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Crime 53 questions.
Generally real-life crime
Pub quiz question 6098 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which actress played Mary Beth Lacey in the American detective series Cagney and Lacey?
  2. Answer: A: Tyne Daly
  3. Categories: Entertainment (4) Television (4) Crime (4)
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Pub quiz question 5354 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The attempted assassination of which pop artist and film-maker was the subject of a 1996 film by Mary Harron?
  2. Answer: A: Andy Warhol (I short Andy Warhol)
  3. Categories: 1990s (5) Art (5) Crime (5)
Pub quiz question 7117 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What date in 1929 saw the shooting of seven members of Bugs Moran's gang in Chicago?
  2. Answer: A: 14 February
  3. Categories: Crime (4) 1920s (4)
Pub quiz question 3119 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the last woman to be executed in Britain?
  2. Answer: A: Ruth Ellis
  3. Notes: *: 13 July 1955
  4. Categories: History (4) 1950s (4) Crime (4)
Pub quiz question 7120 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which US gangster described himself as a used furniture dealer on his business card?
  2. Answer: A: Al Capone
  3. Categories: Crime (1)
Pub quiz question 5803 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which organisation is also known as 'La Cosa Nostra?'
  2. Answer: A: The Mafia
  3. Categories: Names (4) Crime (3)
Pub quiz question 2589 by pjh2
  1. 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?
  2. Answer: A: Changeling
  3. Categories: Drama (5) Film/Movies (5) 1980s (5) 1920s (5) Crime (5)
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Pub quiz question 9243 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What was the name of the crime boss who was head of the feared Chicago Outfit
  2. Answer: A: Al Capone
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (2) Crime (2) America (2)
Pub quiz question 5330 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Bolshevik leader was assassinated in Mexico in 1940?
  2. Answer: A: Leon Trotsky
  3. Categories: 1940s (5) Politics (5) Crime (5)
Pub quiz question 5425 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Stella Rimington was the first female director general of which organisation?
  2. Answer: A: MI5
  3. Notes: *: 1992-1996
  4. Categories: Crime (3) 1990s (3)