Failed Assassination Attempts

Random History or World Leaders Quiz

Can you name the intended victims of these failed assassins?

by scarequotes Featured Nov 23, 2010

embed
 plays        
How to Play
Also try: Assassinations
Score 0/25 Timer 10:00
Would-Be AssassinIntended VictimWhen & Where
Roderick McLean1882: Windsor
Violet Gibson1926: Rome, Italy
John Hinckley, Jr.1981: outside the Hilton Hotel, Washington DC
Arthur Bremer1972: Laurel Shopping Center, Laurel, MD
Maxime Brunerie2002: Champs-Élysées, Paris
Lynnette 'Squeaky' Fromme1975: Capitol Park, Sacramento
Claus von Stauffenberg1944: Wolfsschanze, Prussia
Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry1962: Petit-Clamart, France
Valerie Solanas1968: The Factory, Manhattan
Dmitry Karakozov1866: Summer Garden, St.Petersburg
Lewis Powell1865: the victim's home, Washington, DC
Michael Abram1999: the victim's home, Henley-on-Thames
John Flammang Schrank1912: Hotel Gilpatrick, Milwaukee, WI
Would-Be AssassinIntended VictimWhen & Where
Fanni Kaplan1918: Hammer and Sickle Factory, Moscow
Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola1950: Blair House, Washington DC
Nguyen Van Troi1963: airport road into Saigon
Guy Fawkes1605: underneath Parliament, London
Vladimir Arutyunian2005: Freedom Square, Tbilisi, Georgia
Michael Riccardi1991: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Alexander Berkman1892: the victim's office, Pittsburgh, PA
Mehmet Ali Ağca1981: Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Joseph Paul Franklin1978: county courthouse, Lawrenceville, GA
Richard Lawrence1835: Capitol Building, Washington DC
James Hadfield1800: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Marcus Sarjeant 1981: The Mall, London

Friend Scores


  Player Best Score Plays Last Played
You You haven't played this game yet.

You Might Also Like...

Assassinations

Murder Weapons

Greatest Britons

Extras