publication date: Monday, January 13, 2020 (part of Winter 2020)

category: Terrorism

clue: A worldwide war can be kicked off with one assassination, as he proved a little over a century ago.

explanation: Princip's assassination of Franz Ferdinand sparked the first World War. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Erik Bates


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