How Does the Electric Chair Work Quiz

How Does the Electric Chair Work? Quiz

created on Dec 2009
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Morbid? Yes. Fun? You bet. Take this quiz and see if you qualify for executioner or if Ol' Sparky's just too advanced for you!
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1. Who paid his employees to develop the electric chair?
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2. In what state was the electric chair first used?
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3. Who was the first to die in the electric chair?
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4. How many women have been put to death in the electric chair?
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5. How long does an execution using the electric chair take, if all goes well? (Although the time varies from state to state, and depending on the weight of the prisoner, one of the answers is more realistic than the others. Also, this is the amount of time current is applied to the condemned and does not include the time required to pronounce death.)
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6. What is the general range of voltage and current used during a judicial electrocution?
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7. Which of the following is NOT normally observed during execution in the electric chair once the current has been turned on?
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8. What is the reason wet sponges are placed between the head and leg electrodes and the prisoner's skin?
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9. How much energy is fed to the prisoner's body during electrocution.
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10. What was determined to the cause of "Tiny Davis'" nose bleed during his execution in Florida's electric chair?

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Created: Dec 2009
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