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The Legend of Belle Gunness

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Introduction:
"I grew up in La Porte, Indiana. Not much happens in that small rural town, but in the early 1900s La Porte was the home of the serial killer Belle Gunness, who killed 42 people. This quiz is about her."


1. Where was Belle Gunness born?
    Selbu, Norway
    London, England
    La Porte, Indiana
    Belleview, Canada


2. Where did Belle Gunness meet her first husband, Max "Mads" Sorenson?
    La Porte, Indiana
    Reno, Nevada
    Dallas, Texas
    Chicago, Illinois


3. Belle and Mads had four children. What were their names?
    Axel, Brian, Lucy, Max
    Michael, Max, Caroline, Charlie
    Mathew, James, Josh, Mary
    Caroline, Axel, Myrtle, Lucy


4. What was Mads Sorenson's official cause of death?
    Enlarged Heart
    Fall
    Poisoning
    Influenza


5. After Belle moved to La Porte, she married a man named Peter Gunness. How did he die?
    Tripped and fell down stairs
    Hung himself
    Shot in hunting accident
    Meat cleaver fell on him


6. How did Belle meet most of her victims?
    Help Wanted advertisement
    At a local bar
    Friends of her children
    Personal advertisement


7. In what way do many people believe that Belle Gunness and her children may have died?
    In a fire
    Stabbed by a burgler
    Poisoned by Peter Gunness' sister
    In a tornado


8. What was it about the fire at Belle Gunness' farm that made the police suspect foul play?
    They found traces of gasoline
    A downstairs piano was found on top of the bodies.
    A local man confessed to the fire
    A man's jacket was found near the house


9. How were the rest of the bodies at Belle Gunness' farm discovered?
    A man admited to helping Belle commit murder.
    A man came looking for his missing brother
    A local dog brought home a human leg bone
    A body was found when rebuilding the house


10. Why was the body found in the fire thought not to be Belle?
    Ray Lamphere, Belle's former employee, later admitted to helping Belle escape
    The body found was too small to be Belle
    All of these choices
    The body's dental work was not melted


11. A local man named Ray Lamphere was charged with the fire and murder. What was Ray convicted of?
    Only the murder charge
    Neither charge
    Both charges
    Only the arson charge


12. Who did Ray Lamphere claim the headless woman found in the fire was?
    Belle Gunness
    Belle's older sister Nellie
    A woman Belle had just hired to be a housekeeper
    Ray's former lover Julia


13. What is another theory about what happened to Belle Gunness?
    She was murdered by other accomplices, besides Ray
    She ran back home to Norway
    She changed her name to Betty and moved to Canada
    She hung herself in a barn in Illinois


14. One person claimed to know more about the murders committed by Belle Gunness. Who was it?
    Nellie Larson, Belle's sister
    Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, a close friend of Belle
    Paul Pedersen Storset, Belle's father
    Berit Olsdatter, Belle's mother


15. Was Belle Gunness ever found, either living or dead?
    Yes
    No


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