The U.S.
In the late 1700s
Which country abolished capital punishment for murder in 1965?
Britain, UK, United Kingdom (all these answers work. Duh)
Which company’s slogan was inspired by the last words of a man about to be executed?
Nike: “Just Do It”
Which code deems death as the only punishment for all crimes?
Draconian Code of Athens
Which method of capital punishment is being described? The practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing rapid death.
Lethal Injection (c'mon. this one's easy)
Who had the first recorded execution in the new colonies and why were they executed?
Captain George Kendall in Jamestown, VA, for being a spy for Spain
Name one country who impones a mandatory death sentence for the possession of relatively small amount of illegal drugs.
Iran, Singapore, Malaysia, or the Philippines
During medieval times, what was the only proof of ordination that allowed anyone convicted of a felony to escape the death sentence?
Literacy!
The code of which king causes the death penalty as a punishment for 25 different crimes?
King Hammurabi of Babylon
Which method of capital punishment is being described? A method that causes death by electric shock, electric current passing through the body.
Electrocution
In 1846, which state in the US became the first state to abolish the death penalty for all crimes except treason?
Michigan
In 1863, which country was the first to abolish capital punishment for all crimes?
Venezuela
Which Pope condemned capital punishment as “cruel and unnecessary?
Pope John Paul II (yes, you have to remember the II part)
Fill in the blank: The first established death penalty laws date as far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C., when _______ only hanged people in cases of murder.
William the Conqueror
Which method of capital punishment is being described? Dying by being suspended by a noose or ligature around the neck.
Hanging
In which order did these US states (Illinois, Washington, New Jersey, Virginia, and Connecticut) abolish capital punishment? Starting from earliest to latest.
New Jersey (2007), Illinois (2011), Connecticut (2012), Washington (2018), and Virginia (2021).
Which country formerly had one of the world's highest execution rates?
South Africa
Which country has by far the highest rate of execution per capita of any country?
Singapore
Fill in the blank: Under the influence of the ________, there began a movement to limit the scope of capital punishment, because, at the time, even common theft was punishable by death.
European Enlightment
Which method of capital punishment is being described: carbon monoxide poisoning by burning coal in a sealed room?
Suffocation
From which country was the US influenced to use capital punishment?
Britain
Fill in the blank: _______ was the first European country to abolish the death penalty, doing so in 1865.
San Marino
Answers include: Belarus, Guatemala, Russia, Tajikistan
Capital punishment for murder, treason, arson, and rape was established in Ancient Greece under the laws of which Athenian legislator?
Draco
Which method of capital punishment is being described: Penetration of a human by an object such as a stake, pole, spear, or hook?
Impalement