Numbers Game
Number of people in the President's box at the theatre?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
a. 4
Who shot Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Place where Lincoln was shot
a. The White House
b. Ford's Theatre
c. The Star Saloon
Ford's Theatre
Name of the play that Lincoln was going to see
a. Hamilton
b. Romeo and Juliet
c. Our American Cousin
c. Our American Cousin
Number President that Lincoln was:
a. 12th
b. 16th
c. 17th
b. 16th
Who was the Confederate General who surrendered to end the Civil War.
a. General Robert E. Lee
b. General Davis
c. General Eisenhower
a. General Robert E. Lee
Where was Lincoln's bodyguard when Lincoln was shot?
a. At the theater, where he is supposed to be.
b. At the White House
c. At a bar?!
c. At a bar?!
Seriously. He was at the bar.
Why Grant didn't go to the theatre with Lincoln?
a. His wife was feeling sick.
b. He secretly hates theater.
c. He was feeling sick.
a. His wife was feeling sick.
Date Lincoln was shot
a. April 15th, 1865
b. April 13th, 1865
c. April 14th, 1865
c. April 14, 1865
Who was the 18th President of the United States who was supposed to go to the theatre with Lincoln?
a. Andrew Johnson
b. Alexander Hamilton
c. Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Where did Lincoln die?
a. A barn
b. A theater
c. In a boarding house across the street from where he was shot.
In a boarding house across the street from where he was shot.
What Booth did immediately yell after shooting Lincoln?
a. "6 7!"
b. "Sic semper tyannis!"
c. "Death to Lincoln!"
b. "Sic semper tyannis!" (Thus always to tyrants)
Date that Lincoln died
a. April 13th, 1865
b. April 14th, 1865
c. April 15th, 1865
c. April 15, 1865
Soldier that shot and killed Booth
a. General Lee
b. Andrew Jackson
c. Boston Corbett
Who is Boston Corbett
In what state was Booth killed?
a. New York
b. Virginia
c. Maryland
b. Virginia
What was John Booth's job?
a. Soldier
b. Lawyer
c. Professional Actor
c. Professional Actor
What is the date the conspirators were executed?
a. July 4th, 1865
b. July 6th, 1865
c. July 7th, 1865
July 7th, 1865
The single woman involved in the plot to kill Lincoln.
a. Kara Greshwalk
b. Mary Surratt
c. Mary Todd Lincoln
b. Mary Surratt
What kind of building was booth shot in?
a. a house
b. a barn
c. a theater
b. A Barn
What is a conspiracy?
a. A plot involving more than one person, often to commit a crime.
b. A plot involving just one person, often to commit a crime.
c. A theory that there's a much deeper plot going on.
a. A plot involving more than one person, often to commit a crime.