The Warren Commission and its Findings Quiz

Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald

Many different groups have been blamed for the assassination, but the Commission found that Oswald was alone responsible.

Answer: Three

The Commission found that Oswald fired three shots. One of the shots missed, and depending on which one it was, Oswald had between 4.6 and 7.9 seconds to fire all three shots.

Answer: Texas School Book Depository

Lee Oswald was employed as an order filler at the Texas School Book Depository. He began work there in late October, 1963 and was earning $1.25 an hour.

Answer: In a boarding house in Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas

Oswald was staying in a boarding house situated at 1026 North Beckley Street in Oak Cliff, approximately 2 miles from his workplace. He had a tiny room for which he paid $8 per week.

Answer: Mannlicher Carcano

The rifle was found to have been purchased by mail order by Oswald in March, 1963. In April, he attempted to shoot right-wing General Edwin Walker. Oswald fired a shot through a window in Walker's residence, which was deflected by the frame and passed so closed to the General that it passed through his hair. Forensic tests concluded that the attempted killing of Walker and President Kennedy's assassination were carried out using the same weapon, namely Oswald's Mannlicher Carcano.

Answer: Gerald R. Ford

Chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the members were Senators Richard B. Russell (Georgia), John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky), Representatives Gerald Ford (Michigan) Hale Boggs (Louisiana), Allen W. Dulles (former head of the Central Intelligence Agency) and John J. McCloy (former head of the World Bank, who served as an advisor).

Answer: John B. Connally

John B. Connally served as the 39th Governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969. He is most widely remembered for being seriously wounded in the same limousine during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on 22 November 1963.

Answer: The Magic Bullet

Properly called the "Single Bullet Theory", it is one of the most controversial aspects of the Warren Report. Formulated by Commission counsel, Arlen Spector, the theory posits that President Kennedy and Governor Connally were struck by a single bullet that passed through both men.

The theory states that the President was hit in the upper back/ neck area with the missile exiting his throat and going on to pass through the Governor's chest, break his right wrist and end up in his left thigh where it fell out at Parkland Hospital and was discovered on a stretcher. Critics said that the bullet followed an impossible trajectory, but it was later demonstrated to be a physical possibility.

Answer: 26

The 26 volumes of hearings, testimony and exhibits were published on November 23rd, 1964,to support the official report. Volumes 1-5 consisted of testimony collected in Washington DC, and included testimony from family members, agency directors and other witnesses. Volumes 6-15 consisted of testimony gathered by staff attorneys in cities such as Dallas and New Orleans, where Oswald was born and lived in the year prior to the assassination.

These volumes encompass interviews with police, medical staff and bystanders during the assassination. Volumes 16-26 consisted of Commission exhibits.

Answer: $3.25

A paperback version was published simultaneously which cost $2.50. The 26 accompanying volumes retailed for $76.00, which is the equivalent of approximately $800 in 2026.