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Female Serial Killers Trivia Quiz

There aren't many female serial killers to choose from so this should be an easy quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by jdiel. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
jdiel

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
70,426

Updated
Mar 30 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
4013

Last 3 plays: Guest 173 (2/10), Guest 82 (2/10), Guest 71 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who murdered between 15-21 family members by arsenic poisoning? Hint

Marie Hilley

Mary Ann Cotton

Nannie Doss

Martha Beck

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Question 2 of 10

2. In what state was Judy Neeley sentenced to death? Hint

Texas

Alabama

Georgia

Florida

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was Aileen Wuornos' first victim? Hint

Richard Mallory

Lee Moore

David Spears

Troy Wuornos

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Question 4 of 10

4. What weapon did Karla Faye Tucker use to murder 2 people? Hint

poison

knife

gun

pick axe

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which killer was nicknamed the 'Giggling Grandma'? Hint

Martha Beck

Nannie Doss

Marie Hilley

Ellen Woods

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Question 6 of 10

6. Marie Hilley is considered what kind of killer? Hint

black widow

predator

thrill

self defense

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the only black female executed by the state of New York in the 20th century? Hint

Ruth Snyder

Helen Fowler

Anna Antonio

Helen Knight

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Question 8 of 10

8. Whose killing spree reportedly started when a patient asked her to end their suffering? Hint

Gina Hicks

Lenora Perez

Genene Jones

Waltraud Walters

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which killer picked her victims from the tenants of the boarding house she owned? Hint

Karla Tucker

Helen Fowler

Dorothea Puente

Kelly Taylor

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the first woman executed by Robert G. Elliot, the Sing Sing executioner? Hint

Helen Younger

Helen Fowler

Ruth Brown-Snyder

Ruth Jones

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who murdered between 15-21 family members by arsenic poisoning?

Answer: Mary Ann Cotton

She was born in the English village of Low Moorsley in 1832.

2. In what state was Judy Neeley sentenced to death?

Answer: Alabama

At 18 years old, she was the youngest woman ever so sentenced.

3. Who was Aileen Wuornos' first victim?

Answer: Richard Mallory

There were 7 in all spanning a time period starting Dec. 1989 thru Jan. 1991.

4. What weapon did Karla Faye Tucker use to murder 2 people?

Answer: pick axe

She was executed in 1998 in the state of Texas.

5. Which killer was nicknamed the 'Giggling Grandma'?

Answer: Nannie Doss

She killed 11 people.

6. Marie Hilley is considered what kind of killer?

Answer: black widow

She died Feb. 1987 after disappearing on a three day pass from prison. She is buried next to the husband that she murdered.

7. Who was the only black female executed by the state of New York in the 20th century?

Answer: Helen Fowler

She was executed at Sing Sing on 11-16-1944.

8. Whose killing spree reportedly started when a patient asked her to end their suffering?

Answer: Waltraud Walters

Her official death toll is 42.

9. Which killer picked her victims from the tenants of the boarding house she owned?

Answer: Dorothea Puente

She was convicted of nine murders and given life without parole.

10. Who was the first woman executed by Robert G. Elliot, the Sing Sing executioner?

Answer: Ruth Brown-Snyder

A reporter strapped a camera to his leg and snapped a picture of the moment when the first electric current went through her body.

Source: Author jdiel

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