A Dish Best Served Cold Trivia Quiz

Answer: Khan Noonien Singh

"The Wrath of Khan" is widely attributed with the rebirth of the "Star Trek" franchise, and is considered by many critics among the best of the "Star Trek" films. Khan - played by Ricardo Montalban - had become insanely driven in his pursuit of revenge on Captain Kirk.

Answer: Made $1 million in purchases on his credit cards

Craig and Weisz began a low-key courtship during the filming of the movie "Dream House", and then decided to get married. Apparently the wedding came as a surprise to Craig's former fiancee, Satsuki Mitchell, who was still living with him when he started the filming.

Answer: Kill Bill Vol. 1

In this action thriller directed by Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman plays The Bride, and David Carradine plays Bill. After waking from a four-year coma, with her daughter missing, The Bride sets out to kill all the members of her former team, the Deadly Vipers Assassination Squad.

The original film was over four hours in length, so it was split into two parts - "Kill Bill Vol 1" and "Kill Bill Vol 2".

Answer: Hanging, drawing, and quartering

A most gruesome punishment, the convicted were drawn behind a horse to the place of hanging, then hung almost to the point of death. Their bodies were then dismembered, beheaded, and quartered, and often their remains were displayed in prominent parts of the country.

For purposes of decency, women convicted of high treason were burned at the stake.

The official punishment for high treason in England evolved slightly during the 19th century, and was finally made obsolete in 1870.

Answer: She shot and killed her ex-husband and his new wife while they slept

Betty had supported her husband for years, and once he became successful he divorced her to marry a much younger woman. Five years after their divorce, after stalking her rival, Betty bought a gun and killed them both. She was convicted of two counts of second degree murder, and sentenced to thirty two years in prison.

The movie "A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story" aired in 1992 and starred Meredith Baxter as Betty. Baxter received an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Broderick.

Answer: The McCoys and Hatfields

What started with the murder of Asa Harmon McCoy turned into a feud that spanned several generations and resulted in at least eleven more murders. The feud reached its peak in the 1888 New Years Massacre, in which assailants from the Hatfield family opened fire on the sleeping McCoy's and set their cabin on fire. Feuding activities began to slow after eight men were arrested and convicted in 1890 for the murder of Alifair McCoy during the New Years Massacre, and the last feud-related trial occurred in 1901.

Descendants of both families later held joint family reunions, including a competition on the television game show Family Feud in 1979.

Answer: Put Ralsky's name on junk mail distribution lists

Several of Ralsky's critics learned his home's physical address, and then signed him up to receive junk mail from several sites on the internet. Eventually, Ralsky's address was propagated across the web, and at the peak of the revenge scheme, Ralsky's home received hundreds of pounds of junk mail each day.

Answer: The Count of Monte Cristo

The tale of Edmond Dantes was based on an actual series of events in which a French shoemaker, Pierre Picaud, was wrongfully accused of spying for England. Picaud's accusers were three of his own friends, who were jealous of his engagement to his rich fiancee. Picaud was imprisoned, and then when he was released he elaborately killed each of his betrayers. Picaud was himself killed by a fourth friend, who knew of the original plot, and whose deathbed confession provided the only source of details of the events.

Answer: He conquered the Shah's armies and eradicated the entire empire

After officials from the Khwarezmid Empire killed a Mongolian trade delegation, Genghis Khan sent a diplomatic envoy to the Shah demanding reparations. The Shah responded by shaving the heads of the delegation's members, and sending their interpreter home without a head.

Genghis Khan responded by invading with an army of 200,000, resulting in the Khwarezmid Empire being eradicated. The tactics Genghis Khan used were highlighted by author and historian B.H. Lidell Hart in his book "Great Captains Unveiled", and formed the inspiration in part for some of the Blitzkrieg tactics employed by the Germans.

Answer: The Cask of Amontillado

The narrator Montresor lures his enemy Fortunato into the crypt with the promise of tasting the rare Amontillado, a variety of sherry.

Poe provides the reader with and insight into Montresor's own troubled mind in the lines "The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge....At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled....I must not only punish, but punish with impunity".