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Crime 53 questions.
Generally real-life crime
Pub quiz question 7107 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the name of Clyde Barrow's brother who joined Bonnie and Clyde in some of their heists?
  2. Answer: A: Buck
  3. Categories: Crime (6) Names (6)
Pub quiz question 8118 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: From 1993 to 2009, European police forces sought "the Phantom of Heilbronn," (also known as the “Woman Without a Face”) This woman was linked with 40 crimes scenes in Germany, Austria and France, which included murders, burglaries and drug cases. What were the repercussions when she was eventually found?
  2. Answer: A: Standards for producing products free of human DNA were tightened.
  3. Notes: *: Contaminated swabs at the factory producing them were responsible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_of_Heilbronn
  4. Categories: Science (8) Crime (7) 1990s (9) 2000s (9)
Pub quiz question 3116 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did humanitarian William the Conqueror replace with castration and gouging out of eyes?
  2. Answer: A: Capital punishment
  3. Categories: Crime (8) History (8)
Pub quiz question 8012 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which psychological condition was defined after a 1973 Swedish bank robbery?
  2. Answer: A: Stockholm syndrome.
  3. Categories: 1970s (6) Science (6) Crime (8)
Pub quiz question 7431 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Stidda; 'Ndrangheta; Camorra; Sacra Corona Unita?
  2. Answer: A: Italian organised crime groups (mafia/mob gangs)
  3. Categories: Connections (7) Geography (7) Italy (4) General Knowledge (7) Crime (4)
Pub quiz question 6972 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was branded the World's most prolific, living serial killer before he killed himself in 2004?
  2. Answer: A: Harold Shipman
  3. Notes: *: Convicted 2000 for murders between 1995-1998. Died 2004
  4. Categories: 1990s (3) 2000s (3) Crime (3)
Pub quiz question 3120 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What macabre job brought fame to James Berry and Albert Pierrepoint?
  2. Answer: A: Hangman/Public executioner
  3. Categories: History (2) Crime (2)
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Pub quiz question 7071 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What building boasts Traitors Gate which was opened to bring prisoners in from the Thames?
  2. Answer: A: The Tower of London
  3. Categories: Buildings (3) Royalty (3) Crime (3)
Pub quiz question 5395 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What does the youth punishment ASBO stand for?
  2. Answer: A: Anti-social behaviour order
  3. Categories: Acronyms/Abbreviations (3) Crime (3)
Pub quiz question 3698 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Aug '11, Which of the three people convicted for the death of Peter Connelly/Baby P was released less than halfway through his six-year jail sentence?
  2. Answer: A: Jason Owen
  3. Categories: Crime (8) Current Affairs (5)
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