John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. Who was the 34th president?
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Cold War was ongoing during JFK's presidency from 1961–1963. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during that time?
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgy Malenkov
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
During what war was John F. Kennedy awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal?
The Great War
Korean War
Vietnam War
World War II
Who was the Republican candidate that John F. Kennedy beat out to win the 1960 presidential election?
Thomas E. Dewey
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
John F. Kennedy is considered to be the first _____ US president.
Irish
Catholic
Harvard-educated
Clean shaven
What was the name of JFK's failed 1961 attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro in Cuba?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Operation Eagle Claw
Cuban Missile Crisis
Operation Freedom
In 1961, the year JFK became president, what major achievement did the Soviet Union become the first in the world to accomplish?
Sent a person to space
Won a gold medal in hockey
Invented the polio vaccine
Landed a rover on the moon
What popular film would win the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1964 months after JFK was assassinated?
Cleopatra
My Fair Lady
The Sound of Music
Tom Jones
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?
War is Hell
The Birds
Cleopatra
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?
Franklin Pierce
Ulysses S. Grant
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
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?
Underground
In the desert
In space
Underwater
JFK was the US president during the Cuban Missile Crisis. How long did this crisis last?
6 days
13 days
19 days
27 days
Who became president of the United States following JFK's assassination in 1963?
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
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