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Executions in History

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Crime and Punishment : Executions in History

Introduction:
"Here's a gory subject for your entertainment and enlightenment: the history of executions all over the world."


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


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


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


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) ____.
    spy
    adulterer
    Quaker
    witch


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


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


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