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Assassination! Trivia Quiz

This quiz will test your knowledge of political assassins and their victims.

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

Author
berrigan

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
301,803

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2253

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. In 1948, this person assassinated Mahatma Gandhi. Hint

Ajmal Amir

Benazir Bhutto

Nathuram Godse

Mohinder Suresh

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Question 2 of 10

2. This person was the chief assassin of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat on October 6, 1981. Hint

Sirhan Sirhan

Khalid Islambouli

Gamel Abdel Nasser

Mustafa Kemal

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Question 3 of 10

3. On August 20, 1940, this person killed Leon Trotsky with an ice pick. Hint

Ramon Mercader

Alexander Shelepin

Joseph Stalin

Vladislav Tretiak

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Question 4 of 10

4. In December of 1916 this man, along with others, poisoned, shot, beat and finally drowned Grigory Rasputin in the Neva River. Hint

Felix Yusupov

Leonid Trotsky

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

Ioseb Jughashvili

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 1968 this man murdered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. Who was it? Hint

Jack Ruby

Lee Harvey Oswald

James Earl Ray

John Wilkes Booth

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 1975 he killed Saudi King Faisal. Hint

Prince Faisal bin Musa'id

Nathuram Godse

Osama bin Laden

Ajmal Amir

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 1968 he killed Robert Kennedy. Hint

Sirhan Sirhan

James Earl Ray

Lee Harvey Oswald

Jack Ruby

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Question 8 of 10

8. This person assassinated former Serbian prime minister Zoran Dindic in 2003. Hint

Slobodan Milosevic

Milorad Ulemek

Gavrilo Pricip

Zvezdan Jovanovic

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Question 9 of 10

9. This person assassinated Czar Alexander II of Russia in 1881. Hint

Leon Czolgosz

Vyacheslav Molotov

Grigory Zhukhov

Ignacy Hryniewiecki

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Question 10 of 10

10. This person assassinated US President William McKinley in 1901. Hint

Felix Yusupov.

John Wilkes Booth

Leon Czolgosz

Benedict Arnold

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 1948, this person assassinated Mahatma Gandhi.

Answer: Nathuram Godse

Godse killed Mahatma Ghandi on January 30, 1948. After the assassination, he surrendered to Indian police and was hanged at Ambala Jail the next year.

2. This person was the chief assassin of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat on October 6, 1981.

Answer: Khalid Islambouli

Islambouli arranged and carried out Sadat's assassination. He was a member of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Islambouli and three co-conspirators were executed by firing squad in 1982.

3. On August 20, 1940, this person killed Leon Trotsky with an ice pick.

Answer: Ramon Mercader

After the Spaniard Mercader struck Trotsky with an ice pick in Coyoacan, Mexico, Trotsky's gaurds were on the verge of killing Mercader, when a dying Trotsky ordered them to spare the man's life because he had a story to tell.

4. In December of 1916 this man, along with others, poisoned, shot, beat and finally drowned Grigory Rasputin in the Neva River.

Answer: Felix Yusupov

Shortly after the death of Rasputin, Nicholas II abdicated the throne of Russia and the wealthy Yusupov and his family were forced to live in exile.

5. In 1968 this man murdered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. Who was it?

Answer: James Earl Ray

Despite an admission of guilt in 1968, many in the King family do not believe that Ray was guilty of the crime.

6. In 1975 he killed Saudi King Faisal.

Answer: Prince Faisal bin Musa'id

After killing his uncle, King Faisal, the Prince was publically declared insane. He was condemned to death and beheaded merely hours after his trial was finished.

7. In 1968 he killed Robert Kennedy.

Answer: Sirhan Sirhan

Sirhan maintained after the assasination that he had no memory of the crime ever having taken place.

8. This person assassinated former Serbian prime minister Zoran Dindic in 2003.

Answer: Zvezdan Jovanovic

Jovanovic has been linked to the Zemun Clan, part of Serbian organized crime.

9. This person assassinated Czar Alexander II of Russia in 1881.

Answer: Ignacy Hryniewiecki

The bomb that Hryniewiecki used to kill Alexander II also ended his own life. Five of his co-conspirators were also rounded up and executed for the assassination of Alexander II.

10. This person assassinated US President William McKinley in 1901.

Answer: Leon Czolgosz

After being convicted, Czolgosz was executed by way of the electric chair in Auburn, New York on October 29, 1901.

Source: Author berrigan

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