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1. In an early "Star Trek" film, the Shakespeare-and Melville-quoting villain is bent on revenge for having been abandoned on an inhospitable planet years earlier by Captain Kirk. Who is the villain?
2. When movie star Daniel Craig married his co-star Rachel Weisz, how did Craig's former girlfriend respond?
3. In a popular 2003 movie, the pregnant heroine is gunned down at her wedding by her former boyfriend and his assassins. An assassin herself, the heroine spends the rest of the movie tracking down and taking revenge on her would-be killers. What is this movie?
4. High treason is considered the ultimate betrayal to the state. Starting in 1351, in England, how did the state - in this case the monarchy - exact revenge on men who were convicted of high treason?
5. "A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story" is the true account of Betty Broderick's quest for revenge. How did Betty exact her vengeance?
6. Following a murder in 1865, acts of vengeance turned into one of the most infamous feuds between two families in US history. Who were these two families?
7. Alan Ralsky built a business around delivering bulk computer spam advertisements. What ironic form of revenge did some of Ralsky's critics exact on the man who had become known as the 'spam king'?
8. In this famous 19th century novel, the main character is betrayed by his friends, who accuse him of treason. After spending 14 years in the infamous Chateau D'If, he returns in various disguises and visits vengeance on his betrayers, and favors those who were kind to him. What is the title of this novel?
9. In a lesson of 'don't kill the messenger', how did Genghis Khan reputedly respond when his diplomatic envoy was killed by the Shah of the Khwarezmid Empire?
10. In another 19th century story by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator lures his enemy into a crypt and then seals him in with bricks and mortar. What is the name of this famous story?
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