How well informed are the American people about the JFK assassination

[John Corbett]

https://triviavault.co.in/play.php?slug=jfk-assassination-facts-myths-conspiracy-theories&utm_source=msads&utm_medium=a&utm_campaign=524173807&utm_term=keyword&utm_content=82876117290326&t1=a&t2=524173807&t3=1326013890801084&t4=msads&t5=82876117290326

The above link is to a dirt simply, 15 question, JFKA quiz. I would bet that most of the participants on this forum would be able to get all 15 right without breaking a sweat. I wouldn't say the same about those in the general public. While it is impossible to know without actually administering this quiz to a group of randomly selected people, I would gladly wager that not one in ten would be able to answer all 15 correctly and that not one in five would even get 5 of the 15 correct. What the average person doesn't know about the JFKA could fill a book. In fact, countless authors have proven that by continuing to crank out books with new conspiracy angles, as well as old recycled ones.

CTs point with pride to polls that show a clear majority of people believe people other than Oswald were behind the assassination. With a populace that knows so little about the JFKA, and most of what they think they know they probably "learned" from Oliver Stone's movie, it's not at all surprising that a majority of people still believe the conspiracy hype.

There is no mystery to who shot JFK and there hasn't been since day one. The only question worth contemplating is whether he had any accomplices. Despite an army of researchers looking for such evidence for 62 years, no one has come up with any credible evidence that such accomplices existed. At 74 years of age, I feel safe in saying no one ever will in my lifetime. So many CTs, famous and unfamous have gone to their graves without ever discovering any such evidence. The same fate awaits all CTs. All the books written during the past 62 years postulating JFK died via a conspiracy will be relegated to history's clearance table. The same holds true of what has been offered on this and countless other JFKA forums.

[David Von Pein]

Among people who have taken that particular JFK Assassination trivia quiz (as of June 29, 2026), only 8% of the participants have been able to achieve a perfect score.

Here are my results after I took the quiz....

https://triviavault.co.in/results/jfk-assassination-quiz

[Charles Collins]

If the questions and comments I see on the JFK Assassination Discussion Group on Facebook are any indication, most people are not very well informed about the JFK assassination. I got into a heated discussion with a cousin’s wife a few weeks ago. It wasn’t about the JFK assassination. But I happened to make a comparison that involved what a lot of people believe about the JFK assassination. She looked at me incredulously and said: “how do you KNOW this”? I simply said that I had done a lot of research over many years. There was no response from her after I said that. So, I think the real issue is that most people have only seen a limited amount of conspiracy related books/movies/discussions. They haven’t done any significant research of the actual investigation or evidence.

[Lance Payette]

The question itself is absurd. Watch any news program where they quiz people, including college students, about historical events. Nixon was President in World War II, etc., etc. Not 0.00001% of people who weren't alive at the time know or care anything about JFK or the JFKA. This is a fantasy of the 0.000001% who are obsessed with it. The polls showing large percentages "think there was a conspiracy" mean nothing more than large percentages once saw a TV program pushing the conspiracy angle. The last straw for me was a golf telecast where they good-naturedly quizzed pro golfers about The Beatles. These included some 40-year-olds and NOT ONE could name the four Beatles - simply John, Paul, George and Ringo.

[John Corbett]

Among people who have taken that particular JFK Assassination trivia quiz (as of June 29, 2026), only 8% of the participants have been able to achieve a perfect score.

I didn't notice the overall ranking when I guessed that not 1 in 10 could get all 15 answers correct. Looks like I made a pretty good guess.

I'm going to retake the quiz and deliberately miss 10 questions to test my hypothesis that not 1 in 5 people would even get 5 questions correct.

[Lance Payette]

I didn't notice the overall ranking when I guessed that not 1 in 10 could get all 15 answers correct. Looks like I made a pretty good guess.

I'm going to retake the quiz and deliberately miss 10 questions to test my hypothesis that not 1 in 5 people would even get 5 questions correct.

I would be willing to bet that NOTHING LIKE 8% or 10% of the populace could get 15 right. My guess would be that either (1) the quiz was of interest only to the miniscule percentage who actually care anything about the JFKA and/or (2) a substantial percentage started off so badly they said the hell with it and didn't finish. I would bet my house, car and Callaway driver that 10% couldn't tell you the YEAR of the JFKA.

[John Corbett]

In trying to retake the quiz and deliberately miss 10 questions, when I clicked on the link I provided in the OP, my system security indicated it was not a secure site. In trying to find another way to reach the quiz, I came across a similar 15 question quiz. This one is a little tougher. I actually missed #11.

https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/World/JFK-Assassinated-103854.html

After I submitted my answers, it indicated that the average score was 8. That is a little better than I estimated although I would guess that the people who took the time to answer the questions had some interest in the subject so it might not be representative of the public at large.

I was surprised to learn there are lots of similar quizzes and all the ones I looked at were 15 questions.