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1 Which campaigner did James Earl Ray murder in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968?
A Martin Luther King Jr. He shot Dr King on April 4th at the Lorraine Motel. The assassination took place on the balcony of the motel’s second floor.
2 By what nickname did the public better know the 1970s American serial murderer David Berkowitz?
A Son Of Sam. A former U.S. Army soldier who committed a series of stabbings and shootings between 1975 and 1977 in New York City.
3 Which Italian fashion designer did Andrew Cunanan murder outside his Miami Beach mansion in 1997?
A Gianni Versace. The murder occurred on July 15th, when Versace was returning from a visit to the News Café. Cunanan shot Versace twice and then fled the scene. Authorities later found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
4 Whom did Bolshevik revolutionaries murder in the basement of Ipatiev House in 1918?
A The Romanov family, the Russian royal family.
5 Which famous American portrait photographer took photos of John Lennon on the day he was murdered?
A Annie Leibovitz. Leibovitz’s interpretive perspective draws iconic figures from celebrity, creative, and intellectual circles to her studio.
6 In what year was O. J. Simpson arrested for murder?
A 1994 for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
7 Whom did a jury convict and jail for the murder of Jill Dando, before a later court acquitted him?
A Barry George. A jury convicted and jailed Barry George for Jill Dando’s murder in 2001, but a second jury acquitted him in 2008 following a retrial. Despite the acquittal, the government has denied George compensation for his wrongful conviction.
8 Who plays Hercule Poirot in the 2017 film “Murder on the Orient Express”?
A Kenneth Branagh
9 Which sport did people originally call Murderball?
A Wheelchair rugby. A group of quadriplegic athletes in Canada invented the sport in the late 1970s as an alternative to wheelchair basketball.
10 Which outlaw did Robert Ford, a member of his gang, murder for a $10,000 reward?
A Jesse James. He shot James in the back of the head on April 3, 1882, while James dusted a picture. A desire for reward money and amnesty for previous crimes motivated the murder.