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Quiz about Capital Punishment All American

Capital Punishment (All American) Quiz

A mix of questions about the demise of some convicted felons

A multiple-choice quiz by owl007. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
owl007

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
324,748

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
666

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. If one was to be executed in Texas how would they do it? Hint

Lethal Injection

Hanging

Electric Chair

Firing Squad

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Question 2 of 10

2. How would they execute you in Minnesota? Hint

Hanging

Firing Squad

They don't have capital punishment

Lethal Injection

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Question 3 of 10

3. How did they execute you in California in the late 1990s and early 2000s? Hint

Electric Chair

Gas Chamber

Hanging

Lethal Injection

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Question 4 of 10

4. How did multiple child killer Westley Dodd face justice in Washington 1993? Hint

He was hanged

He was electrocuted

He was gassed

He was given a lethal injection

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of the following is the oldest form of execution? Hint

Lethal Injection

Guillotine

Hanging

Electric Chair

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Question 6 of 10

6. What do they call the condemned area of a prison where those under sentence of death reside? Hint

Dying Alley

Condemned quarters

Dead Zone

Death Row

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Question 7 of 10

7. How did Gary Gilmore the first man executed for over ten years in 1977 get executed? Hint

Hanging

Firing squad

Electric Chair

Gas Chamber

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many prisoners in the US were executed in 1975? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which state introduced degrees of murder? Hint

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Pennsylvania

California

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which state of the U.S. was the first to abolish capital punishment for murder? Hint

Rhode Island

Maine

Wisconsin

Michigan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If one was to be executed in Texas how would they do it?

Answer: Lethal Injection

Certainly makes one even more scared of needles - right?

2. How would they execute you in Minnesota?

Answer: They don't have capital punishment

Minnesota is one of the states that has outlawed capital punishment.

3. How did they execute you in California in the late 1990s and early 2000s?

Answer: Lethal Injection

They used to have a Gas Chamber up until the mid 1990s but changed it as a result of most of the other states moving towards a lethal injection procedure. Executions were halted in 2006.

4. How did multiple child killer Westley Dodd face justice in Washington 1993?

Answer: He was hanged

He was intensely sadistic and committed a whole string of crimes against children. He didn't even appeal his sentence!

5. Which of the following is the oldest form of execution?

Answer: Hanging

They used to hang you from a tree in the very olden days!

6. What do they call the condemned area of a prison where those under sentence of death reside?

Answer: Death Row

And the night before you are executed they more often than not take you to a condemned cell where you await your fate! (Some times a week before!)

7. How did Gary Gilmore the first man executed for over ten years in 1977 get executed?

Answer: Firing squad

He was convicted of two murders in Utah.There is a great book by Norman Mailer called "The Executioner's Song" about this case.

8. How many prisoners in the US were executed in 1975?

Answer: 0

There was a moratorium on executions up until early 1977.

9. Which state introduced degrees of murder?

Answer: Pennsylvania

The concept of degrees of murder was first adopted in Pennsylvania in 1793. This concept went hand in hand with legislation that made only some types of murder a capital crime.

10. Which state of the U.S. was the first to abolish capital punishment for murder?

Answer: Michigan

Michigan abolished the death penalty for murder in 1846, Rhode Island did so in 1852 and Wisconsin in 1853. The date for Maine is 1887.

Source: Author owl007

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