John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. Who was the 34th president?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
The Cold War was ongoing during JFK's presidency from 1961–1963. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during that time?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Georgy Malenkov
Nikita Khrushchev
During what war was John F. Kennedy awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal?
The Great War
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
Who was the Republican candidate that John F. Kennedy beat out to win the 1960 presidential election?
Richard Nixon
Thomas E. Dewey
Barry Goldwater
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy is considered to be the first _____ US president.
Irish
Harvard-educated
Catholic
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
Cuban Missile Crisis
Operation Eagle Claw
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
Invented the polio vaccine
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?
My Fair Lady
The Sound of Music
Tom Jones
Cleopatra
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
Cleopatra
From Russia With Love
The Birds
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?
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Pierce
Ulysses S. Grant
Grover Cleveland
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 space
In the desert
Underwater
Underground
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?
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
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