President Kennedy Trivia Questions With Answers
Who was the 35th President of the United States?
A: John F. Kennedy
During what time period did Kennedy serve as President of
the U.S.?”
A: January 20, 1961 – November 22,
1963
Who was Kennedy’s Vice President?
A: Lyndon B. Johnson.
Who preceded John F. Kennedy as President of the United
States?
A: Dwight D. Eisenhower.
What was Kennedy’s birth name?
A: John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Where was John Fitzgerald Kennedy born?
A: At 83 Beals Street in Brookline,
Massachusetts.
On what date was he born?
A: May 29, 1917.
Who wash John’s father?
A: Businessman and politician Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Sr.
Who was John’s mother?
A: Philanthropist and socialite Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald-Kennedy.
All four of Kennedy’s grandparents were the children of
immigrants from where?
A: Ireland.
Who were John’s brothers?
A: Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Jr., Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, and
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy.
How did Joseph, Jr. die?
A: In action during World War II.
Robert and Ted were both prominent what?
A: Senators.
Who were Kennedy’s sisters?
A: Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy, Kathleen Agnes "Kick" Kennedy, Eunice Mary
Kennedy, Patricia Helen "Pat" Kennedy, and Jean Ann Kennedy.
What did Kennedy’s sister Eunice found?
A: The Special Olympics while Jean served as United States Ambassador to Ireland
from 1993-1998.
What elementary schools did John F. Kennedy attend?
A: He attended the Edward Devotion School, the Noble and Greenough Lower School,
and the Dexter School through 4th grade
Where did the Kennedy family move to in
1927?
A: 5040 Independence Avenue in Riverdale, Bronx,
New York City.
Two years later, where did they move to?
A: 294 Pondfield Road in Bronxville, New York, where Kennedy was a member of
Scout Troop 2.
Where did the Kennedy family spent summers?
A: At their home in Hyannisport, Massachusetts.
Where did they spend
Christmas and
Easter
holidays?
A: At their winter home in Palm Beach, Florida.
From 5th-7th grade, John attended what school?
A: Riverdale Country School, a private school for boys.
In September 1930, John—now 13 years old—attended the Canterbury School in New Milford, Connecticut.
In late April 1931, what did he require?
A: An appendectomy.
In September 1931, Kennedy was sent to what school?
A: The Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut for 9th through 12th grade.
While attending Choate, Kennedy was beset by
health
problems that culminated in 1934 with what?
A: His emergency hospitalization at Yale – New Haven Hospital.
Kennedy was admitted to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota in June 1934, and diagnosed with what?
A: Colitis.
Where did Kennedy spend the spring of
1936 working as a
ranch hand?
A: On the 40,000 acres "Jay Six"
cattle ranch outside Benson,
Arizona.
In September 1936, where did John F. Kennedy enroll?
A: At Harvard College.
He tried out for the football,
golf, and swimming teams and
earned a spot on what team?
A: The varsity swimming team.
In 1939, Kennedy toured
Europe, the Soviet Union, the
Balkans, and the Middle East in preparation for what?
A: His Harvard senior honors thesis.
As an upperclassman at Harvard, Kennedy became a more
serious student and developed an interest in what?
A: Political philosophy.
In his junior year, he made the what?
A: Dean's List.
In September 1941, after
medical disqualification by the
Army for his chronic lower back problems, Kennedy joined what?
A: The U.S. Navy.
On August 2, 1943, Kennedy's boat, the PT-109, was rammed
by what?
A: The Japanese destroyer Amagiri.
When was Kennedy honorably discharged?
A: Just prior to Japan's surrender in
1945.