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10 Questions - Developed by:
Shiva Rodriguez
- Updated on:
2006-07-15
- Developed on:
2006-07-06
- 40,303 taken
This test was designed to see how much you know about well-known executions throughout history.
1
She is often credited for saying "Let them eat cake!", but her last words were "Pardon me, sir" after she stepped on the executioner's foot before being placed on the guillotine.
Isabeau Herman
Charlotte Corday
Elisabeth Helene
Marie Antoinette
2
Which of the following were not executed on the gallows during the Salem Witch Hunt?
Sarah Goode
Rebecca Nurse
Bridget Bishop
Sarah Osbourne
3
What happened during the hanging execution of "Black Jack" Ketchum?
He was given a last-minute stay of execution.
The rope broke during the drop.
His head was torn off from the drop.
He freed his hands and pulled himself back up from the noose.
4
This is a famous photograph where a camera was snuck in during the execution and this image made headlines the following day. Who is the woman being executed?
Margie Velma Barfield
Martha Place
Ethel Rosenberg
Ruth Snyder
5
The photo shows a device that was used in public executions where the crowd would have the opportunity to pull the rope that released the blade. What is this device called?
The Guillotine
The Mannaia
The Scottish Maiden
The Halifax Gibbet
6
What did Sir Thomas More request before his execution in the Tower of London?
That a bible be sent to Henry VIII every day for three years.
That his hands would be left free during his beheading.
That the block be turned so he could see out a window during his execution.
That he place his beard over the block so it wouldnt be cut off.
7
Which of the following famous murderers was not executed in the electric chair?
Albert Fish
John Wayne Gacy
Judd Gray
Ted Bundy
8
Whose story was made into a film entitled "I Want to Live!"?
Gary Gilmore
Martha Place
Barbara Graham
Caryl Chessman
9
Christine Murphy was that last woman to be burned at the stake in Europe. What crime was she executed for?
Murder
Slander
Counterfeiting
Robbery
10
Which of the following infamous American criminals was not executed by lethal injection?
James D. Autry
Timothy McVeigh
Jeffrey Dahmer
John Wayne Gacy
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