Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap Trivia Quiz

Answer: Handing over

Judas used a kiss to betray Jesus to the Romans for a paltry thirty pieces of silver (Matthew 26: 14-16).

Various passages of the Bible differ as to how and when Judas actually died, and it is the subject of much scholarly debate among theologians.

Answer: Burned at the stake

Females found guilty of high treason could be sentenced to be burnt at the stake. High treason was a separate crime from petty treason (also sometimes called low treason), and was aimed at the sovereign and the immediate line of succession to the throne.
As well as murder, high treason included having intercourse with the sovereign's eldest unmarried daughter, his consort, or the wife of the heir to the throne.
Petty treason was aimed at a person's legal superior, for example a wife who killed her husband, or anyone who killed a bishop committed petty treason.

Answer: Vidkun

Quisling was executed by firing squad, in October 1945. The house in Oslo, where he lived during the War years, is now a museum dedicated to the Holocaust.
Two other Norwegians, Albert Hagelin and Ragnar Scancke, were also tried, convicted, and executed alongside Quisling.

Answer: King Lear

The line in question is said by King Lear, when he learns of his daughter Regan's treachery to him. The whole play is built upon the various acts of betrayal perpetrated on each other by the various characters.

Answer: Siegfried

The original poem "Nibelungenlied" was written in the twelfth century, in German, by an author whose name has been lost to time.
The story of Siegfried and the Niebelungs is also thought to have been the basis for the "Dolchstoßlegende" (Dagger stab in the back), which was used in Germany between the World Wars to give the people 'someone to blame' for Germany's losses during World War I.

It came about partly due to the need for the German authorities to be able to refute the "War Guilt Clause" in the Treaty of Versailles that required Germany to accept all blame for the hostilities. The German people bitterly resented the Treaty of Versaiiles and their leaders used the Dolchstoßlegende as a way of deflecting blame from themselves and onto 'scapegoats' in the form of the Jews, socialists, communists, and anyone deemed to be a "November Criminal".
The premise of the story was that Germany had lost the War because she had been betrayed by some sections of her own people; if they had just been more patriotic and given more to the war effort, Germany would have won.

Answer: The Headless Man

Over the years since 1963 when the case came to court, there has been a great deal of speculation as to the identity of the "faceless man" in the pictures. One prime suspect was the actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who was also a married man and who strenuously denied being the Duchess' lover until the day he died.

Answer: 15th

The Ides of March, May, July, and October are on the fifteenth, whilst in all the other months they are on the thirteenth.

Answer: Malaysia

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the elected monarch of Malaysia. The penalty for anyone convicted of treason against his person is death by hanging. The same criteria apply to the person of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri; this is the title bestowed on the governors of each of the states of Malaysia.

The majority of laws relating to treason around the world all deal with offences against the state and the person of the ruler of the state. One exception to this is that in Palestine it is treasonous to "succor an Israeli soldier".

Answer: Five years imprisonment

Hitler and one of his co-accused, Rudolph Hess, were each sentenced to five years in jail. The judge was sympathetic to their cause, and Hitler was released later in 1924, after having served just over a year in total. Some of the other defendants were acquitted and/or released immediately after the trial.

Answer: Holoferna

The first ring, Caina, is named after Adam and Eve's son Cain, and is reserved for those who betray their kin and family.

The second ring is called Antenora and is for those who betray their country or state. It is named for Antenor who, legend has it, betrayed the City of Troy to the Greeks.

The third ring is called Ptolomaea, after Ptolemy, the man who had Simon Maccabbeus and his sons murdered while they ate at his table. This ring is for those who betray guests in their homes, and the traditions of hospitality.

The fourth ring, Judecca, is reserved for the worst betrayers of all - those who betray their lords or masters. It is here that the soul of Judas Iscariot is kept and punished for all eternity, and it is named after him.