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Can you name the famous victims and targets of assassination?

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Assassin	Victim or Target
Gavrilo Princip
Mehmet Ali Aðca
John Wilkes Booth
Felix Yusupov
Claus von Stauffenberg
James Earl Ray
Mark David Chapman
Sirhan Sirhan

Assassin	Victim or Target
Nathuram Godse
Talmadge Hayer
John Hinckley
Yigal Amir
Charlotte Corday
Khalid Islambouli
Jean Bastien-Thiry
Carl Weiss

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	gopaladins:	Aug 26th, 2008 at 00:15 GMT	2 points
	more attempted assassinations: andrew jackson, gerald ford more assissinations: james garfield, william mckinley, JFK, lee harvey oswald (also killed, by jack ruby), indira gandhi (and her son), medgar evers

	ElDavo:	Oct 16th, 2008 at 00:59 GMT	5 points
	Yes, gopaladins, there are more assassinations than the ones on this list. Listing all the American presidents that got assassinated/attempted just pads the answers because everyone knows those. The one I expected and didn't see was Leon Trotsky.

	The Hiryuu:	Oct 24th, 2008 at 09:11 GMT	4 points
	Anwar Sadat isn't acceptable for Anwar al Sadat?

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	MissInformed:	Nov 24th, 2008 at 23:39 GMT	3 points
	It's a bit mean to require the "Jr" for "Martin Luther King"! I thought my history had gone wonky for a minute there...

	Kr!s:	Nov 26th, 2008 at 04:35 GMT	-3 points
	Benazir Bhutto was also assassinated. And yes, Liberia...Lennon does count.

	"Fra-Gee-Lay must be italian":	Dec 28th, 2008 at 00:12 GMT	-2 points
	They missed a few presidents, William Mckinley, how can you put an attempted murder of a U.S. president and not one who actually was murdered?

	Statto:	Dec 30th, 2008 at 02:37 GMT	5 points
	@Kevin - Rabin was Prime Minister of Israel assassinated for his non-hardline approach to the Palestinian situation; Marat was a significant figure in the French Revolution who was stabbed in his bath.

	SillyStokey92:	Jan 3rd, 2009 at 22:24 GMT	5 points
	Valkyrie actually came in handy.

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	chico:	Jan 13th, 2009 at 03:59 GMT	2 points
	I'm okay with most of this list. If there's any dispute in my mind, it's with Rasputin, who died at the hands of a lot of people. And yeah, this could be expanded to double or triple the size.

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	lol:):	Jan 23rd, 2009 at 20:05 GMT	-3 points
	where is JFK? hes the one i know best.

	jkd:	Jan 31st, 2009 at 00:00 GMT	2 points
	So, "MLK" is enough, but "RFK" isn't? "Reagan" is, "Robert Kennedy" isn't?

	RandallPinkston:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 11:19 GMT	3 points
	A nice mix of easier and trickier names, and of American and non-American assassins.

	warhamerfan:	Feb 13th, 2009 at 23:34 GMT	1 point
	oke all correct but what about hollands greates assassination king willem of holland was assassinated by baltazar gerards.

	ensiform:	Feb 16th, 2009 at 20:48 GMT	15 points
	No, Ghandi doesn't work, because his name is Gandhi.

	Steve Perry:	Feb 24th, 2009 at 03:44 GMT	8 points
	"Benazir Bhutto was also assassinated." But they don't know who exactly assassinated her.

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	americanadian:	Mar 31st, 2009 at 09:03 GMT	7 points
	@Brandon: Sirhan Sirhan is still alive and was never shot. Perhaps you are thinking of Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated John F. Kennedy? Oswald was then shot by Jack Ruby. As a side note, Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Robert F. Kennedy, who was JFK's brother.

	JAJDH:	Mar 31st, 2009 at 16:14 GMT	1 point
	I shot the Sheriff...

	SowCrates:	Mar 31st, 2009 at 19:03 GMT	6 points
	not an exhaustive list!!! Also, just one person was responsible for killing Rasputin? Doesn't the myth go that he was poisoned, stabbed, thrown in a river then shot a few times or some crazy nonsense like that?

	Ganondorfdude11:	Apr 4th, 2009 at 05:46 GMT	-2 points
	Garfield, McKinley,JFK, and the two Ford attempts aren't on here?

	sevorak:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 03:12 GMT	5 points
	Gandhi's real name was Mohandas Gandhi. That should be accepted if not displayed.

	josh23:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 22:17 GMT	3 points
	@Libreria: I agree, I also don't mean any offense but I would call Lennon's death a murder not an assassination.

	drazen:	Apr 30th, 2009 at 19:59 GMT	8 points
	adolf can be spelt with an f and usually is, should be accepted.

	carolineh:	May 5th, 2009 at 12:04 GMT	2 points
	i agree with librería...doesn't the term "assassination" typically refer to a political figure? lennon's death was obviously a tragic murder, but i don't know that i would classify it as an assassination.

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	Trickle:	Jun 7th, 2009 at 21:13 GMT	2 points
	@Brian: Yeah, true, Gandhi's real name was Mohandas K. Gandhi (not sure of the middle name). Mahatma is just a title given to him. James Garfield's assassin should most definitely be on here. It's truly a rare case when someone recognizes Charles Guiteau, let alone knows his background (a sham of a lawyer, and by nature an obsessive and insane man).

	TheWalrus:	Jul 9th, 2009 at 09:29 GMT	2 points
	To make my point, here is the definition of assassinate 1 : to injure or destroy unexpectedly and treacherously 2 : to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons both of these apply to John Lennon. He was a political figure in the sixties. Many people looked to him with their growing anti-war feelings. He may have not been the president, but he was in the news numerous times for protesting the war and trying to get peace... And since the sixties were filled with political stress over the war and the want for world peace, I would have to say he was a political figure. :)

	Sockmonkey:	Jul 10th, 2009 at 21:44 GMT	2 points
	robert kennedy doesn't work...silly.

	InsertCleverName:	Aug 15th, 2009 at 18:54 GMT	0 points
	First off, I love the fact that the quiz accepts "II" as JP's last name. On the Lennon thing, I agree with the non-assassination side. If you look at the other people on the list, they are people who were killed either for their politics or by people trying to make a political point. Despite the fact that he was an activist prior to his death, I don't see how Lennon fits either category. It's essentially expanding the definition to anyone who has a) ever been killed and b) ever expressed a political opinion.

	007:	Aug 26th, 2009 at 00:46 GMT	1 point
	Thanks to the movie Valkyrie for getting Stauffenberg!

	Granadog:	Sep 6th, 2009 at 04:01 GMT	-2 points
	Oh my God. I jokingly typed in "Kennedy" and it showed up. I was freaked out! I was like, "When did they catch him?!" But then it was Robert Kennedy. I wonder if we'll ever know who took out JFK.

	clevername:	Sep 7th, 2009 at 18:43 GMT	1 point
	Assassination doesn't necessarily refer to the murder of a politician, just a public figure. This quiz begs for a sequel - there's so many more! On a different note, I think it's odd that "pope john paul" didn't work for me, but "john paul" did. I would understand if neither worked since it was actually Pope John Paul II, but if you accept one, you should accept the other.

	HollywoodH17:	Sep 14th, 2009 at 19:28 GMT	2 points
	"Archduke Ferdinand" did not work. How many Archduke Ferdinands were there?

	omnipotent1:	Sep 17th, 2009 at 06:32 GMT	2 points
	TheWalrus, Lennon was killed in 1980, well after his anti-war activities and when he was focused on getting his career back on track rathr than staging a 'sleep-in'. As for your definitions of assassination, three quarters of all murders could be considered assassinations then. I personally associate assassination with prominent political figures or social activists who are killed for their policies/stances on issues.

	icing:	Oct 15th, 2009 at 05:12 GMT	1 point
	Bit ticked about the requirement of the "al" in Sadat's name. I typed his name minus the "al" and didn't get credit.