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Notable Assassinations in History and Film

This quiz explores the theme of assassination, covering historical figures, political contexts, and notable film portrayals related to assassination.

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1 This group killed members of the crusaders, ________ and Seljuq élite for political and religious reasons, but mostly targeted the Sunni Muslims.

2 With the ________, tyrannicide—or assassination for personal or political reasons—became more common again in Western Europe.

3 Who played Senator in the movie Assassination?

4 Who played Briggs in the movie Assassination?

5 Who played Eddie Bracken in the movie Assassination?

6 Reeder, Under Secretary of the Army from 1993–1997 writing in Fox News, ________ had also used body doubles, though no details were specified.

7 What role did Fred Beir play in the movie Assassination?

8 Who played Thomas in the movie Assassination?

9 Assassination for military purposes has long been espoused - ________, writing around 500 BCE, argued in favor of using assassination in his book The Art of War.

10 The ancient Indian military adviser Chanakya wrote about assassinations in detail in his political treatise ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • a Sunday assassination attempt against Malkiat Singh Sidhu caught Canadian authorities off-guard, as information about the threat received on Friday was not passed along until Monday.
  • Professor Józef Łukaszewicz took part in a failed attempt to assassinate Tsar Alexander III of Russia.
  • Major Mykola Mel'nychenko, who started the Cassette Scandal by accusing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma of ordering a journalist's assassination, continues to release disputed audio excerpts from political asylum in the USA.
  • former Rwandan Interior Minister and political dissident Seth Sendashonga recognized one of his assailants in a failed assassination attempt as his old government bodyguard.
  • the assassins of the Tang Dynasty chancellor Wu Yuanheng decapitated him and took his head with them.
  • the Louisiana sheriff Elliot D. Coleman was one of the police bodyguards on duty at the time of the 1935 assassination of U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, Jr..
  • the Louisiana Reconstruction politician Marshall H. Twitchell survived six bullets in an 1876 assassination attempt but lost the use of both arms.
  • Terminator: TSCC's "Self Made Man" references franchise star Arnold Schwarzenegger with its Skynet plot to assassinate the Governor of California on New Year's Eve 2010.
  • Zhang Mao became the ruler of Former Liang when a magician had his brother (the then-governor) assassinated.
  • Polish partisan Adam Lazarowicz, organizer of an assassination attempt on Nazi official Hans Frank, refused the Order of the Red Star and joined the anti-Soviet resistance.
  • poison, over its 6500-year history, has been used for both great progression in medicine and as a hugely popular method of assassination.
  • Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler Raatbek Sanatbayev was running for President of the National Olympic Committee of Kyrgyzstan, when he was assassinated, as the previous head of the Committee had been.
  • South African mining magnate Sir Lionel Phillips survived being shot five times in an assassination attempt.
  • Ninoy Aquino Day is held to commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr., husband of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino (pictured).
  • Tadeusz Hołówko became one of the first victims of the assassination campaign carried out by the members of the radical Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists despite his relatively moderate stance in the Polish-Ukrainian conflict.
  • St. Michael's Castle (pictured) was built like a medieval fortress for the personal protection of the Russian Emperor Paul I, who ironically was assassinated in his bedroom shortly after moving in to his new castle.
  • Kentucky governor William S. Taylor was implicated in the assassination of William Goebel, his political rival, and fled to Indiana to avoid indictment.
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