John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. Who was the 34th president?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Harry S. Truman
The Cold War was ongoing during JFK's presidency from 1961–1963. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during that time?
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgy Malenkov
During what war was John F. Kennedy awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal?
Korean War
World War II
The Great War
Vietnam War
Who was the Republican candidate that John F. Kennedy beat out to win the 1960 presidential election?
Richard Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy is considered to be the first _____ US president.
Irish
Clean shaven
Harvard-educated
Catholic
What was the name of JFK's failed 1961 attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro in Cuba?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Operation Freedom
Operation Eagle Claw
In 1961, the year JFK became president, what major achievement did the Soviet Union become the first in the world to accomplish?
Invented the polio vaccine
Sent a person to space
Won a gold medal in hockey
Landed a rover on the moon
What popular film would win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1964 months after JFK was assassinated?
Tom Jones
My Fair Lady
Cleopatra
The Sound of Music
How old was Lee Harvey Oswald when he assassinated John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963?
After being convicted of Lee Harvey Oswald's murder, the appellate court granted Jack Ruby a new trial. Why did the second trial never take place?
Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested at the Texas Theater where he was hiding in a movie theater. What movie was playing at the time?
The Birds
Cleopatra
War is Hell
From Russia With Love
John F. Kennedy was the youngest US president to win an election at 43 years of age. Which US president was actually the youngest to hold office at the age of 42?
Ulysses S. Grant
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Pierce
The month before his death, JFK signed the "Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty" which banned the testing of all nuclear weapons except if it took place where?
In the desert
Underwater
Underground
In space
JFK was the US president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. How long did this crisis last?
27 days
6 days
13 days
19 days
Who became president of the United States following JFK's assassination in 1963?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
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