"JFK" - The Movie Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rose Cheramie

Rose Cheramie was a drug addict and prostitute who was rushed to the hospital after being hit by a car. She tried to warn the doctors and the police about the plan to kill Kennedy but was ignored because she was high on drugs.

Answer: Guy Bannister

Guy Bannister was a CIA agent and a strong Kennedy detractor. The evening of the assassination, he assaulted his good friend, Jack Martin, because he believed he went through his files. He died within a year after the murder.

Answer: He went ice skating in Houston.

David Ferrie was a pilot and another Kennedy foe. He denied that he ever knew Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin, although he admitted to it later. New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison detained him further because he found Ferrie's story unbelievable.

Answer: He was a Communist.

Jim Garrison visited O'Keefe, a homosexual gigolo, in prison. O'Keefe was doing time for hustling. He also told Garrison he knew David Ferrie, who introduced him to Oswald and claimed Ferrie wanted to go to Cuba to murder Castro, but Kennedy ordered a blockade. Ferrie then decided to kill Kennedy instead. O'Keefe also claimed that Kennedy stole the election from Richard Nixon.

Answer: false

Beverly Oliver was a showgirl at Jack Ruby's nightclub in Dallas. Ruby introduced her to Oswald and Ferrie. She wasn't impressed with Oswald because she didn't think he was very good looking, didn't seem to have any money and was in a bad mood. She was a witness at the School Book Depository when Kennedy was shot.

She was reluctant to testify, thinking that if they killed the president, they wouldn't think twice before killing her.

Answer: There would be no safe place for him.

Jack Ruby was responsible for murdering Oswald. He had a meeting with Chief Justice Earl Warren in prison. Ruby was afraid if he told the truth in Dallas, he would be killed. He then conceded he wanted to tell the truth, then leave this world.

Answer: It was a mystery inside the riddle of an enigma.

David Ferrie met with Garrison and his associates in a hotel room. He was terrified because cops and press members were hounding him and he was afraid he'd be killed. He confessed that he knew Oswald, Ruby and Shaw. He also said the murder was so confusing that even the shooters didn't know who the actual killer was.

Answer: Mr.X

Mr. X was a stranger who gave Garrison detailed information about what was behind the scenes pertaining to Kennedy's murder but did not state how he knew. He also refused to testify, fearing the consequences.

Answer: A stranger called their daughter claiming she was in a beauty contest.

Garrison's daughter, Virginia, received a call stating that he entered her in a beauty contest and the caller wanted a full description of her. Garrison watched on the news that Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and seemed more concerned over that than his daughter's safety. Liz threatened to leave him and take the kids. Garrison's son Jasper told him he was scared. Garrison assured him it was okay and that the truth can scare anyone.

It even scared Kennedy and he was a brave man.

Answer: Clay Shaw was acquitted.

After a long speech by Garrison to prove Shaw's guilt, the jury acquitted him due to lack of evidence and a shortage of witnesses. After Shaw's acquittal, Garrison was asked if he would resign. He replied that he would run again and win. He also said he would devote the rest of his life to finding out who the real killer was. He owed that to Kennedy and to the country.