Executions in History

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1. This person has the distinction of being the first victim of the French guillotine, in 1792. Robespierre Claude Rossetier Marie Antoinette Jacques Pelletier

2. Thomas Cranmer became a martyr when he was burned at the stake in England in 1556. What title did he hold? Archbishop of Canterbury Prince of Wales Duke of Sussex Earl of Sussex

3. What claim to fame does William Kemmler have? First victim of the electric chair Inventor of electric chair First to die by lethal injection Last to be executed in Great Britain

4. In 1982, Charles Brooks became the first person in the US to be executed by lethal injection. In what state did this occur? Florida Pennsylvania Mississippi Texas

5. In one of the biggest ironies of history, this king, who helped to develop the guillotine, was later a victim of it. Louis XVI Philip II Louis XIV Henry VIII

6. Alice Arden, burned alive in Canterbury, England, in 1551, became the subject of a famous Elizabethan play, "Arden of Feversham". What was her crime? killing her children killing her husband treason adultery

7. Which day of the week was traditionally used for executions, becoming known as "Hangman's Day"? Answer: (One Word- day of the week)

8. Mary Dyer was hanged in Boston, US, in 1660. Her crime was being a(n) ____. adulterer Quaker witch spy

9. This philosopher is credited with being the first to speak out against capital punishment. Erasmus Cesare Beccaria Soren Kierkegaard Karl Marx

10. Most people know that Socrates was executed by drinking hemlock in 399 BC - but what was his crime? treason corruption of morals of youth murder heresy