JFK Assassinated! Trivia Quiz

Answer: 6.5-millimeter Mannlicher-Carcano rifle

The Warren Commission described the weapon as: "[a] bolt-action, clip-fed rifle found on the sixth floor of the Depository... [it] is inscribed with various markings, including "MADE ITALY," "CAL. 6.5," "1940" and the number C2766...identified by the FBI as a 6.5-millimeter model 91/38 Mannlicher-Carcano rifle." (SOURCE: "Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy," September 24, 1964; commonly known as the "Warren Commission Report.")

Answer: Elm Street

The Presidential limousine had just turned left from Houston Street to Elm street, and was traveling at about 11 miles per hour on Elm when the bullets struck the President.

Answer: Sara T. Hughes

Judge Sara T. Hughes of Dallas was a long-time personal friend of President Johnson. She was appointed to the Federal bench by President Kennedy in 1961.

Answer: Trade Mart

The original plan called for the Presidential motorcade to deliver JFK and his party to the Trade Mart in Dallas, the venue selected for the luncheon. After the luncheon, President and Mrs. Kennedy intended to fly to Austin to attend a Democratic Party fund-raising dinner.

Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald fired the shots that killed the President; however, Kennedy was probably killed as the result of a conspiracy.

The House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at Kennedy, two of which struck him. The third shot fired by Oswald killed the President. The Committee also concluded that "...scientific acoustical evidence establishes a high probability that two gunmen fired at President John F. Kennedy," and that, "on the basis of the evidence available to it, that President John F. Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy." (SOURCE: Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives, March 29, 1979)

Answer: Parkland Memorial Hospital

Kennedy was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, located on Harry Hines Boulevard, about three miles from the site of the assassination.

Answer: Dr. Malcolm Perry

In his now famous press conference of November 22, 1963, Dr. Malcolm Perry described the pandemonium of the emergency room at Parkland Hospital, and his unsuccessful efforts to save the life of President Kennedy. Dr. Kemp Clark, a neurosurgeon, assisted Dr. Perry.

Answer: 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time

Drs. Perry and Clark officially pronounced JFK dead at exactly 1:00 p.m. Central Standard Time, November 22, 1963.

Answer: Texas Theater

Oswald was arrested at the Texas Theater on Jefferson Boulevard in Dallas. The theater was located about eight blocks from where Oswald allegedly shot and killed a Dallas police officer.

Answer: Captain Will Fritz

According to the Warren Commission Report, Captain Will Fritz, of the robbery and homicide division, did most of the questioning. The Warren Commission Report also says that he kept no notes of his interviews with Oswald. However, notes in Fritz's handwriting later mysteriously "appeared" in time for the publication of FBI Special Agent James Hosty's memoirs of the assassination.

These notes were released by the Assassination Records Review Board in 1997.

Answer: "Cry of Battle" and "War is Hell"

"Cry of Battle" and "War is Hell" have been described as a pair of very mediocre grade B war films.

Answer: Detectives Leavelle and Graves

The Warren Commission Report states that Oswald was handcuffed to Detective J.R. Leavelle, who was to his right. Detective L.C. Graves was to Oswald's left. They may be seen in the famous photograph, looking on in horror, as Jack Ruby fires a fatal bullet into Oswald's abdomen.

Answer: Patrolman J.D. Tippit

According to eyewitness accounts, Patrolman J.D. Tippit stopped Oswald while the suspected assassin was walking on along a sidewalk near where he lived. When Tippit got out of his police car and approached Oswald to question him, Oswald shot and killed him.

Answer: The conclusions reached in the Oliver Stone film "JFK"

Chapter One of the Kennedy Assassinations Records Review Board final report actually cites two major factors that led to the passage of the "President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992:" the conclusions reached in the Oliver Stone film "JFK;" and continuing frustration at the lack of access to sensitive records.

Answer: Arlen Specter

In 1963-64, Arlen Specter was an assistant counsel to the Warren Commission. Specter is mentioned by several sources as the man who formulated the theory that the same bullet that passed through President Kennedy's neck also struck Texas Governor Connally, causing seven distinct wounds to both men. Several sources (most notably the film "JFK") persuasively argue that this bullet, traveling in a more-or-less straight line trajectory, could not possibly have inflicted all seven of these wounds.