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Who Killed Whom? Trivia Quiz

There's no better way of making the history books than assassinating someone important.

A multiple-choice quiz by astorian. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
astorian

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
149,437

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
7074

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 1 (6/10), Guest 24 (8/10), Reamar42 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What Israeli Prime Minister was shot in 1995 by an ultra-conservative Zionist who thought he was too accommodating to the Palestinians? Hint

Menachem Begin

Shimon Peres

Yitzhak Rabin

Benjamin Netanyahu

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Question 2 of 10

2. Gavrilo Princip, who triggered the First World War by assassinating the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was a member of what Serbian radical group? Hint

The Baader-Meinhof Gang

Black September

The Black Hand

The Shining Path

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Question 3 of 10

3. What assassinated head of state was the son of a previous head of state who had also been assassinated? Hint

Anwar Sadat

Leon Trotsky

Rajiv Gandhi

John F. Kennedy

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which European head of government was kidnapped and murdered by the Red Brigades, in 1978? Hint

Willy Brandt

Valery Giscard d'Estaing

Garrett Fitzgerald

Aldo Moro

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of the following Romans did NOT conspire to murder Julius Caesar? Hint

Brutus

Casca

Mark Antony

Cassius

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Question 6 of 10

6. What English Catholic attempted to blow up Parliament in the notorious Gunpowder Plot? Hint

Owen Glendower

Guy Fawkes

Sir William Wallace

Horace Walpole

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Question 7 of 10

7. Why was Reverend Martin Luther King in Memphis, on the day that he was shot by James Earl Ray? Hint

He was leading a rally against the Viet Nam war.

He was supporting a sanitation workers' strike.

He was conducting a voter registration drive.

He was endorsing a black candidate for the Senate.

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Question 8 of 10

8. What saint was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral, at the request of England's King Henry II? Hint

St. Thomas a Becket

St. John Fisher

St. Thomas More

St. Joan of Arc

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Russian monarch was killed by a terrorist bomber, during a parade? Hint

Alexander II

Nicholas I

Peter the Great

Ivan the Terrible

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Question 10 of 10

10. What gangster's top lieutenants were rubbed out by Al Capone's gang during the famed St. Valentine's Day Massacre? Hint

"Machine Gun" Kelly

Lucky Luciano

Bugs Moran

Dutch Schultz

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What Israeli Prime Minister was shot in 1995 by an ultra-conservative Zionist who thought he was too accommodating to the Palestinians?

Answer: Yitzhak Rabin

Yigal Amir, who committed the crime, said that he'd acted on God's orders, and had no regrets.

2. Gavrilo Princip, who triggered the First World War by assassinating the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was a member of what Serbian radical group?

Answer: The Black Hand

Black September was a Palestinian group, the Shining Path are Peruvian, and the Baader-Meinhof Gang was German.

3. What assassinated head of state was the son of a previous head of state who had also been assassinated?

Answer: Rajiv Gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi's mother, Indira Gandhi had been India's Prime Minister, as had his grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru.

4. Which European head of government was kidnapped and murdered by the Red Brigades, in 1978?

Answer: Aldo Moro

Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was a close friend of then Pope Paul VI, who personally presided at Moro's funeral mass.

5. Which of the following Romans did NOT conspire to murder Julius Caesar?

Answer: Mark Antony

Opinions vary as to Brutus' motives in betraying and killing Julius Caesar. Shakespeare painted Brutus in a very positive light, while Dante's "Inferno" shows Brutus in the deepest part of Hell.

6. What English Catholic attempted to blow up Parliament in the notorious Gunpowder Plot?

Answer: Guy Fawkes

At the time, Guy Fawkes was reviled as a murderous terrorist. In modern times, however, his image is evoked in a more light-hearted manner as Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Bonfire Night) is celebrated in England with fireworks and bonfires. (A wiseacre once quipped that Guy Fawkes is the only man who ever entered Parliament with honorable intentions!)

7. Why was Reverend Martin Luther King in Memphis, on the day that he was shot by James Earl Ray?

Answer: He was supporting a sanitation workers' strike.

Even after his conviction for the murder of Dr. King, James Earl Ray insisted that he was innocent, and even managed to persuade Dr. King's son, Dexter, who continues to call for a new investigation.

8. What saint was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral, at the request of England's King Henry II?

Answer: St. Thomas a Becket

In Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," the pilgrims are travelling to see the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.

9. Which Russian monarch was killed by a terrorist bomber, during a parade?

Answer: Alexander II

Alexander II was regarded as the most liberal and progressive of Russia's tsars, but was not sufficiently liberal to suit Russia's radicals. His son, Alexander III, reacted to his father's murder by creating a far more repressive regime.

10. What gangster's top lieutenants were rubbed out by Al Capone's gang during the famed St. Valentine's Day Massacre?

Answer: Bugs Moran

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre marked the end of an era, as Irish gangsters, like Bugsy Moran, lost control over most major criminal rackets to Italian and Italian-American gangsters, led by Al Capone.

Source: Author astorian

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