Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kennedy Trivia Quiz

Answer: Harvard

John Kennedy graduated from Harvard in 1940. His senior thesis was turned into a book, "Why England Slept".

Answer: July 28, 1929

Jacqueline was born on July 28, 1929 to Janet Lee Bouvier and John "Black Jack" Bouvier. She was the first of the couple's two children. Jacqueline had a sister, Caroline Lee Bouvier, born about four years after her.

Answer: Newport, RI

John and Jacqueline were married on September 12, 1953 at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.

Answer: Hugh D. Auchincloss

Her father, John Bouvier, was expected to give her away, but he did not. Jackie's mother, Janet Auchincloss, did not invite old "Black Jack" to the wedding reception; he got drunk and was not able to perform his duties.

Answer: True

Besides being called Jackie, Jacqueline's father also called her "Jacks".

Answer: True

Jacqueline hated her wedding dress. Her mother, Janet picked it out and Jacqueline thought it looked like a lampshade. Ann Lowe, the designer of the dress, also designed the dress that Janet wore when she married Hugh D. Auchincloss Jr.

Answer: True

John studied Economics in England the year after he graduated from Choate before attending Harvard.

Answer: True

Jacqueline was a VERY heavy smoker. She smoked all the time, but she did not allow any pictures of her to be taken while she was smoking. Once at Merrywood, Jacqueline was smoking and heard her mother, Janet, coming. Before Janet got to her room, she threw the cigarette under a chair. Janet of course figured something was wrong when she smelled the chair burning.

Answer: Great Britain

Joe Kennedy was ambassador to Great Britain at the time WWII broke out in Europe.

Answer: French

Jacqueline's father's family was French. It was thought that the Bouviers descended from French aristocracy. Janet, Jacqueline's mother, was of Irish Catholic descent, a fact she did not want many to know. Janet attended Sweet Briar College in Virginia for a year after she graduated from prep school.

While there many people asked if she was related to Robert E. Lee and she told them 'yes'.

Answer: True

The Kennedys had a house built on Rattlesnake Mountain in Atoka, Viriginia. John hated it and Jacqueline dubbed it "Wexford" after the county in Ireland where the Kennedy ancestors lived.

Answer: Scrimshaw

John had many pieces of scrimshaw on his desk in the Oval Office. He was buried with a piece with the presidential seal on it.

Answer: Stanislaus Radziwill

Lee married the Polish prince, Stanislaus Radziwill. Stas left Poland during WWII and became a British citizen. This was Lee's second marriage. She had been married very briefly to Michael Canfield. Stas and Lee were married in 1958 and had two children, Tony and Christina. Tony died of cancer shortly after John Kennedy Jr. died.

Answer: True

Cardinal Cushing officiated at many Kennedy family functions.

Answer: True

Jacqueline and Rose did not get along very well. Rose thought the amount of time and money Jacqueline put into her appearance was too much. Jacqueline, on the other hand, thought that Rose was terribly vulgar for having nine children.