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Assassinations and Attempts Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by Jewelz2003. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
Jewelz2003

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
88,549

Updated
Aug 31 24

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
2945

Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (13/15), Guest 92 (6/15), Guest 68 (2/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Let's start off with an easy one: This man was shot in a booth, by a Booth.

Answer: (Two words - first and last name)

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Question 2 of 15

2. This man, once a Secretary of State, escaped an assassination attempt by Lewis Powell, an accomplice of John W. Booth.

Answer: (Two words, or just surname)

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Question 3 of 15

3. Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in 1933 in this Florida city.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 15

4. This man shot James Garfield in Washington, D.C. because he favored civil service, instead of the merit system.

Answer: (Last name only or first and last name)

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Question 5 of 15

5. This man, who was US president during the Spanish-American War, was shot in Buffalo by Leon Czolgosz. Who was it?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 6 of 15

6. Robert F. Kennedy was killed five years after his brother by this man, in Los Angeles.

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Question 7 of 15

7. In what year was Olof Palme, the Swedish Prime Minister, shot while walking home? Hint

1965

1986

1984

1990

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Question 8 of 15

8. The assassination of this man sparked World War I.

Answer: (2 or 3 words)

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Question 9 of 15

9. We have all been told that Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy (and most of us told otherwise also). Name this man, who was responsible for Oswald's death.

Answer: (Two Words- think red)

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Question 10 of 15

10. This man shot Ronald Reagan in 1981 in the left lung in Washington, D.C. Who was it?

Answer: (Think REALLY hard!)

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Question 11 of 15

11. Huey P. Long was shot in Baton Rouge by Dr. Carl Weiss. True or false?

True

False

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which former president was faced with two assassination attempts, one by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromm (in Sacramento) and one by Sara Jane Moore (in San Francisco)?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 13 of 15

13. What was the last name that Malcolm X, who was shot at a rally, was born with?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 14 of 15

14. Dr Martin Luther King, Junior was shot in Memphis, TN, by James Earl Ray, causing many riots across the country. In which year? Hint

1969

1967

1968

1970

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Question 15 of 15

15. The years 1963 and 1968 both saw two (if not more) men "in the news" get assassinated.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Let's start off with an easy one: This man was shot in a booth, by a Booth.

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

The 16th President of the U.S. was shot in the balcony of Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth.

2. This man, once a Secretary of State, escaped an assassination attempt by Lewis Powell, an accomplice of John W. Booth.

Answer: William Seward

Powell's assassination attempt was made in the same year that Abraham Lincoln was shot - 1865.

3. Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in 1933 in this Florida city.

Answer: Miami

Franklin D. Roosevelt was our President from 1933-1945, for most of the Great Depression and World War II.

4. This man shot James Garfield in Washington, D.C. because he favored civil service, instead of the merit system.

Answer: Charles Guiteau

Garfield was shot because he wanted people to be worthy of government jobs, not just appointed from favors. His Vice-President, Chester Arthur, was an opponent of the merit system (in which some government jobs require tests to prove *merit*) , but due to the president's untimely death, he passed the Pendleton Act instating the Civil Service program. (Civil Service = Merit System)

5. This man, who was US president during the Spanish-American War, was shot in Buffalo by Leon Czolgosz. Who was it?

Answer: William McKinley

6. Robert F. Kennedy was killed five years after his brother by this man, in Los Angeles.

Answer: Sirhan Sirhan

Robert Kennedy wanted to make the same changes that his brother would have brought about, and was running for president when he was shot.

7. In what year was Olof Palme, the Swedish Prime Minister, shot while walking home?

Answer: 1986

8. The assassination of this man sparked World War I.

Answer: Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Archduke Ferdinand was shot by the Serbian nationalist and terrorist, Gavrilo Princip, in Sarajevo.

9. We have all been told that Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy (and most of us told otherwise also). Name this man, who was responsible for Oswald's death.

Answer: Jack Ruby

Ruby shot Oswald before he went to trial for Kennedy's death, which a strange and noted fact, especially important to those who think Oswald had nothing to do with JFK's death. Ruby was also suspected to have been in the mob.

10. This man shot Ronald Reagan in 1981 in the left lung in Washington, D.C. Who was it?

Answer: John Hinckley Jr.

Reagan was the first president to survive being elected in a zero year. The "zero effect," or dying while in office if elected in a year ending with "0" (eg: 1860 (Lincoln), 1880 (Garfield), and 1960 (Kennedy)), began with William Henry Harrison, who killed the Indian chief Tecumseh and had a curse put upon him. Harrison died after only one month in office.

11. Huey P. Long was shot in Baton Rouge by Dr. Carl Weiss. True or false?

Answer: True

12. Which former president was faced with two assassination attempts, one by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromm (in Sacramento) and one by Sara Jane Moore (in San Francisco)?

Answer: Gerald Ford

13. What was the last name that Malcolm X, who was shot at a rally, was born with?

Answer: Little

Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965, three years before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

14. Dr Martin Luther King, Junior was shot in Memphis, TN, by James Earl Ray, causing many riots across the country. In which year?

Answer: 1968

15. The years 1963 and 1968 both saw two (if not more) men "in the news" get assassinated.

Answer: True

1963- John Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald
1968- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy

Source: Author Jewelz2003

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