After which Head of Government’s assassination in 1981 was the practice of using live ammunition during military parades discontinued?
  • Anwar Sadat
Which religious head and leader of the Enosis movement survived an assassination attempt by the Greek National Guards in July 1974?
  • Archbishop Makarios
In September 1966, which South African Prime Minister did a Mozambique messenger assassinate in the House of Assembly?
  • Hendrik Verwoerd
Which unusual weapon was used by the Spanish communist Ramon Mercador to assassinate Leon Trotsky in Mexico City in 1940?
  • Ice axe
On November 15, 1949, which conspirator was hanged along with Nathuram Godse for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi?
  • Narayan Apte
What code name was given by the military conspirators to the plan of July 20, 1944, to assassinate Adolph Hitler?
  • Operation Valkyrie
In which river was the Russian monk Rasputin finally drowned after being poisoned and shot twice by Prince Yousupov?
  • River Neva
The murder of Archduke Ferdinand and the Duchess of Hohenberg by which Serbian revolutionary in 1914 sparked off World War I?
  • Gavrilo Princip
Which Russian Prime Minister was shot in the Kiev Opera House while watching a performance with Czar Nicholas II in September 1911?
  • Pyotr Arkady Evich Stolypin
Which aide to the Secretary State for India did Madan Lal Dhingra assassinate London in 1909?
  • Sir William Curzon Wyllie
In 1901, which US president was assassinated by a Polish immigrant while making a speech at the pan American Exposition in Buffalo?
  • William McKinley
In 1894, which breed of dog did Sir Dudley Marjoribanks first develop as an excellent companion for humans?
  • Golden Retriever
Which wild dog, also called Warragal, has contributed to the extermination of the native Tasmanian wolf and Tasmanian devil?
  • Dingo
Which canine is the descendant of an ancient breed of dog called Techichi, which was integral to the rituals of ancient Toltecs and Aztecs?
  • Chihuahua
Which breed of little dogs was allowed access to the British Parliament by a decree issued by King Charles II?
  • Cavalier King Charles Spaniel