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Quiz about Yours Truly Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti
Quiz about Yours Truly Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti

Yours Truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti Quiz


Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti has some assignments for Guido. Do you know what Guido is getting into?

A multiple-choice quiz by deputygary. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
deputygary
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
323,855
Updated
May 22 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
845
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 66 (4/10), Guest 98 (7/10), Guest 68 (9/10).
Question 1 of 10
1. "Dear Guido: Chef Boy-Ar-Dee is killing me in spaghetti sales. I want you to get his recipe by using force, intimidation or undue power. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." What crime is Don Spaghetti trying to get Guido to commit? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "Dear Guido: A little sea birdie told me that Chef Boy-Ar-Dee has a shipload of meatballs coming in. I want you to commit an act of depredation on the high seas and take the entire shipment. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." What crime is Don Spaghetti trying to get Guido to commit? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "Dear Guido: Maliciously burn Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee's warehouse. Burn it to the ground. Capisce? Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." If Guido intentionally burns the warehouse down, what crime will he have committed? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "Dear Guido: I want you to wait in the parking lot for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee. When he comes out, I want you to have intentional harmful contact with him. I want him to know I mean business. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." If this was the US, is Guido being asked to commit assault or battery? (type in: assault or battery)

Answer: (A or B ... assault or battery)
Question 5 of 10
5. "Dear Guido: I want you to break into the Chef Boy-Ar-Dee place and take or remove all the cans without authorization. If he has no cans he can't sell any spaghetti. Itsa brilliant. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." Stealing things is illegal. What crime would Guido be committing? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "Dear Guido: Maybe I'll ruin Chef Boy-Ar-Dee's reputation by bringing a fraudulent civil suit against the company. I want you to stand up in court and willfully make a false statement that you found fish heads in a can of Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti, even though you didn't. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." If Guido thus testifies falsely in a court of law, what can he be charged with? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "Dear Guido: Since you have so far failed to do anything I've asked, I have an easy job for you. Pay a visit to the Chef Boy-Ar-Dee offices and secretly draw a map to the safe where they keep their recipes. Me and the boys will break in at night and steal them and you don't have to be involved. We don't even know you, right? Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti."
If Guido did as asked, what could he be arrested and charged with?
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "Dear Guido: I need to raise more capital for my spaghetti company. Take the keys to my airplane and fly this load of controlled substances across the border. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." That would be illegal. What could Guido be charged with if he transports controlled substances by aircraft? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "Dear Guido: So far you have failed to perform any of the tasks I have given you and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee continues to dominate the spaghetti market. Therefore I want you to incite people to revolt against the government of Italy. I don't know exactly how that will help me but I'm so mad I no longer care. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." Uh oh. What crime is Guido being asked to commit? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "Dear Guido: I have had it with your insubordination. I have one simple task for you. If you fail to comply with this you will no longer be part of the syndicate. I want you to do nothing. Understand? Just stand around and be a public nuisance. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti."
What he wants could be illegal. What could Guido be arrested for?
Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Dear Guido: Chef Boy-Ar-Dee is killing me in spaghetti sales. I want you to get his recipe by using force, intimidation or undue power. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." What crime is Don Spaghetti trying to get Guido to commit?

Answer: Extortion

Extortion is the act of threatening injury to another person in an attempt to get them to turn over something valuable. It differs from blackmail in that blackmail involves the threat to damage the victim's reputation rather than to physically harm them. Extortion differs from larceny in that in extortion the intent is for the victim to voluntarily hand over the valuable item whereas with larceny the perpetrator simply takes the item. In the US extortion generally carries a prison term of 2-4 years although longer terms, including a life sentence, may be imposed if the victim was threatened with death or grievous injury.
2. "Dear Guido: A little sea birdie told me that Chef Boy-Ar-Dee has a shipload of meatballs coming in. I want you to commit an act of depredation on the high seas and take the entire shipment. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." What crime is Don Spaghetti trying to get Guido to commit?

Answer: Piracy

Piracy is robbery or violence committed by a private party in international waters against another vessel or the persons thereon. The majority of pirate attacks nowadays occur off the east coast of Africa and around Malaysia and Indonesia. Being a pirate is bad--very, very bad.
According to Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 81.1651 of the US Civil Code, "Whoever, on the high seas, commits the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards brought into or found in the United States, shall be imprisoned for life."
3. "Dear Guido: Maliciously burn Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee's warehouse. Burn it to the ground. Capisce? Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." If Guido intentionally burns the warehouse down, what crime will he have committed?

Answer: Arson

Arson is the malicious burning of a building or property with criminal intent. In the US intentionally burning a building as described is a felony and generally carries a sentence of two to ten years although individual state laws vary.
4. "Dear Guido: I want you to wait in the parking lot for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee. When he comes out, I want you to have intentional harmful contact with him. I want him to know I mean business. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." If this was the US, is Guido being asked to commit assault or battery? (type in: assault or battery)

Answer: battery

Assault is the threat of hitting someone. Actually hitting someone would be called battery. Assault is an attempt to commit battery. If Guido took a swing at the Chef but missed, it would be assault rather than battery because he did not make contact even though he intended to.
State ordinances vary as to punishment, but typically a simple battery can be punished by fine and up to a year in jail although shorter terms, such as six months, are prevalent. Battery is also a tort which means the assailant may be sued by the victim for medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost wages, etc.
5. "Dear Guido: I want you to break into the Chef Boy-Ar-Dee place and take or remove all the cans without authorization. If he has no cans he can't sell any spaghetti. Itsa brilliant. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." Stealing things is illegal. What crime would Guido be committing?

Answer: Larceny

Larceny involves the taking and removing of someone else's property. In some US states larceny has been merged into the catch-all category of theft. Larceny can generally result in a prison term of up to one year for petty theft, or theft of goods under a certain state-defined limit. Grand theft can generally result in a prison term of up to five years.
6. "Dear Guido: Maybe I'll ruin Chef Boy-Ar-Dee's reputation by bringing a fraudulent civil suit against the company. I want you to stand up in court and willfully make a false statement that you found fish heads in a can of Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti, even though you didn't. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." If Guido thus testifies falsely in a court of law, what can he be charged with?

Answer: Perjury

Persons testifying in court in the US are required to swear, under oath, that they will tell the truth. Making false testimony, such as falsely reporting that one found fish heads in a can of spaghetti, is perjury, or lying under oath and can result in a fine and/or a prison sentence of up to five years.
7. "Dear Guido: Since you have so far failed to do anything I've asked, I have an easy job for you. Pay a visit to the Chef Boy-Ar-Dee offices and secretly draw a map to the safe where they keep their recipes. Me and the boys will break in at night and steal them and you don't have to be involved. We don't even know you, right? Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." If Guido did as asked, what could he be arrested and charged with?

Answer: Aiding and abetting

A person who helps others commit a crime, even if that person was not directly involved in carrying out the crime, can be charged with aiding and abetting in the commission of the crime. The prosecution would have to prove that Guido knew of the crime beforehand and willfully aided in some aspect of it. Legally speaking, aiding and abetting is the same as accessory to a crime in the US.
Aiding and abetting differs from an accomplice in that an accomplice is actually present while the crime is being committed. Examples of accomplices include getaway drivers and look-outs.
The penalty for aiding and abetting may be the same as the penalty for actually committing the crime.
8. "Dear Guido: I need to raise more capital for my spaghetti company. Take the keys to my airplane and fly this load of controlled substances across the border. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." That would be illegal. What could Guido be charged with if he transports controlled substances by aircraft?

Answer: Lighting violation

Lighting violations carry a potential for a fine, up to five years imprisonment, or both. Lighting violations are defined in Title 49 of the US Civil Code, Section 46315.
9. "Dear Guido: So far you have failed to perform any of the tasks I have given you and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee continues to dominate the spaghetti market. Therefore I want you to incite people to revolt against the government of Italy. I don't know exactly how that will help me but I'm so mad I no longer care. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." Uh oh. What crime is Guido being asked to commit?

Answer: Sedition

Sedition involves inciting other people to rise up against a government. Treason involves actively trying to overthrow a government. Treason is the more serious crime. In the US sedition could be punished by up to 20 years in prison.
10. "Dear Guido: I have had it with your insubordination. I have one simple task for you. If you fail to comply with this you will no longer be part of the syndicate. I want you to do nothing. Understand? Just stand around and be a public nuisance. Yours truly, Mafia Boss Don Spaghetti." What he wants could be illegal. What could Guido be arrested for?

Answer: Loitering

Most loitering ordinances in the US are designed to curb gang activity. They give police the right to remove someone who stands in a public or private place in such a way as to impede others from entering, interfere with the conduct of business, or just to claim territory.

They also allow police to disperse persons who linger in an area with no apparent purpose--e.g. someone hanging around a children's playground. The penalty for loitering is generally a fine but in some cases imprisonment for up to six months can result.

The comedian Brian Regan has a routine about loitering. A person who really just has no place to go could be arrested for loitering and thrown in jail where they have no place to go.
Source: Author deputygary

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