Riot or Wrong Trivia Quiz

Answer: Grosvenor Square

The march was in protest against American involvement in Vietnam. An estimated crowd of 80,000 people lead by Tariq Ali and Vanessa Redgrave marched towards the American Embassy with the aim of handing over a letter of protest to the American Ambassador. When they reached the square they found it cordoned off by police and soon after the protesters clashed with the police.

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi, who was 78 at the time, had just finished prayers and was walking towards the dais, helped by two of his nieces. The man stepped in front of him, saluted and then fired three shots at him.
Nathuram Godse was the perpetrator of the attack that killed the "Father of India". He was a Hindu extremist and was subsequently tried, sentenced to death and executed. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and Rabindranath Tagore was a polymath and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1913.

Answer: Rodney King

More than 50 people died during the riots and more than 2,000 were injured. Many buildings were destroyed or damaged. Rodney King was beaten by LA police following a car chase through LA County. The incident was taped by a witness of the event from the balcony of his house who delivered the tape to a local TV station the following day. Rodney King died in 2012.
Don King was a boxing promoter, Larry King a television and radio host and Ledley King was an English football player.

Answer: Anwar Sadat

Anwar Sadat died along with other high ranking officials that were watching the parade. Khalid Islambouli was the leader of the assassination squad and the man that threw the three grenades, two of which failed to explode, and the third landing short of the target. Major General Hassan Allam was one of the victims of the attack. Gamal Abdel Nasser was the first President of Egypt following the overthrow of King Farouk in 1952.

Answer: Liverpool

Toxteth is located to the south of Liverpool city centre. The riots came into a stop in the early hours of Monday when police used gas grenades. There was another wave of riots on July 27 and 28 in the same year. Dumfries and Perth are Scottish cities.

Answer: Yitzhak Rabin

Rabin served as Defence Minister from September 13, 1985 until March 15, 1990 and from July 13 1992 until his assassination. The perpetrator was an ultra nationalist who believed that Rabin was betraying the Jewish people. Shimon Peres who succeeded Rabin as both Prime Minister and Defence Minister had also served as Defence Minister during the period 1974 to 1977. Moche Dayan preceded Peres and Weizman succeeded him as Minister of Defence.

Answer: Halifax

Celebrating merchant seamen and servicemen together with civilians looted shops, smashed windows and set fire to tramcars. The problems were caused both from the extremely large number of servicemen ashore at the same time and the lack of bars and restaurants in the city.

Answer: Robert Kennedy

Robert Kennedy had just won the California Primary and had addressed his supporters. He was due to meet the press and because of the large crowds that had gathered to congratulate him he decided not to go through the ballroom and instead chose to take a short cut through the hotel's kitchen.
Sirhan Sirhan was the perpetrator of the crime, Rafer Johnson was an unofficial bodyguard of Robert Kennedy and John Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963.

Answer: Hard Hat Riot

The name was given due to the involvement of the construction workers. The fighting that ensued following the attack lasted for two hours and tens of people were injured.
Days of Rage took place in Chicago during October 1968, Rodney Riots in Kingston Jamaica in the same month and year. The Stonewall Riots occurred in New York in June 1969.

Answer: Hand grenade

The Archduke saw something black coming towards the car and deflected it, using his raised hand, into a car that was coming behind his. Two of the passengers of the other car were injured and the perpetrator was arrested after attempting to commit suicide. The Archduke was not so lucky during the second attempt that killed both him and his wife Sophie.