General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 18 May 2016
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Question 1: From where did the guillotine get its name?
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B
From the name of the man who first operated it in 1792
Deputy to the Estates-General who proposed beheading as the death penalty in the French Revolution
C
From the word "guilloter" which may mean "to behead"
D
From the name of the village where it was made for French Revolutionary use