Context: Various methods have been used in the history of the American colonies and the United States but only five methods are currently used. Historically, burning, crushing, breaking on wheel, and bludgeoning were used for a small number of executions, while hanging was the most common method. The last person burned at the stake was a black slave in South Carolina in August 1825. The last person to be hanged in chains was a murderer named John Marshall in West Virginia on April 4, 1913. Although beheading was a legal method in Utah from 1851 to 1888, it was never used.

Question: How many execution methods are currently used in the United States?
Answer: five

Question: What was the most common historical method of execution in the United States?
Answer: hanging

Question: In what state did the last burning at the stake take place in the US?
Answer: South Carolina

Question: Who was the last person hanged in chains in the Untied States?
Answer: John Marshall

Question: When was execution by beheading ended in Utah?
Answer: 1888

Question: How many execution methods are currently outlawed in the United States?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What was the least common historical method of execution in the United States?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  In what state did the first burning at the stake take place in the US?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  Who was the first person hanged in chains in the Untied States?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question:  When was execution by beheading started in Utah?
Answer: Unanswerable