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Crime 53 questions.

Generally real-life crime

Pub quiz question 5210 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which legendary singer/songwriter was killed in December 8th 1980?
Answer: A: John Lennon
Categories: Entertainment (4) Music (4) Crime (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 7115 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Al Capone's nickname?
Answer: A: Scarface
Categories: Names (2) Crime (2)

Pub quiz question 6098 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which actress played Mary Beth Lacey in the American detective series Cagney and Lacey?
Answer: A: Tyne Daly
Categories: Entertainment (4) Television (4) Crime (4)
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Pub quiz question 5354 by pjh2

Question: Q: The attempted assassination of which pop artist and film-maker was the subject of a 1996 film by Mary Harron?
Answer: A: Andy Warhol (I short Andy Warhol)
Categories: 1990s (5) Art (5) Crime (5)

Pub quiz question 7117 by pjh2

Question: Q: What date in 1929 saw the shooting of seven members of Bugs Moran's gang in Chicago?
Answer: A: 14 February
Categories: Crime (4) 1920s (4)

Pub quiz question 3119 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the last woman to be executed in Britain?
Answer: A: Ruth Ellis
Notes: *: 13 July 1955
Categories: History (4) 1950s (4) Crime (4)

Pub quiz question 7120 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US gangster described himself as a used furniture dealer on his business card?
Answer: A: Al Capone
Categories: Crime (1)

Pub quiz question 5803 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which organisation is also known as 'La Cosa Nostra?'
Answer: A: The Mafia
Categories: Names (4) Crime (3)

Pub quiz question 2589 by pjh2

Question: Q: The 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, where boys were kidnapped and killed by Gordon Northcott, formed the basis of which 2008 drama film?
Answer: A: Changeling
Categories: Drama (5) Film/Movies (5) 1980s (5) 1920s (5) Crime (5)
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Pub quiz question 9243 by pjh

Question: Q: What was the name of the crime boss who was head of the feared Chicago Outfit
Answer: A: Al Capone
Categories: General Knowledge (2) Crime (2) America (2)