Assassination

Question 1

assassination date

Answer 1

22nd November 1963

Question 2

11:40

Answer 2

JFK, Jackie, and rest of presidential entourage arrive at Love Field in Dallas to begin reelection campaign and raise funds

Question 3

11:45

Answer 3

Kennedys take a back seat in their open-topped Lincoln Continental limousine for drive to Dealey Plaza. Governor Connally and his wife Nellie sit in jump seats.

Question 4

12:22

Answer 4

after traveling south-east for Love Field Airport, car arrives in downtown Dallas

Question 5

12:29

Answer 5

motorcade drives into Dealey Plaza; “No one can say Dallas doesn’t love and respect you, Mr. President.”- Nellie Connally

Question 6

12:30

Answer 6

three shots ring out from 6th floor of Texas School Book Depository
1st shot- deflected by oak tree and ricochets off pavement
2nd shot- hits Kennedy’s neck, not fatally. Continues to hit Governor Connally in the back and left thigh
3rd shot- hits JFK in the head

Question 7

13:00

Answer 7

pronounced dead
CBS News anchor, Walter Cronkite, informs nation that JFK is dead

Question 7

13:15

Answer 7

Lee Harvey Oswald is stopped by police officer, J.D. Tippit, in residential area of Oak Cliff. Tippit shot dead. Oswald seen running from the scene with a revolver in hand.

Question 7

12:36

Answer 7

car arrives at Parkland Memorial Hospital after racing from Dealey Plaza

Question 8

13:22

Answer 8

Dallas police find rife and 3 cartridge cases on 6th floor of book depository

Question 9

13:55

Answer 9

Oswald arrested at Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff for murder of J.D. Tippit

Question 10

14:38

Answer 10

VP Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president aboard Air Force One