JFK Assassination

Question 1

The assassination took place while the President’s motorcade was riding through this plaza.

Answer 1

Dealey Plaza

Question 2

These three individuals were riding with the President when he was shot.

Answer 2

Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife Nellie Connally.

Question 3

Both Kennedy and Oswald were taken to this hospital after being shot.

Answer 3

Parkland Memorial Hospital

Question 4

Kennedy’s assassination marked the fourth in US history, following these three former presidents.

Answer 4

Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley

Question 5

President Kennedy was riding in this type of car when assassinated.

Answer 5

Lincoln Continental convertible limousine

Question 6

This is where President Kennedy’s autopsy was performed.

Answer 6

Bethesda Naval Hospital (Walter Reed)

Question 7

The only trial to occur in response to the assassination of President Kennedy was centered around this New Orleans businessman. He was found not guilty.

Answer 7

Clay Shaw

Question 8

While not as famous as a certain film account of the assassination, this man was able to record the final seconds of the assassination.

Answer 8

Orville Nix

Question 9

This congressional committee was formed to investigate the assassinations of JFK and MLK Jr. In regards to the former, they ruled that his death was the result of a conspiracy.

Answer 9

US House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

Question 10

Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK from inside of this building.

Answer 10

Texas School Book Depository

Question 11

Oswald was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps and defected to the Soviet Union in October 1959. He lived in this city until June 1962.

Answer 11

Minsk

Question 12

About 45 minutes after Oswald assassinated Kennedy, he shot and killed this Dallas police officer on a local street.

Answer 12

J. D. Tippit

Question 13

On April 10, 1963, Oswald attempted to kill this retired U.S. Major General.

Answer 13

Edwin Walker

Question 14

This group was formed by President Lyndon B. Johnson through Executive Order 11130 on November 29, 1963 in order to investigate the JFK assassination.

Answer 14

The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (The “Warren Commission”)

Question 15

This individual captured the entirety of the Kennedy assassination on color film.

Answer 15

Abraham Zapruder

Question 16

The Warren Commission’s “single bullet theory” is generally credited to this commission staffer and eventual US senator.

Answer 16

Arlen Specter

Question 17

A model of this Italian rifle was used to assassinate President Kennedy.

Answer 17

Carcano