Crime and Criminals

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1. Which of the Great Train Robbers escaped from a British prison to Brazil? Ronnie Biggs Simon Biggs Jack Biggs David Biggs

2. Gangster Al Capone, boss of the Chicago underworld, was finally gaoled for 11 years for what crime? Possession of a firearm Conspiracy Second degree murder Tax evasion

3. What was the nickname of the infamous bank robber Charles Floyd, killed in a shoot-out with the FBI in 1934? Answer: (Two Words. First word begins with 'P'.)

4. Phoolan Devi, known as the 'Beautiful Robber', was a feared bandit leader in which country? Pakistan India China Afganistan

5. The 15th century Cesare Borgia was an expert in which type of killing? Strangling Poisoning Knifing Drowning

6. Which British spy, who confessed his treachery in 1964, kept his job on the Queen's payroll until he was publicly unmasked in 1978? Edward McDonald Anthony Blunt Douglas Smith Chester Howards

7. Which woman thief and bank robber later reformed and became a society columnist in New York and was eventually murdered in her own home by burglars in 1924? Sophie Delores Sophie Sherlock Sophie Tucker Sophie Lyons

8. Which man founded the world's famous detective agency in the United States of America in 1850? Alan Pinkerton Douglas Pinkerton Jim Pinkerton Robert Pinkerton

9. Vlad III of Wallachia, the original "Dracula", was extremely cruel. His method of killing earned him what grim nickname? Vlad the Impaler Vlad the Mad Vlad the Vampire Vlad the Red

10. Ned Kelly, son of a convict transported to Australia from Ireland, became known in which field of crime? Train robbery Rape Bank robbery Murder

11. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb killed a 14 year-old boy, Robert Franks, in Chicago in 1924. What was their motive? Thrills Food Money Shoes

12. The science of ballistics is concerned with what? DNA Sex Firearms Drugs

13. By what name is the unknown murderer who killed five women in the East End of London in 1888 remembered? Answer: (Three Words)

14. What was the surname of brothers Ron and Reg who ruled London's underworld for a decade and were sentenced to life imprisonment? McDonald Petersen Vance Kray

15. When a defendant 'coughs', what does he do? Lies Escapes Tells the truth Confesses

16. Name the notorious pair of bodysnatchers who robbed graves in Scotland in the 1820s to sell bodies for dissection, and later murdered at least 15 people? Burke and Hare Hare and Kirk Burke and Kirk Kirk and Keaton

17. Which murderer was the first to be caught by the use of ship-to-shore telegraph? Dr. Kiplin Dr. Mippin Dr. Crippen Dr. Prippin

18. Madeleine Smith was tried for the murder by poison of her lover in Edinburgh in 1857. What was the verdict? Insane Guilty Not proven Innocent

19. What is the method of identification that uses the genetic material from our cells to produce a virtually unique pattern or 'fingerprint' called? Fingerprint Profiling Cell profiling DNA profiling RNA profiling

20. How did Anne Bonney become notorious in the 18th century? She was a lawyer She was a pirate She was a politician She was a serial killer