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A multiple-choice quiz by AlvinKarpis. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
AlvinKarpis

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
226,232

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
498

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Question 1 of 10

1. Ed Shouse, a short-term member of the Dillinger gang was captured in Paris,Illinois on December 20, 1933. How did Indiana State Police officer Eugene Teague die during the incident? Hint

Killed by a runaway car

Shot by a local officer

Fell from a fire escape

Shot by Shouse

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Question 2 of 10

2. Alvin Karpis and associates pulled off an unusual robbery in late 1935 and escaped in an equally unique manner. What occurred? Hint

They robbed a train and fled in an airplane

They robbed a train and escaped on horseback

They robbed a church and escaped in a bus

They raided an empty bank and fled on a train

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Question 3 of 10

3. What did John Ashley's gang come to be known as? Hint

The Evergreen Bandits

The College Kidnappers

The Tri-State Gang

The Everglades Gang

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Question 4 of 10

4. Capone hitman and Barker-Karpis associate Fred Burke died in which manner? Hint

Died of complications from diabetes in prison, 1940

Died on Guadacanal during World War 2

Killed at the Kansas City Massacre

Hit by a church bus in Chicago,1944

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Question 5 of 10

5. Brief Dillinger gang member Hilton Crouch held what job before turning to crime? Hint

Dirt track car racer

Butcher

Rodeo cowboy

Airline pilot

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Question 6 of 10

6. What nickname did Hermann Lamm go by? Hint

The General

Maestro

Colonel

Baron

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was unusual about the bank robbery perpetrated by George Birdwell in Boly, Oklahoma in 1932? Hint

He pulled the job alone

The bank was on an Indian reservation

The bank was right next to a police station

The bank was located in an all-black town

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Question 8 of 10

8. Before his identity became known to the authorities, what nickname did newspapers give John Dillinger? Hint

Lucky Dog

Birdman

Desperate Dan

Pistol Pete

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was unusual about a train robbery that took place in Noble,California on November 9,1930? Hint

The gang was dressed as rodeo cowboys

The robbers placed a .30 calibre machine gun on the tracks

The gang placed cattle on the tracks to stop the train

The gang set fire to three of the train cars

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Question 10 of 10

10. By what infamous name would petty bootlegger George Barnes come to be known as? Hint

Baby Face Nelson

Doc Malloy

Larry " The Chopper" DeVol

Machine Gun Kelly

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1. Ed Shouse, a short-term member of the Dillinger gang was captured in Paris,Illinois on December 20, 1933. How did Indiana State Police officer Eugene Teague die during the incident?

Answer: Shot by a local officer

Teague was caught in a crossfire and accidentally shot by the local cop. This would be one of the many deaths attributed to the Dillinger Gang

2. Alvin Karpis and associates pulled off an unusual robbery in late 1935 and escaped in an equally unique manner. What occurred?

Answer: They robbed a train and fled in an airplane

Karpis had purchased the airplane and had it standing by with a willing---and highly paid--- pilot.

3. What did John Ashley's gang come to be known as?

Answer: The Everglades Gang

Bank robber, highjacker and bootlegger Ashley based his operations in Florida. He and his men would meet their demise in a police ambush on January 1st, 1924.

4. Capone hitman and Barker-Karpis associate Fred Burke died in which manner?

Answer: Died of complications from diabetes in prison, 1940

Figuring he had nothing else to lose, Burke ignored his diabetes and pretty much ate himself to death in the Michigan State prison.

5. Brief Dillinger gang member Hilton Crouch held what job before turning to crime?

Answer: Dirt track car racer

Dillinger picked Crouch to be the gang's get-away driver due to his expert driving skills. However, his evasive skills were far less impressive as he was captured shortly after joining the gang.

6. What nickname did Hermann Lamm go by?

Answer: Baron

A German immigrant, Lamm came to the States shortly after World War One and immediately began robbing banks. He would die in a shoot-out following a disastrous bank job at Sidell,Illinois in 1930.

7. What was unusual about the bank robbery perpetrated by George Birdwell in Boly, Oklahoma in 1932?

Answer: The bank was located in an all-black town

Birdwell, a partner of Pretty Boy Floyd ignored Floyd's warnings and hit the bank with two black accomplices. Birdwell and one other man were killed by bank employees and townspeople.

8. Before his identity became known to the authorities, what nickname did newspapers give John Dillinger?

Answer: Desperate Dan

The papers played on John's habit of leaping over tellers' cages while carrying out the robberies.

9. What was unusual about a train robbery that took place in Noble,California on November 9,1930?

Answer: The robbers placed a .30 calibre machine gun on the tracks

A tripod-mounted machine gun sitting on the tracks was enough to get the engineer to stop without hesitation.

10. By what infamous name would petty bootlegger George Barnes come to be known as?

Answer: Machine Gun Kelly

Kelly was never more than a small-time hood,but he had a reputation that had mainly been built up by his gold-digger wife. Nelson's real name was Lester Gillis, DeVol used his real name, and Doc Malloy was a character played by Allen Melvin on The Andy Griffith Show

Source: Author AlvinKarpis

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