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The Assassination of James A. Garfield - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 25 times
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- The average score is 14 of 14
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Year the assassination took place | 1881 | 100%
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| Number of days Garfield survived after being shot, before dying of infection | 79 days | 100%
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| Inventor who tried to help locate the bullet in Garfield's body | Alexander Graham Bell | 100%
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| ...and specifically at this railroad station | Baltimore and {Potomac} | 100%
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| The assassin privately _______ed for Garfield, then felt betrayed after not getting a job in the U.S. government | Campaign | 100%
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| Mentally ill gunman who assassinated Garfield | Charles J. Guiteau | 100%
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| Vice President who took office after Garfield's death | Chester A. Arthur | 100%
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| 2025 Netflix miniseries about the assassination | Death by Lightning | 100%
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| Doctor who used his fingers and metal probes to reach the bullet (his first name was literally "Doctor") | Doctor Willard Bliss | 100%
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| Form of execution for the assassin | Hanging | 100%
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| Poem he recited as his last words | I Am Going to the {Lordy} | 100%
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| Utopian religious society the gunman was part of, and hated by | {Oneida} Community | 100%
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| Secretary of War who was standing near Garfield when he was shot (hint: his father had also been assassinated) | Robert Todd Lincoln | 100%
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| City where Garfield was shot | Washington D.C. | 100%
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