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Capital punishment in Spain - Quiz
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  • 1. When did Spain completely abolish capital punishment for all offenses, including wartime?
A) October 1995
B) 1932
C) 1978
D) September 1975
  • 2. Which document initially banned capital punishment in Spain except for wartime offences?
A) The 1995 Decree
B) The Second Spanish Republic Charter
C) The Francoist Decree of 1938
D) The 1978 Spanish Constitution
  • 3. Who pushed for the ban on capital punishment in Spain?
A) Ferdinand VII
B) Olof Palme
C) María Asunción Milá
D) Francisco Franco
  • 4. On what date were the last executions carried out in Spain?
A) 27 September 1975
B) 27 September 1972
C) 1 October 1995
D) 27 September 1974
  • 5. What method was used for the executions in September 1975?
A) Decapitation
B) Garrote
C) Hanging
D) Firing squad
  • 6. Why was the firing squad used instead of the garrote in 1975?
A) Unavailability of executioners versed in the garrote
B) A shortage of wood for the garrote
C) Public protests against the garrote
D) The garrote was officially banned in 1974
  • 7. Who was executed in Barcelona in 1974 using the garrote?
A) Salvador Puig Antich
B) Lluís Companys
C) Pedro Martínez Exposito
D) Pilar Prades
  • 8. Which Spanish monarch replaced all other methods of execution with the garrote in 1820?
A) Ferdinand VII
B) Oscar Bernadotte
C) Francisco Franco
D) Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
  • 9. Who famously declared Spain the most frequent executioner of the Western world in the early 1800s?
A) Ferdinand VII
B) Oscar Bernadotte
C) Salvador Puig Antich
D) Olof Palme
  • 10. In what year did the Second Spanish Republic abolish capital punishment?
A) 1938
B) 1975
C) 1978
D) 1932
  • 11. When was capital punishment fully restored in Francoist Spain by decree?
A) 1934
B) 1938
C) 1940
D) 1950
  • 12. Who was the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia executed during the Francoist period?
A) Salvador Puig Antich
B) Lluís Companys
C) Andrés Ruiz Márquez
D) Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
  • 13. How many Spaniards were executed by garrotte between 1950 and 1959?
A) 1,706
B) 58
C) 9
D) 165
  • 14. What was the name of the poisoner executed in 1959 in Valencia?
A) None of the above
B) María Asunción Milá
C) Pilar Prades
D) Mariana de Pineda Muñoz
  • 15. The execution of Pilar Prades in 1959 inspired the final scene of which 1963 film?
A) Firing Squad
B) The Executioner
C) The Spanish Civil War
D) The Last Garrote
  • 16. Which Swedish leader denounced the 1975 executions as "devilish murderers"?
A) Olof Palme
B) Oscar Bernadotte
C) Salvador Puig Antich
D) Ferdinand VII
  • 17. What happened to the death sentence of Andrés Ruiz Márquez?
A) He was pardoned
B) He was executed by garrotte
C) It was commuted to life in prison
D) He was executed by firing squad
  • 18. How many executions are reported to have occurred in Francoist Spain between 1940 and 1975?
A) 165
B) 1,706
C) 6
D) 58
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