Death Becomes Them

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1. Part of the so-called 'War of Currents' waged in the United States in the late 1880s, concerned which type of electricity, AC or DC, would be used in state sanctioned executions (the electric chair). This spirited debate was carried on between several prominent inventors including Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse and Nikolas Tesla. One of these people attempted to popularize the usage of a term for what is known today as electrocution. What was this term? Being edisonized. Being westinghoused. Being teslarated. None of these

2. What was the name of the first person to be executed in the electric chair in the United States. Edwin R Davis Harold P Brown Joseph Chapplean William Kemmler

3. What was the name of the first person to be executed in the gas chamber in the United States. Gee Jon Tom Quong Hop Sing Hughie Sing

4. Who was the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States? Woody Loudres Charles Brooks Robert Reinhart David Gregory

5. Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate on whom the movie 'Natural Born Killers' was loosely based, murdered 11 people in the late 1950 s. Starkweather was executed 25 June 1959 in Nebraska for his part in these murders. What became of Caril Fugate? She was also executed. She was paroled. She is still in prison. She died in prison.

6. Since the death penalty was re-instated in the US in 1976, which of the following states does not rank in the top five states in terms of most legal executions as of 2007? Oklahoma Florida Missouri Alabama

7. The gas used for execution in gas chambers in the United States was of the same chemical composition as the gas most widely used by the Nazis for the mass executions of Jewish people during the Holocaust of World War II. True False

8. Gary Gilmore was executed in Utah January 17, 1977. Which of the following is NOT true regarding Gilmore. He was the first person executed in the US after capital punishment was reinstated. His trial lasted only three days. His death inspired the recording and release of two songs. Gilmore opted for hanging.

9. What was the name of the first woman to be executed in the electric chair? Brenda Vicarro Matilda Matthews Amy Fletcher Martha Place

10. Charles Justice suggested improvements to the electric chair's restraint system while serving time in the Ohio State Penitentiary in 1900. These improvements were implemented. After his parole, Justice was convicted in a capital offense and was executed in the same electric chair to which he had suggested the improvements. True False