Witnesses

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1. Like Jacqueline Kennedy, Mary Todd Lincoln had the misfortune of sitting next to her husband at the time that he was assassinated. What happened to Mary? Suicide She died that night Placed in an asylum Alcoholism

2. One of the most famous radio broadcasts in the world has a radio announcer being horrified by a disaster that he is witnessing. "Oh, the humanity" is the phrase that is oft repeated. What was the event that Herb Morrison was describing? Sinking of the Titanic Sinking of the Lusitania Loss of a squadron of planes in the Bermuda Triangle Crash of the Hindenburg

3. Albert Camus was so moved upon witnessing an execution that he later wrote against capital punishment. What form of execution did Camus witness? Hanging Guillotine Firing Squad Lethal Injection

4. Which author wrote about his experiences and observations of other prisoners while imprisoned in Reading Gaol? Ezra Pound Oscar Wilde Richard Lovelace Thomas Kyd

5. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln: the Lincolns were accompanied to the theatre (and joined in their box) by Major Henry Rathbone and his friend, Clara Harris. What later happened to Rathbone? Rathbone married Harris All of these Rathbone murdered Harris Rathbone was placed in an asylum for the "criminally insane"

6. Many books have been written by people who claim to have witnessed the capture, imprisonment or execution of this famous person. Jack the Ripper Amelia Earhart John Dillinger Billy the Kid

7. Which theorist emphasized a child's witnessing of the "primal scene" (sex between the child's parents) as having a profound effect on the psychological development of the child? John B. Watson Sigmund Freud B.F. Skinner Carl Jung

8. There are, of course, many people who claim to have witnessed the appearance of flying saucers. The most famous UFO incident may well be the crash in Roswell, New Mexico. While few claim to have witnessed the actual crash, some claim to have witnessed first-hand the wreckage. Which of these people is one of those claimants? Chris Costner Jesse Marcel Jean Hill Ingram Frizer

9. Many people claim to have seen unusual creatures. Which of these names is NOT one that has been given to these creatures? Brobdingnag Abominable Snowman Sasquatch Ogopogo

10. A young girl named Bernadette became internationally famous when she claimed to have been a witness to the appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Where did this occur? Rheims Fatima Lourdes Rouen