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Pick Your Ripper Trivia Quiz

Although the 1888 murders of five London prostitutes remain unsolved to this day, there has never been a shortage of suspects who, for whatever reason, were thought to be the infamous Whitechapel murderer, Jack The Ripper.

A multiple-choice quiz by ripper1. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
ripper1

Time
7 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
161,589

Updated
Mar 30 23

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. When did Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward, the Duke of Clarence, first become a suspect in the Ripper murders? Hint

1891

1962

1912

1970

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Question 2 of 10

2. Bertrand Ashley, Claude Clayton and Ashley Nabokoff were aliases used by which suspect? Hint

George Chapman

Aaron Kosminski

Nathan Kominsky

Michael Ostrog

3. The nature of the murders, not surprisingly, cast suspicion upon medical men. However, only one police official claimed, in writing, that a "doctor" was responsible for the murders. Which doctor was named in the "Littlechild Letter"? Hint

Dr. Thomas Neill Cream

Dr. Francis Tumblety

Dr. Roslyn D'Onston

Dr. William Gull

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Question 4 of 10

4. What do suspects Montague John Druitt, George Chapman, Roslyn D'Onston and Francis Tumblety, have in common? Hint

They were all named in official police documents.

They were all considered professional men.

They all possessed a high degree of medical knowledge.

They all spent time living abroad.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which high ranking case official considered that "Jack The Ripper" might actually be, "Jill The Ripper"? Hint

James Monro

Thomas Arnold

Donald Swanson

Frederick George Abberline

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Question 6 of 10

6. Whose death mask did New Scotland Yard claim belonged to Jack The Ripper?

Answer: (First name and surname or surname only)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Still considered by many to be the prime suspect, which one statement has been used to best implicate Montague John Druitt in the murders? Hint

The fact that his own family considered him to be the Ripper.

That he was named in the "Macnaghten Memoranda".

That after his suicide, the murders ceased.

That of all the suspects, only Druitt matches the descriptions provided by witnesses.

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Question 8 of 10

8. George Chapman was arrested on October 25, 1902 for the murders of three women. It was this event that allegedly prompted the then retired Inspector Abberline to proclaim, "That Jack The Ripper had finally been caught". Although it was Abberline's opinion that Chapman and the Ripper were one in the same, he was bothered by what discrepancy? Hint

That Chapman had used poison to murder the three women.

That Chapman was younger than eyewitness descriptions provided in the Ripper murders.

That several witnesses to the Ripper murders had heard the alleged murderer speak in English and Chapman wasn't fluent in the language.

That the Whitechapel murderer had killed prostitutes, while Chapman was murdering women of "different classes".

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the 1988 television documentary, "The Secret Identity of Jack The Ripper", who did the panel of experts unanimously identify as the infamous murderer? Hint

Montague John Druitt

James Kenneth Stephen

David Cohen

Aaron Kosminski

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the late 1990s, "Casebook: Jack The Ripper", conducted a poll of viewers to their website. Ranking twenty-two suspects in order of popularity, which man did the public choose as Jack The Ripper? Hint

Montague John Druitt

James Maybrick

Aaron Kosminski

George Chapman

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When did Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward, the Duke of Clarence, first become a suspect in the Ripper murders?

Answer: 1962

The allegation first surfaced in Phillippe Jullien's book, "Edouard VII". The author claimed that the Duke of Clarence committed the murders with the aid of the Duke of Bedford.

2. Bertrand Ashley, Claude Clayton and Ashley Nabokoff were aliases used by which suspect?

Answer: Michael Ostrog

Ostrog was one of three suspects named by Chief Constable of the CID, Sir Melville Macnaghten, in his 1894 report, which has come to be known as the "Macnaghten Memoranda".

Answer: Dr. Francis Tumblety

Chief Inspector John G. Littlechild named Tumblety as "a very likely suspect" in a 1913 letter written to journalist, George R. Sims.

4. What do suspects Montague John Druitt, George Chapman, Roslyn D'Onston and Francis Tumblety, have in common?

Answer: They were all named in official police documents.

Druitt was named by Macnaghten, Chapman by Abberline, D'Onston by Stead and Tumblety by Littlechild.

5. Which high ranking case official considered that "Jack The Ripper" might actually be, "Jill The Ripper"?

Answer: Frederick George Abberline

Abberline's thought that the murderer might be a woman was formulated after the Miller's Court murder of Mary Kelly. Caroline Maxwell's adamant testimony of seeing Kelly "after" her murder, led Inspector Abberline to consider that Maxwell didn't see Kelly, but rather the killer dressed in Mary's clothes.

6. Whose death mask did New Scotland Yard claim belonged to Jack The Ripper?

Answer: Frederick Deeming

Even though evidence puts Deeming in South Africa at the time of the murders, his death mask and skull, now held in the Black Museum, were identified as being that of the infamous Whitechapel murderer.

7. Still considered by many to be the prime suspect, which one statement has been used to best implicate Montague John Druitt in the murders?

Answer: That he was named in the "Macnaghten Memoranda".

Like the other suspects, there is no physical evidence linking Druitt to the murders. He only became a suspect when Sir Melville Macnaghten stated that he had "private information" implicating Druitt. Information that Macnaghten readily admitted to destroying, due to its potentially inflammatory nature. Druitt is a suspect because Macnaghten named him as such and for no other reason.

Answer: That Chapman was younger than eyewitness descriptions provided in the Ripper murders.

Most witness descriptions put the Ripper at between thirty-five and forty years of age. The youngest estimate, that of approximately twenty-eight years, was provided by PC Smith. However, at the time of the Whitechapel murders, Chapman was only twenty-three years of age.

9. In the 1988 television documentary, "The Secret Identity of Jack The Ripper", who did the panel of experts unanimously identify as the infamous murderer?

Answer: Aaron Kosminski

The panel consisted of law enforcement officers from both Scotland Yard and the FBI, among others.

Answer: James Maybrick

Kosminski was runner-up at Number 2, followed by Chapman at Number 3. Druitt made the Top Ten at Number 9. "Alice In Wonderland" author, Lewis Carroll, finished last, at Number 22.

Source: Author ripper1

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