Jones
  • 68. What was the significance of the phrase 'Sic semper tyrannis'?
A) It means 'Thus always to tyrants'.
B) It means 'In God we trust'.
C) It means 'Liberty or death'.
D) It means 'To the victor, the spoils'.
  • 69. In which web television series is Booth portrayed by Anthony Padilla?
A) Grant
B) Manhunt
C) Blame the Hero
D) Abraham Lincoln
  • 70. Which adaptation of Shakespeare's text is used in Booth's surviving promptbook?
A) Matthew Weiner adaptation
B) Colley Cibber 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) Bradford Dillman
C) John Derek
D) Ian Keith
  • 73. Which theatre company developed a staged reading of Booth's 'Richard III'?
A) The Hidden Room
B) Harry Ransom Center
C) Harvard Theatre Collection
D) Baltimore Center Stage
  • 74. What method did Booth and his partners use in an attempt to increase the well's output?
A) Water pressure
B) Explosives
C) Mechanical pumps
D) Steam
  • 75. How much crude oil did the Wilhelmina well yield daily?
A) 25 barrels
B) 20 barrels
C) 30 barrels
D) 15 barrels
  • 76. Which TV series featured all three Booth brothers interacting with the Morehouses and Elizabeth in New York City?
A) Timeless
B) Copper
C) Unsolved Mysteries
D) The Twilight Zone
  • 77. Which city did Booth visit in October that was a center of Confederate activity?
A) Richmond.
B) Montreal.
C) Baltimore.
D) New York City.
  • 78. What was Booth's reaction to the South's situation in the Civil War?
A) Indifferent
B) Uninterested
C) Supportive of the Union
D) Growing more obsessed
  • 79. Who was assigned to assassinate Vice President Andrew Johnson?
A) Powell.
B) Atzerodt.
C) Booth.
D) Herold.
  • 80. What is the title of G. J. A. O'Toole's historical fiction-mystery novel?
A) Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
B) Assassins
C) John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only
D) The Cosgrove Report
  • 81. What did Booth use to assassinate Lincoln?
A) Rifle.
B) Sword.
C) Knife.
D) .41 caliber Deringer pistol.
  • 82. Where did Booth stay during his trip to Montreal?
A) The Parker House.
B) St. Lawrence Hall.
C) National Hotel.
D) Old Soldiers Home.
  • 83. Where did the world premiere of 'John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only' take place?
A) Harry Ransom Center
B) Greenmount Cemetery
C) Baltimore Center Stage
D) Harvard Theatre Collection
  • 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 letter supporting Lincoln.
B) A novel about the Civil War.
C) A play about Southern life.
D) A long speech decriing Northern abolitionism.
  • 86. Where did Booth and his partners invest in an oil well in late 1863?
A) Franklin, Pennsylvania
B) New York, New York
C) Cleveland, Ohio
D) Boston, Massachusetts
  • 87. In which year did the miniseries 'Abraham Lincoln' depict Booth's shooting of Lincoln?
A) 2020
B) 2024
C) 2022
D) 2019
  • 88. What was the title of the play in which Booth played a Greek sculptor in costume at Ford's Theatre?
A) Hamlet
B) The Marble Heart
C) Richard III
D) Julius Caesar
  • 89. What was the name of Mears' wife, after whom the oil well was named?
A) Sarah
B) Elizabeth
C) Wilhelmina
D) Mary
  • 90. Who was not harmed during the assassination?
A) Clara Harris.
B) Mary Todd Lincoln.
C) Major Henry Rathbone.
D) John Wilkes Booth.
  • 91. What was Booth charged with in St. Louis in 1863?
A) Theft.
B) Espionage.
C) Making treasonous remarks against the government.
D) Assassination attempt.
  • 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) Sic semper tyrannis.
B) Carpe diem.
C) Veni, vidi, vici.
D) Eureka!
  • 94. What play was Booth planning to use as a cover for kidnapping Lincoln?
A) Othello.
B) Still Waters Run Deep.
C) Macbeth.
D) Hamlet.
  • 95. Which Confederate general called Booth's act 'a disgrace to the age'?
A) Edmund Spangler
B) Thomas A. Jones
C) Joseph E. Johnston
D) Robert E. Lee
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