Can you name the intended victims of these failed assassins?

Would-Be Assassin	Intended Victim	When & Where
Claus von Stauffenberg		1944: Wolfsschanze, Prussia
Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola		1950: Blair House, Washington DC
Maxime Brunerie		2002: Champs-Élysées, Paris
John Hinckley, Jr.		1981: outside the Hilton Hotel, Washington DC
Violet Gibson		1926: Rome, Italy
Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry		1962: Petit-Clamart, France
Alexander Berkman		1892: the victim's office, Pittsburgh, PA
John Flammang Schrank		1912: Hotel Gilpatrick, Milwaukee, WI
Arthur Bremer		1972: Laurel Shopping Center, Laurel, MD
Vladimir Arutyunian		2005: Freedom Square, Tbilisi, Georgia
Lewis Powell		1865: the victim's home, Washington, DC
Michael Riccardi		1991: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Valerie Solanas		1968: The Factory, Manhattan

Would-Be Assassin	Intended Victim	When & Where
Guy Fawkes		1605: underneath Parliament, London
James Hadfield		1800: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Roderick McLean		1882: Windsor
Joseph Paul Franklin		1978: county courthouse, Lawrenceville, GA
Michael Abram		1999: the victim's home, Henley-on-Thames
Fanni Kaplan		1918: Hammer and Sickle Factory, Moscow
Richard Lawrence		1835: Capitol Building, Washington DC
Marcus Sarjeant		1981: The Mall, London
Mehmet Ali Ağca		1981: Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Lynnette 'Squeaky' Fromme		1975: Capitol Park, Sacramento
Nguyen Van Troi		1963: airport road into Saigon
Dmitry Karakozov		1866: Summer Garden, St.Petersburg
Giuseppe Zangara	1866: Summer Garden, St.Petersburg
Sarah Jane Moore	1866: Summer Garden, St.Petersburg
George Atzerodt	1866: Summer Garden, St.Petersburg

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Failed Assassination Attempts Quiz

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	jasperwyld:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 17:30 GMT		19 points
	It looks like most quiz takers so far had the same question as me: Who the Frick?

	Jaspers:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 17:41 GMT		64 points
	Fun fact: After the failed assassination attempt, President Jackson actually chased down his would-be assassin and beat him with his cane.

	21wickwing:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 18:19 GMT		20 points
	Jackson = most badass president of all time

	21wickwing:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 18:21 GMT		8 points
	I typed in George W in the hopes that the shoe-throwing incident would count...I didn't actually know there was an attempted assassination.

	rct:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 18:50 GMT		13 points
	@21wickwing: I'd actually go with Teddy Roosevelt over Jackson. http://www.amazingben.com/arf0103.html

	clapton123:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 19:00 GMT		15 points
	Who the hell would ever want to kill George Harrison???? Then again, who would ever want to kill John Lennon...

	cmkeller:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 19:12 GMT		2 points
	Re: the bonus answer - Eliot Ness says in his memoir "The Untouchables" that he thought that the assassin was actually hired by the mob, and the heavy-on-crime Cermak really was the assassin's target, and that Roosevelt was just a cover.

	mrgenova:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 19:13 GMT		13 points
	Anyone else get George Harrison by trying all the US Presidents? (although it would have been pretty ridiculous if someone tried to kill WHH during his brief 30 days in office)

	stl100:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 19:32 GMT		7 points
	Marcus Serjeant didn't really try to assassinate Elizabeth II - he only had a starter's pistol and only fired blanks. It was more of an attention-seeking thing I think...

	TreehuggnCowgirl:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 19:32 GMT		4 points
	@mrgenova Especially since he was sick in bed the whole time. However, his grandson (also a Harrison) was president for a full term.

	yellowcarpet:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 19:50 GMT		-1 points
	Accept Elizabeth 2 for Elizabeth II please.

	TIMMERZ:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 19:59 GMT		10 points
	What did Ford do to women that made them want to kill him?

	bstarr66:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 19:59 GMT		0 points
	Accidentally upvoted Elizabeth 2, lol. Cmon now, everyone knows to use roman numerals. Surprised to see so many people give up so early on this quiz, this was a fun one for using the year and location clues to figure out the targets.

	michmark:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 20:02 GMT		3 points
	Frick was Andrew Carnegie's partner and the dude tried to kill him to prove to Emma Goldman his value. Kind of a Hinkley/Lennon thing except Jodie Foster is WAY cuter than Goldman.

	Squiffy:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 20:21 GMT		6 points
	Never knew there had been an assassination attempt on Bush - only got it by typing in Saakashvili (after Shevernadze hadn't worked). Great quiz - you could even extend it somewhat with: Robert Damiens, Versailles, 1757 (Louis XV), Marita Lorenz, Havana?, 1960 (Fidel Castro) (I think Bobby Kennedy or Sam Giacana is a step too far!), Sam Byck, White House Washington DC, 1974 (Richard Nixon) (though admittedly he didn't get anywhere nearer to Nixon than Baltimore Airport), Patrick Magee, Grand Hotel Brighton, 1984 (Margaret Thatcher) or Karst Tates, Apeldoorn Netherlands, 2009 (Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands)

	Hellpop:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 20:22 GMT		1 point
	Really fun quiz; did a little better then I thought I would, considering how rusty my history is. But I agree you should accept numerals for monarchs, especially since you did for Pope John Paul 2. I typed "Elizabeth 2" and just figured it was wrong, because I'd already gotten JP.

	drn211:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 20:40 GMT		1 point
	Presidents Ford, Andrew Johnson and FDR are the bonuses.

	Handle1:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 21:11 GMT		12 points
	I could've sworn it was the Muffin Man who lived at Drury Lane!

	scarequotes:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 21:35 GMT		1 point
	If it were still possible for me to edit this quiz, I'd add "Elizabeth 2" as an acceptable answer. Sorry I missed it before.

	HardcoreTomas:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 21:51 GMT		9 points
	I can't actually believe Lenin was almost killed at a place called the Hammer & Sickle Factory. Can't make that up

	ShadowGamer:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 21:59 GMT		8 points
	using roman numerals on queens or kings or emperors would be "common sense" in my opinion

	ShadowGamer:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 22:02 GMT		-2 points
	hahhahahahahaha..... was supposed to assassinate Andrew Johnson the night Booth killed Lincoln, but lost his nerve and got drunk instead... hahhahahahhaha... very funny. type in andrew for bonus.

	skreeee:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 22:34 GMT		5 points
	The lady who tried to kill Ford used a bow and arrow. She should've gotten off for creativity.

	barnztormre:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 23:06 GMT		1 point
	I just watched "People vs Larry Flynt" last week and missed him. facepalm

	glueyourfingers:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 23:55 GMT		4 points
	@Timmerz - At least one of the women (Squeaky) is from the Manson Family.

	cupcakes:	Nov 24th, 2010 at 00:12 GMT		-2 points
	great quiz...just nitpicking....the S in truman doesnt stand for anything so doesnt need a period

	Phillipo:	Nov 24th, 2010 at 00:18 GMT		4 points
	This was one of those quizzes where I don't mind missing almost all the answers. I just enjoy reading who the people in the answers were!

	scarequotes:	Nov 24th, 2010 at 00:40 GMT		5 points
	@cupcakes: I considered that, but Truman himself used a period, as does his presidential library, as does AP Style, so I put it in.

	idledandy:	Nov 24th, 2010 at 01:30 GMT		2 points
	I don't like the inconsistency. "James" was accepted for "James I," so for all the other monarchs, when it didn't accept just the name, I assumed I was wrong and moved on. I lost Alexander and Elizabeth that way.

	tvfan2:	Nov 24th, 2010 at 01:32 GMT		4 points
	@jasperwyld Henry Clay Frick was an industrialist and the CEO of Carnegie Steel. Alexander Berkman was a noted anarchist. Frick presided over consolidation of industrial power in the US. Most notoriously he was head of Carnegie Steel at the time of the Homestead Strike in Pennsylvania which ended when Pinkerton detectives hired by Frick to clear out the workers came into armed conflict with the strikers (who were also armed). The resulting fight ended up being bloodily resolved by the state militia who sided with Frick and the company. Berkman, who like many anarchists at the time believed in the propriety of revolutionary violence, planned to assassinate Frick in an act of revenge and solidarity with the murdered strikers. Berkman failed however. Berkman served almost fifteen years in prison and after he was released and other acts of terrorism, to which he was never linked via anything but political sympathy, occurred, he and his lover the anarchist Emma Goldmann were exiled from the US.