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1 In which of his plays does Shakespeare include the performance of The Murder of Gonzago?
A Hamlet. It’s in a play-within-a-play that Hamlet uses to test Claudius’s reaction and try to determine if he is guilty of the murder of Hamlet’s father.
2 Who played the murder victim in Alfred Hitchcock’s “psycho”?
A Janet Leigh. Adapted from Robert Bloch’s 1959 novel, the story follows Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) as she flees with $40,000 of stolen money before running afoul of a monster hiding in plain sight.
3 What name did the 13-year-old paperboy bear whose 1978 murder triggered a massive British police manhunt?
A Carl Bridgewater. It remains a significant case in British history, and the question of who truly killed him continues to haunt his parents and the wider community.
4 According to legend, which Belgian noblewoman is the most notorious female mass-murderer in European history?
A Countess Elizabeth Báthory. She tortured and then killed more than six hundred girls and young women for their blood, which she bathed in the hope of staying youthful.
5 In which board game is Mr Boddy the murder victim?
A Cluedo. In the game, players take on the roles of suspects to deduce who killed Mr Boddy, where it happened, and with what weapon.
6 On what date in 44BCE was Roman dictator Julius Caesar murdered?
A Ides of March, a day in the ancient Roman calendar that falls on March 15 and is associated with misfortune and doom.
7 In 1170, which Archbishop of Canterbury did Henry II’s knights murder following the King’s inadvertent command?
A Thomas Becket. He engaged in conflict with Henry II, King of England, over the rights and privileges of the Church
8 Who killed whom in 1963 in an event the public generally regards as the first live televised murder?
A Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald
9 Which US President did Sara Jane Moore attempt to murder in 1975?
A Gerald Ford – Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in San Francisco on September 22, 1975.
10 Thomas McMahon murdered which high-profile figure with a boat bomb in August 1979?
A Lord Louis Mountbatten and three others. The IRA detonated a bomb on Mountbatten’s fishing boat, the Shadow V, near Mullaghmore, County Sligo.