QUESTIONS:
1. November 22 marked 40 years since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. How many U.S. Presidents have been victims of gunmen?
2. Prior to JFK, who was the last major U.S. officeholder to be slain by an assassin’s bullet?
3. What was the only building in Washington, D.C., that did not fly its flag at half-mast to mourn Kennedy’s death?
4. Who swore in Lyndon Johnson as President following JFK’s death?
5. Where did LBJ take the oath of office?
ANSWERS:
1. Four. Abraham Lincoln in 1865, James A. Garfield in 1881, William McKinley in 1901, and John F. Kennedy in 1963.
2. Sen. Huey P. Long (D.-La.), assassinated in Baton Rouge, La., in 1935.
3. The Teamsters Union building, under instructions from Teamster President and longtime Kennedy enemy James R. Hoffa.
4. U.S. District Court Judge Sarah T. Hughes.
5. On Air Force One
