* Second wife of King Henry VIII of England and mother of the future Queen Elizabeth, this person was beheaded on May 19, 1536, after being convicted of adultery.
* Former king of France and married to Marie Antoinette, this monarch was guillotined in 1793 after being found to conspire against the First French Republic (proclaimed four months earlier)
* English adventurer, knighted by Elizabeth I in 1585. Immediately fell out of favour with her successor James I and was accused of treason and (almost) executed in 1603. He did eventually suffer this fate, however, carried out in 1618.
* Executed in 1554 after a nine-day reign as Queen of England. Installed as monarch contrary to the line of succession and executed under Mary I?
* Beheaded in 1587 for treason, her beheading is regarded as one of history's most gruesome?
* Leader of the Committee of Public Safety during much of the initial phase after the French Revolution. Increasingly dissatisfied with the direction the country, he himself was arrested and guillotined in 1794?
* Illegitimate son of King Charles II of England, leader of a failed rebellion against James II after his father's death.
* Fifth wife of Henry VIII of England.
* The 'true' crime of the century - because of its importance to U.S. (and international) history - was the assassination of President John Kennedy. Which of these politicians served on the Warren Commission?
* Earlier, the 'crime of the century' was the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby. How did Bruno Hauptmann allegedly get into the Lindbergh house?
* The treasonous crime allegedly committed by the Rosenbergs was also labeled 'the crime of the century'. David Greenglass was the key witness. What happened to him?
* Some have called the O.J. Simpson killings 'the crime of the century'. Which of the following was a witness at the (criminal) trial?
* Which of these crimes was NOT a twentieth century crime?
* Mary Jo Kopechne was involved in which of the following?
* Marilyn Monroe's death - possibly a murder (or an accident, or a suicide)- surprised many people. The alleged disappearance of what piece of 'evidence' supports the 'conspiracy' theory?
* The assassination of RFK was a huge story. Where did it happen?
* Watergate hasn't been called the 'crime of the century', but it had quite an impact. Nixon tried to thwart the judicial process by suggesting that one individual alone should listen to the tapes. Who was that man?
* There's no doubt that the 'crime of the (nineteenth) century' (in terms of American History) was the assassination of Lincoln. He was watching 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theatre. Which of the following accurately describes that play?
* Convicted of treason by the courts of Elizabeth I of England, this woman endured two strokes of the executioner's axe. Her head not yet completely severed, a third stroke was necessary to free her head from her shoulders.
* Amnesty International specifies several reasons that capital punishment is inhumane. Which of these reasons is not mentioned by that organization?