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Assassinations Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about assassinations in history? Who killed who? Where did certain people die?

A multiple-choice quiz by bigox. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
bigox

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
9,312

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
4804

Last 3 plays: Guest 24 (6/10), Reamar42 (10/10), Guest 172 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many people were executed for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln? Hint

Four

Three

Five

Two

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who shot Archduke Ferdinand on June 28th, 1914? Hint

Markus Van der Lubbe

Gavrilo Princip

Adrian Kratslo

Karl Ungerstadt

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Question 3 of 10

3. In what city was Archduke Ferdinand assassinated? Hint

Budapest

Zagreb

Sarajevo

Bratislava

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Question 4 of 10

4. In what year was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated? Hint

1948

1951

1947

1945

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Question 5 of 10

5. What world leader was assassinated during a military revue in October of 1981? Hint

Yitzhak Rabin

Anwar Sadat

Gamel Nasser

Idi Amin

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which U.S. President was shot and killed by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York? Hint

William Howard Taft

James A. Garfield

William McKinley

Abraham Lincoln

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was killed at Beal-na-Blath in 1922? Hint

Eamon de Valera

Michael Collins

Georges Clemenceau

Haile Selassie

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Question 8 of 10

8. How was Charles J. Guiteau, assassin of James Garfield, executed? Hint

Hanging

Electrocution

Firing Squad

He was not executed

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who murdered Tsar Nicholas II and his family? Hint

Mensheviks

Bolsheviks

Trotskyites

Stalinists

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Question 10 of 10

10. In what city was Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak killed? Hint

New York

Miami

Chicago

Washington, D.C.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many people were executed for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln?

Answer: Four

Lewis Powell (or Paine), David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surrat were all hanged for being co-conspirators of John Wilkes Booth. Hundreds of people were investigated and imprisoned for being allegedly linked to the conspiracy.

2. Who shot Archduke Ferdinand on June 28th, 1914?

Answer: Gavrilo Princip

This 19 year-old Serbian nationalist ignited the powder keg that started World War I. A vast system of alliances exploded into the 'war to end all wars.' Princip died in prison of tuberculosis a few years later.

3. In what city was Archduke Ferdinand assassinated?

Answer: Sarajevo

Princip pushed his way through towards the Archduke's automobile and fired the fatal shots.

4. In what year was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated?

Answer: 1948

Gandhi was shot and killed by Nathurum Vinayak Godse, a Hindu fanatic who was opposed to the partition of India into the nations of India and Pakistan.

5. What world leader was assassinated during a military revue in October of 1981?

Answer: Anwar Sadat

Sadat was killed during a military parade by Muslim extremists who were angered by his peace treaty with Israel's Menachem Begin three years prior.

6. Which U.S. President was shot and killed by Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York?

Answer: William McKinley

Czolgosz, an avowed anarchist, went to the electric chair for his crime.

7. Who was killed at Beal-na-Blath in 1922?

Answer: Michael Collins

The Irish patriot and founder of the IRA was killed by his former comrades who were angered by his allowing Britain to maintain control of the six northern counties of Ireland.

8. How was Charles J. Guiteau, assassin of James Garfield, executed?

Answer: Hanging

Guiteau was hanged in the District of Columbia jail on June 30th, 1882.

9. Who murdered Tsar Nicholas II and his family?

Answer: Bolsheviks

The Romanov family was killed under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin,leader of the Bolsheviks.

10. In what city was Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak killed?

Answer: Miami

On February 15th, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara was trying to shoot Franklin Roosevelt. He missed his intended target and hit Cermak, who died of his wounds on March 6th. Zangara went to the electric chair.

Source: Author bigox

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