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Comprehensive Quiz on John F. Kennedy

This quiz tests your knowledge on the life, achievements, and historical significance of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States.

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1 In the 1956 presidential election, presidential nominee ________ left the choice of a Vice Presidential nominee to the Democratic convention, and Kennedy finished second in that balloting to Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee.

2 How is John F. Kennedy described?

3 When was John F. Kennedy School of Government established?

4 Which of the following battles did John F. Kennedy take part in?

5 Which is currently the premier party of John F. Kennedy?

6 What is John F. Kennedy also known as?

7 What order does John F. Kennedy belong to?

8 Who of the following was a child of John F. Kennedy?

9 What is the home port of Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109?

10 When did John F. Kennedy die?

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • during the January 1961 nor'easter on the eve of John F. Kennedy's presidential inauguration, thousands of abandoned cars led to massive traffic jams, including on the inauguration parade route.
  • an attack on Freedom Riders in May 1961 at the Greyhound Bus Station in Montgomery, Alabama, led the Kennedy administration to side, for the first time, with civil rights activists.
  • the IrazĂş volcano in Costa Rica erupted violently in 1963, on the day U.S. President John F. Kennedy arrived in the country for a state visit.
  • the tradition of a themed White House Christmas tree was started in 1961 by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (pictured, with JFK and tree).
  • while visiting Mödlareuth in 1983, then U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush alluded to John F. Kennedy's statement "Ich bin ein Berliner" by exclaiming, "Ich bin ein Mödlareuther!".
  • Dr. Fred Conklin received the Legion of Merit for setting up a mobile hospital in New Caledonia and later presented a medal to John F. Kennedy for heroism on the PT 109.
  • Women Strike for Peace played a crucial role in bringing down the HUAC and were acknowledged by both U Thant and John F. Kennedy as a factor in the adoption of the Limited Test Ban Treaty.
  • Louis Lesser developed Barrington Plaza, the largest urban renewal project in the western United States under President John F. Kennedy, as well as many of Howard Hughes' properties.
  • James W. Treffinger went on to become a Republican County executive of Essex County, New Jersey, even though his Catholic family "idolized" FDR and Kennedy.
  • Malcolm Perry was the first doctor to attend to President Kennedy and performed a tracheotomy which inadvertently destroyed ballistics evidence key to determining who assassinated the president.
  • Nigel Hamilton's biography of the young John F. Kennedy, JFK: Reckless Youth, was turned into a television miniseries of the same name starring Patrick Dempsey as JFK.
  • The University of Texas Longhorn Band performed for inaugurations of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.
  • actress Dorothy Kilgallen, who claimed to have information about the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, died under suspicious circumstances.
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