kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: people
Question: What was the name of the ranch that Charles Manson and his Family  stayed at during the spring of 1968?
Choices: Natas; Warren; Aztec; Spahn
Answer: Spahn
Category: people
Question: Which one of Charlies Girls was nicknamed Sadie Mae Glutz?
Choices: Susan  Atkins; Pat Krenwinkel; Squeaky Fromme; Leslie Van Houten
Answer: Susan  Atkins
Category: people
Question: What was the name of the coffee heiress who was murdered by the Manson Family on August 9th?
Choices: Chuck Fullofnuts; Maxwell House; Susan Sanka; Abigail Folger
Answer: Abigail Folger
Category: people
Question: Charles Manson stood 5 8 inches tall.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Which one of the Manson Girls was nicknamed LuLu?
Choices: Patricia Krenwinkel; Susan Atkins; Leslie Van Houten; Mary Theresa Brunner
Answer: Leslie Van Houten
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Question: This true crime book, which hit the shelves in 1974, was about the 1969 Manson Family murders.
Choices: Manson is Dancin; Gimme Shelter; Manson Murders; Helter Skelter
Answer: Helter Skelter
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Question: This hair stylist to American celebrities and ex -fiance of Sharon Tate was murdered by the Manson Family on August 9, 1969.
Choices: James Hughes; Steven Parent; Jay Sebring; Voytek Frykowski
Answer: Jay Sebring
Category: people
Question: Giuseppe Balsamo was born in Palermo, Sicily. He is considered to be the first...
Choices: Mafioso; Italian Godfather; Victim of the Mafia; American Godfather
Answer: American Godfather
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Question: This mafioso was born on 24 November 1897 in Sicily. He arrived in the United States at the age of ten and soon started his criminal career. He became Boss of Bosses and organized the structure of the American Mafia. Although this gangster was sentenced to jail in 1936, he was released by the American government during World War II to aid the American invasion of Sicily.
Choices: Frank Capone; Charles Lucky Luciano; Ralph Capone; Vito Genovese
Answer: Charles Lucky Luciano
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Question: Vito Genovese, Joe Adonis, Albert Anastasia and Bugsy Siegel were the four murderers of Joe Masseria. The assassination of this Mafia don put an end to the Castellammarese War.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This is probably one of the most amazing Bosses of the American Mafia. He came to the USA illegally and became Capo di Tutti Capi (Boss of Bosses) after the assassination of Albert Anastasia in 1957. Mario Puzos Godfather is modeled after this mafioso.
Choices: Carmine Galante; Carlo Gambino; Vito Genovese; Joe Bonanno
Answer: Carlo Gambino
Category: people
Question: He was the most loyal friend of Al Capone. He was Capones treasurer and financial wizard. Because he was incapable of using a gun or killing a person, Al Capone protected him.
Choices: Ralph Capone; Meyer Lansky; Jimmy Hoffa; Jake Gizuk
Answer: Jake Gizuk
Category: people
Question: One of the most bloodthirsty mobsters, Toto Riina, is member of the American Mafia.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Aniello Dellacroce was the underboss of Gambino and so he was the expected successor. Despite that, Gambino chose his brother-in-law for the next Mafia Boss and Dellacroce was given the control over all lucrative activities in Manhattan. What was the name of Gambinos brother-in-law?
Choices: Frank Costello; Al Capone; Paul Castellano; Carmine Galante
Answer: Paul Castellano
Category: people
Question: He is certainly one of the mobsters that contributed most to the American Mafia. His protege, Al Capone, inherited his criminal empire in Chicago, but this is hardly enough to describe his impact on the Mafia. He suggested the idea of creating the National Crime Syndicate and was nicknamed The Brain.
Choices: John Torrio; Ralph Capone; Roy Cohn; Arnold Rothstein
Answer: John Torrio
Category: people
Question: John Gotti has never been imprisoned.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: This was the first mafioso to violate the Omerta (the vow to keep silence about the existence of the Mafia). He was part of the Genovese family.
Choices: Joe Valachi; Joseph Barbara; Vito Genovese; Joseph Profaci
Answer: Joe Valachi
Category: people
Question: Friends applaud, the comedy is over. were the last words of this 18th century composer.
Choices: Johann Nepomuk Hummel; Ludwig van Beethoven; Franz Schubert; Anton Reicha
Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Category: people
Question: These are Winston Churchills last words.
Choices: Now I shall go to sleep. Good night.; My work is done, why wait?; I die.; Everything is so boring.
Answer: Everything is so boring.
Category: people
Question: I am still alive! are the last words of this Roman emperor.
Choices: Augustus; Caligula; Claudius; Julius Caesar
Answer: Caligula
Category: people
Question: What an irreparable loss! are the last words of Auguste Comte.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Both Adolf Fischer and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. expressed this feeling before they died.
Choices: Boredom; Gratitude; Fear; Happiness
Answer: Happiness
Category: people
Question: This serial killer who  believed that his neighbors dog was possessed by ancient demons, told police that the dog had barked orders for him to kill.
Choices: John Haigh; David Berkowitz; Albert Fischer; Ted Bundy
Answer: David Berkowitz
Category: people
Question: John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown, buried over 30 victims in his garden.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: On January 16, 1936 this man who was dubbed the original Hannibal Lecter, died in the electric chair.
Choices: Albert DeSalvo; Dennis Rader; Albert Fish; Gary Leon Ridgway
Answer: Albert Fish
Category: people
Question: In November of 1983 Angelo Buono Jr . was sentenced to life in prison. He was convicted of killing nine young women and dumping their bodies in the Los Angeles area. Based on the geographical locations  where the bodies were found, what was the nickname given to Buono?
Choices: The Hillside Strangler; BTK; The Avenue Assassin; the Green river Killer
Answer: The Hillside Strangler
Category: people
Question: Part of this killers MO (modus operendi) was to send letters to newspapers which were written in code and always signed with the same alias and symbol. Some theorists believe that his cross circle symbol along with certain cryptic codes were indications as to where the next victims would be found.
Choices: The Trailside Killer; The Unabomber; The Zodiac Killer; Jack the Ripper
Answer: The Zodiac Killer
Category: people
Question: This female serial killer has been dubbed the The Damsel of Death for violently killing men along Florida highways while working as a prostitute.
Choices: Marybeth Tinning; Waltraud Wagner; Charlene Gallego; Aileen Wuornos
Answer: Aileen Wuornos
Category: people
Question: Most likely one of the sickest serial killers of the 20th century, this killer kept his victims decaying bodies in acid vats in his apartment. There were severed heads in his refrigerator and other human body parts around his home.
Choices: Richard Ramirez; Charles Manson; Ted Bundy; Jeffrey Dahmer
Answer: Jeffrey Dahmer
Category: people
Question: Due to inconsistencies in his confession and the wide variety of behavioral patterns regarding the murders of several women in Boston, Massachusetts, there still remains doubt that this man was The Boston Strangler.
Choices: Albert De Salvo; Charles Ng; Robert Hansen; David Carpenter
Answer: Albert De Salvo
Category: people
Question: In Alfred Hitcocks classic thriller Psycho, the main character Norman Bates, was inspired by a real life serial killer.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: What was the name given to the trio of killers who claimed to have had over 110 young male victims in California from the late 1970s to early 1980s?
Choices: The Moors Murderers; The Gay slayer; The Freeway Killer; Lonely Hearts Killer
Answer: The Freeway Killer
Category: people
Question: One of the most prominent painters of the 20th century, this Catalan surrealist who was 1.72 m (5 ft 7-3/4 in) tall, is perhaps best-known for his work  The Persistence of Memory.
Choices: Giorgio Chirico; Max Ernst; Pablo Picasso; Salvador DalÃ­
Answer: Salvador DalÃ­
Category: people
Question: This musician, who was only 57 (1,7 m) tall, was lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Nirvana and author of songs such as Come as You Are, In Bloom, Lithium, Heart-Shaped Box.
Choices: Eric Clapton; Dave Grohl; Krist Novoselic; Kurt Cobain
Answer: Kurt Cobain
Category: people
Question: One of the shortest men in TV and cinema, this American actor, director, and producer, is probably best known as Louie De Palma from the popular sitcom Taxi.
Choices: David Davis; Tony Danza; Andy Kaufman; Danny DeVito
Answer: Danny DeVito
Category: people
Question: This historic person, who was 1.6 m high, had great military and politic achievements as Emperor of the French and King of Italy.
Choices: Louis XIII; Napoleon I Bonaparte; Louis XII; Philip the Bold
Answer: Napoleon I Bonaparte
Category: people
Question: This TV actress seemed short beside her long-time screen partner David Duchovny.
Choices: Annabeth Gish; Minnie Driver; Gillian Anderson; Julianne Moore
Answer: Gillian Anderson
Category: people
Question: This famous  American country singer, who is only 5 ft (1,52 m) tall, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording and owns a theme park.
Choices: Dolly Parton; Jessica Andrews; Brittany Wells; Suzy Bogguss
Answer: Dolly Parton
Category: people
Question: Being only 54 (1.62 m) tall has not prevented this man from becoming one of the leading US record producers and rappers.
Choices: Jermaine Dupri; 50 Pence; Dr. Dre; 50 Cent
Answer: Jermaine Dupri
Category: people
Question: This influential musician of the 80s and 90s, who is a little less than 1,6 m (5 ft 3 in) tall, is widely regarded as a music genius. Purple Rain is an album and a song by him, as well as a film he starred in.
Choices: Prince; Kid Rock; Def Leppard; Bon Jovi
Answer: Prince
Category: people
Question: This American actress and singer, who starred in the I Know What You Did Last Summer films as Julie James, is 5 ft 2 in (1, 57 m) tall.
Choices: Sarah Jessica Parker; Jennifer Love Hewitt; Sarah Michelle-Gellar; Anne Heche
Answer: Jennifer Love Hewitt
Category: people
Question: Which famous US general was shot by one of his own men at the Battle of Chancellors Ville on May 10, 1863?
Choices: General George B. McClellan; General George G. Meade; Brig. General Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr.; General Thomas âStonewallâ Jackson
Answer: General Thomas âStonewallâ Jackson
Category: people
Question: What US general became the eighteenth President of the United States?
Choices: Andrew Johnson; William Henry Harrison; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Ulysses S. Grant
Answer: Ulysses S. Grant
Category: people
Question: Which US General became the Thirty-Fourth US President?
Choices: Calvin Coolidge; Douglas MacArthur; Dwight D. Eisenhower; George S. Patton
Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Category: people
Question: What U.S. President served the shortest time in office ?
Choices: William McKinley; William Henry Harrison; Andrew Jackson; Gerald Rudolph Ford
Answer: William Henry Harrison
Category: people
Question: Who was the last President before the Civil War, also the last president to advocate slavery?
Choices: James Knox Polk; James Buchanan; Abraham Lincoln; John Tyler
Answer: James Buchanan
Category: people
Question: What U.S. President led the nation in World War One?
Choices: Thomas Woodrow Wilson; Herbert Clark Hoover; John Calvin Coolidge; Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Category: people
Question: This U.S. President and founder of the Democratic Party drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Choices: James Monroe; James Madison; Thomas Jefferson; John Adams
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Category: people
Question: Born in Brookline, Massachusetts. he was a  Roman Catholic President .
Choices: Lyndon Baines Johnson; Richard Milhous Nixon; Harry Shippe Truman; John Fitzgerald  Kennedy
Answer: John Fitzgerald  Kennedy
Category: people
Question: What U.S. President was a commanding Union General in the Civil War ?
Choices: Benjamin Harrison; Andrew Johnson; James Abram Garfield; Ulysses Simpson Grant
Answer: Ulysses Simpson Grant
Category: people
Question: What President has an animal named after him, after refusing to shoot one such animal during a hunting party?
Choices: Dwight  David Eisenhower; Theodore Roosevelt; Zachary Taylor; Franklin Pierce
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Category: people
Question: What U.S. President was first to use atomic weapons (1945) ?
Choices: Gerald Rudolph Ford; Harry Truman; James Earl  Carter; Ronald Wilson Reagan
Answer: Harry Truman
Category: people
Question: What Presidents campaign slogan was The Great Society?
Choices: William Jefferson Clinton; George H.W. Bush; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Answer: Lyndon Baines Johnson
Category: people
Question: The actor who played Uncle Bill on Family Affair shot himself at 23449 Malibu Colony Road, Malibu after battling emphysema and lung cancer for several months.
Choices: Sebastian Cabot; William Holden; Tom Swift; Brian Keith
Answer: Brian Keith
Category: people
Question: What Whig President, a career soldier, was the second to die in office, in 1850?
Choices: Zachary Taylor; William MacKinley; John Tyler; James Buchanan
Answer: Zachary Taylor
Category: people
Question: What Whig Presidents conciliatory politics helped postpone the Civil War?
Choices: Andrew Jackson; James Monroe; Millard Fillmore; William Henry Harrison
Answer: Millard Fillmore
Category: people
Question: The Monterey Pop Festival was one of the first big breaks in the U.S. for this guitarist that is ranked # 1 on Rolling Stones 100 Greatest Guitarists. Name this guitarist who had hits such as The Star Spangled Banner  to Bob Dylans All Along the Watchtower.
Choices: Robert Johnson; Jimi Hendrix; Buddy Guy; Howlin Wolf
Answer: Jimi Hendrix
Category: people
Question: How did Les Harvey of Stone the Crows join Club 27?
Choices: He was electrocuted on stage; After locking himself out of his apartment, he fell to his death trying to climb onto his 4th floor balcony.; He overdosed on PCP.; He died in a hang glider accident.
Answer: He was electrocuted on stage
Category: people
Question: Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
Choices: Joseph Heller; Oscar Wilde; William Shakespeare; Charles Dickens
Answer: William Shakespeare
Category: people
Question: As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Choices: Michael Faraday; Albert Einstein; Aristotle; Galileo Galilei
Answer: Albert Einstein
Category: people
Question: A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
Choices: Voltaire; Michel de Montaigne; Thomas de Quincey; Ralph Waldo Emerson
Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Category: people
Question: God is dead.
Choices: Friedrich Nietzsche; Blaise Pascal; Jean-Paul Sartre; JosÃ© Ortega y Gasset
Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche
Category: people
Question: A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.
Choices: Carl Jung; Albert Camus; Aristotle; Benjamin Franklin
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
Category: people
Question: Its not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do whats required.
Choices: John F. Kennedy; Jane Austen; Sir Winston Churchill; Pearl Buck
Answer: Sir Winston Churchill
Category: people
Question: Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
Choices: Mark Twain; Aristotle; Sartre; Charles Dickens
Answer: Mark Twain
Category: people
Question: Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Choices: Napoleon Bonaparte; Carl Jung; Oscar Wilde; Aesop
Answer: Oscar Wilde
Category: people
Question: Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Choices: Henry David Thoreau; Howard Newton; Aristotle; Jean De La Fontaine
Answer: Aristotle
Category: people
Question: I think we agree, the past is over.
Choices: Harry S Truman; George W. Bush; William Shakespeare; Emily Dickinson
Answer: George W. Bush
Category: people
Question: He got no respect.
Choices: Rodney Dangerfield; Walter Mattheau; Tony Randall; Richard Pryor
Answer: Rodney Dangerfield
Category: people
Question: This Oscar-winning actor gave unforgettable performances in On the Waterfront and Streetcar Named Desire.
Choices: Mickey Rooney; Marlon Brando; Robert Stack; Sir Alex Guiness
Answer: Marlon Brando
Category: people
Question: He was born in Swiss Cottage, London, England. He won Oscars for supporting actor in Spartacus and Topkapi. His autobiography was entitled Dear Me.
Choices: Tony Randall; Peter Ustinov; Orson Welles; Sir Alex Guiness
Answer: Peter Ustinov
Category: people
Question: This actor, born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was on TV for five years as Felix Unger in The Odd Couple.
Choices: Tony Randall; Jack Lemmon; Walter Mattheau; Jack Klugman
Answer: Tony Randall
Category: people
Question: This actress played Ann Darrow in the 1933 production of King Kong.
Choices: Fay Wray; Teri Hatcher; Ann Channing; Joan Crawford
Answer: Fay Wray
Category: people
Question: She wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking in 1961 and had a television program entitled the The French Chef.
Choices: Ann Dalton; Evonne Chuker; Julia Childs; Betty Crocker
Answer: Julia Childs
Category: people
Question: I say The Rocket, you say ______?
Choices: Steve Carlton; Roger Clemens; Nolan Ryan; Randy Johnson
Answer: Roger Clemens
Category: people
Question: I say The Minister of Defense, you say ______?
Choices: Dick Butkus; Joe Montana; Reggie White; Emmit Smith
Answer: Reggie White
Category: people
Question: I say The Glide, you say _____?
Choices: Kobe Bryant; Steve Smith; Clyde Drexler; James Worthy
Answer: Clyde Drexler
Category: people
Question: I say Pistol, you say ______?
Choices: Vince Carter; Jason Kidd; Kobe Bryant; Pete Maravich
Answer: Pete Maravich
Category: people
Question: Andrew Johnson was known as three of these alternative names. Which is the odd one?
Choices: Tennessee Tailor; Sir Veto; Gentleman Boss; Father of the Homestead Act
Answer: Gentleman Boss
Category: people
Question: William McKinley was referred to as one of these.
Choices: Hangman of Buffalo; Old Eight to Seven; Stocking-footed Orator; Preacher President
Answer: Stocking-footed Orator
Category: people
Question: One of these pairs (US President - his nickname) is wrong.
Choices: Franklin Pierce - Young Hickory of Granite Hills; John Tyler - His Accidency; James K. Polk - Napoleon of the Stump; James Buchanan - Fifty-cent Jimmy
Answer: James Buchanan - Fifty-cent Jimmy
Category: people
Question: Theodore Roosevelt was known as the Cyclone Assemblyman, The Hero of San Juan Hill and Roosevelt I.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Gerald Ford was famous for being him.
Choices: Mr. Nice Guy; Mr. Ugly; Mr. Smart Guy; Mr. Dull Guy
Answer: Mr. Nice Guy
Category: people
Question: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams and John F. Kennedy have nicknames in which they are referred to as these.
Choices: Kings; Dukes; Barons; Counts
Answer: Kings
Category: people
Question: Three of these alternative names belong to US Presidents who have been even presidents (for instance, 12th President, 10th President). Which is the odd one?
Choices: Honest Abe; Handsome Frank; Old Zach; Old Buck
Answer: Old Buck
Category: people
Question: Calvin Coolidge is known as this Cal.
Choices: Silent Cal; Wise Cal; Mad Cal; Young Cal
Answer: Silent Cal
Category: people
Question: Who was the first American woman to reach outer space?
Choices: Beverly Dangelo; Katherine Patterson; Britney Spears; Sally Ride
Answer: Sally Ride
Category: people
Question: Martha Washington was the first First Lady of the United States.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Who is the first woman in U.S. history to be Speaker of the House?
Choices: Sydney Wittrock; Sandra Day O Connor; Nancy Pelosi; Hillary Clinton
Answer: Nancy Pelosi
Category: people
Question: Who was first lady to win two Nobel Prizes?
Choices: Maria Mayer; Hillary Clinton; Madeleine Lengle; Marie Curie
Answer: Marie Curie
Category: people
Question: According to the Bible, Eve was the first woman on Earth.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Who was the first woman to earn a medical degree?
Choices: Sally Ride; Belva Lockwood; Antoinette Blackwell; Elizabeth Blackwell
Answer: Elizabeth Blackwell
Category: people
Question: According to the Bible, Eve was the first person on Earth.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Who was the first woman to found a major religion?
Choices: Mary Eddy; Britney Spears; Sarah Goode; Annie Tatlor
Answer: Mary Eddy
Category: people
Question: Condoleezza Rice is the first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Who is the first woman to serve as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Choices: Jessica Simpson; Hillary Clinton; Sandra Day OConnor; Nancy Pelosi
Answer: Sandra Day OConnor
Category: people
Question: The most common hostage situation is when the hostage-taker is...?
Choices: Rational and uses people to trade their lives for whatever goal she/he has.; Emotionally and/or mentally disturbed.; Rational and uses people to attract public attention.; Rational and uses people as human shields so that she/he does not get shot by the police.
Answer: Emotionally and/or mentally disturbed.
Category: people
Question: At the scene of any hostage crisis, it is best if the negotiator and the police commander duties are performed by different people.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Not always are the negotiators professionals. Sometimes they are bystanders who get involved. This happened in 1975, when the terrorist group Japanese Red Army attacked the US Consulate in Kuala Lampur. They made a phone call to notify the US authorities that they had hostages.  The man who answered the phone and became an accidental negotiator was...?
Choices: A janitor; A junior embassy officer; The consuls child, who was there at that time; A Japanese who was applying for a visa
Answer: A junior embassy officer
Category: people
Question: It is never a good idea to use a secondary negotiator, because all he/she can do is distract the primary one.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Should the negotiator foster the growth of a relationship between him and the hostage-taker?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
Category: people
Question: Which of these should a negotiator never do?
Choices: Ensure the safety of the hostages; Give the hostage-takers everything they ask for; Keep things calm; Prolong the negotiations
Answer: Give the hostage-takers everything they ask for
Category: people
Question: Which of these statements is incorrect, regarding the Stockholm Syndrome?
Choices: The hostages feel afraid that the police might rush into the building and kill them accidentally; It is a defense mechanism; All statements are true; The hostages feel gratitude that later turns into sympathy towards the criminals for sparing their lives
Answer: All statements are true
Category: people
Question: The United States and Russia are nations with a reputation for strict non-negotiation policies. Which one is a third such nation?
Choices: Germany; China; Israel; France
Answer: Israel
Category: people
Question: In 2004, Chechen separatists invaded the Beslan elementary school.  What did the Russian government do?
Choices: It ordered an armed assault and some hostages died.; It did nothing and three days later the separatists released the hostages.; It ordered an armed assault and saved all the hostages.; It did nothing and three days later the separatists killed all hostages.
Answer: It ordered an armed assault and some hostages died.
Category: people
Question: Only one of these makes kidnapping resemble a typical hostage situation.  Which one?
Choices: The criminals are barricaded in an unknown area; Communication is one-way - the kidnappers tell authorities what to do; The criminals keep their hostages at a secret location; Kidnappers usual goals are money, attention, some cause, etc.
Answer: Kidnappers usual goals are money, attention, some cause, etc.
Category: people
Question: What was the name of the London area where Jack the Ripper murdered his victims?
Choices: Wellington; Longshore; Whitechapel; Aldorf
Answer: Whitechapel
Category: people
Question: Portrait of a Killer - Jack the Ripper: Case Closed is a 2002 book by which crime novelist?
Choices: Michael Connely; Antonia Fraser; Michael Collins; Patricia Cornwell
Answer: Patricia Cornwell
Category: people
Question: The killings attributed to Jack the Ripper were perpetrated during what year?
Choices: 1889; 1888; 1886; 1900
Answer: 1888
Category: people
Question: Which of these women was not among the possible victims of Jack the Ripper?
Choices: Mary Kelly; Mary Ann Nichols; Pearly Poll Connelly; Catherine Eddowes
Answer: Pearly Poll Connelly
Category: people
Question: It was proved that Jack the Ripper raped his victims.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: How many murders did Jack the Ripper perpetrate, according to the most widely accepted list of victims?
Choices: 5; 7; 9; 8
Answer: 5
Category: people
Question: This author, recipient of the A. C. Greene Award and the Romance Writers of Americas Lifetime Achievement Award, wrote the novel Unspeakable.
Choices: James Fenimore Cooper; Sandra Brown; Joseph Wambaugh; John Gray
Answer: Sandra Brown
Category: people
Question: Who wrote The Last of the Mohicans, an epic novel, featuring the hero Natty Bumppo?
Choices: James Fenimore Cooper; Cynthia Profiler; Trevor Rees-Jones; Sandra Brown
Answer: James Fenimore Cooper
Category: people
Question: Who wrote the fairy-tale picture-book Shrek, which was later adapted into a computer animated movie?
Choices: Scott ODell; William Steig; Francis Hodgson Burnett; Lemony Snicket
Answer: William Steig
Category: people
Question: What is the title of the last chapter in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth book in the Harry Potter series?
Choices: The Beginning; The End; Almost the End; Almost the Beginning
Answer: The Beginning
Category: people
Question: This name means to gradually diminish.
Choices: brian; peter; john; fred
Answer: peter
Category: people
Question: This is also the name of a certain ethnic group in Burma.
Choices: Karen; Susan; Jennifer; Taino
Answer: Karen
Category: people
Question: This common name is also a slang term for a prostitutes customer.
Choices: John; Jake; Fred; Roger
Answer: John
Category: people
Question: A good cup of this in the morning goes well with breakfast.
Choices: Charlie; Clark; Joe; Jimmy
Answer: Joe
Category: people
Question: Charlemagne was the leader of this Germanic tribe.
Choices: Virgils; Damiens; Franks; Toms
Answer: Franks
Category: people
Question: What name did the American soldiers in Vietnam use to refer to the Viet Cong collectively?
Choices: Charlie; Victor; Tommy; Billy
Answer: Charlie
Category: people
Question: Which name refers to a private in the British army?
Choices: Charlie; Robert; Jack; Tommy
Answer: Tommy
Category: people
Question: Which of the following refers to a low growing Eurasian shrub of the genus Erica with small evergreen leaves?
Choices: Carmen; Karen; Heather; Jessica
Answer: Heather
Category: people
Question: What is the fifth sign of the zodiac?
Choices: Marcus; Gemini; Leo; Aries
Answer: Leo
Category: people
Question: Which of the following means a British nobleman ranking right above a viscount and below a marquis?
Choices: baron; richard; earl; damien
Answer: earl
Category: people
Question: Serial killers generally stalk and kill their prey in three ways. Which one of the following is not one of those ways?
Choices: Territorial; Nomadic; Stationary; Direct
Answer: Direct
Category: people
Question: The following is a quote from a letter believed to have been sent by which notorious serial killer to the Central News office in London:
Choices: r I send you half the Kidne I took from one woman prasarved it for you  tother piece I fried ate was very nise I may send you the bloody knif that took it out if you only wait a whil longer.?; Jack the Ripper; Jack the Stripper; Ivan the Ripper; Jeremiah Johnston
Answer: Jack the Ripper
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Question: Between December 1972 and June 1980, authorities in seven southern California counties reported the violent deaths of 21 young men and boys, attributing their murders to The Freeway Killer. What was this murderers name?
Choices: William Ray Pugh; Randy Kraft; William George Bonin; Russel Pugh
Answer: William George Bonin
Category: people
Question: The label bad seed related to serial killers personalities derives from William Marchs 1954 novel of the same title.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: Which one of these murderers was once employed by contractor and serial killer John Gacy?
Choices: Thomas Kokoraleis; Edward Spreitzer; Robin Gecht; Andrew Kokoraleis
Answer: Robin Gecht
Category: people
Question: Born in 1960, the son of a prostitute, inflicted from birth with epilepsy, partial paralysis and a deformed right arm, this killer legally changed his name at age 19 to the name of the movie star he idolized.
Choices: Charles Bronson; Chuck Norris; Christopher Lee; Bruce Lee
Answer: Bruce Lee
Category: people
Question: Studies show that only 30% of all serial murderers are sexually motivated for their actions.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: What was Princess Dianas astrological sign?
Choices: Leo; Aquarius; Cancer; Virgo
Answer: Cancer
Category: people
Question: What are the names of Lady Diana and Prince Charless sons?
Choices: Harry and Joseph; Charles Jr. and William; William and George; William and Harry
Answer: William and Harry
Category: people
Question: While married to Prince Charles, Diana, Princess of Wales, had an affair with James Hewitt. What was his profession?
Choices: Her riding instructor; Her bodyguard; Owner of a department store; Heart surgeon
Answer: Her riding instructor
Category: people
Question: Which of these people survived the car crash on August 31, 1997 in the Pont de lAlma road tunnel in Paris?
Choices: The driver Henri Paul; There were no survivors.; Princess Dianas lover Dodi Al-Fayed; Dodi Al-Fayeds bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones
Answer: Dodi Al-Fayeds bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones
Category: people
Question: When did Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorce?
Choices: August 1999; June 1991; August 1996; January 1997
Answer: August 1996
Category: people
Question: What was the profession of Diana Frances Spencer before she became Princess of Wales?
Choices: Actress; Kindergarten teacher; Fashion designer; Heart surgeon
Answer: Kindergarten teacher
Category: people
Question: In 1997 Lady Diana died in a car crash travelling at high speed in what car?
Choices: Lamborghini Diablo; Buick Riviera; Volvo C70; Mercedes-Benz 280 S
Answer: Mercedes-Benz 280 S
Category: people
Question: Princess Diana was buried on an island in the middle of the Round Oval lake in which country estate in England?
Choices: Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire; Tolethope Hall, Lincolnshire; Clouds Hill, Dorset; Althorp, Northamptonshire
Answer: Althorp, Northamptonshire
Category: people
Question: Which of these statements refers to the late Diana, Princess of Wales?
Choices: Since the 17th century, Diana was the first English-born spouse of a heir to the English throne.; Diana was the first English princess to omit the word obey in the marriage vows.; All of these; In 1987, Diana became the first world-famous celebrity, photographed touching people with AIDS.
Answer: All of these
Category: people
Question: Did John pop star icon Denver die October 12, 1997, at the age of 53 in an automobile accident?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
Category: people
Question: This overweight comedian was, best known for his stint on SNL, was 33 when he died December 18th, 1997.
Choices: John Belushi; Jim Belushi; Chris Farley; John Beluski
Answer: Chris Farley
Category: people
Question: 1960, Sri Lanka.  She became the worlds first female prime minister.
Choices: Golda MeÃ¯r; Indira Gandhi; Sirimavo Bandaranaike; Ãlisabeth DomitiÃ©n
Answer: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Category: people
Question: 1974, Argentina.   She became the first ever female president.
Choices: Lydia Gueiler Tejada; Isabel Peron; Agatha Barbara; FinnbogadÃ³ttir
Answer: Isabel Peron
Category: people
Question: She was the first recorded female leader. She ruled the Mesopotamian City-State of Ur around 2500 BCE.
Choices: Nefertari; Cleopatra; Ku-Baba; Nefertiti
Answer: Ku-Baba
Category: people
Question: Starting in 1966, she was the prime minister of India for 15 years.  Her political career was controversial, as she was viewed by some as a dictator.
Choices: Golda MeÃ¯r; Ãlisabeth DomitiÃ©n; Indira Gandhi; Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Answer: Indira Gandhi
Category: people
Question: She was the first African American woman to become The United States Secretary of State.  Her name comes from Italian and means to play with sweetness, a musical term.
Choices: Condoleezza Rice; Miriam A. Ferguson; Patience Sewell Latting; Madeleine Albright
Answer: Condoleezza Rice
Category: people
Question: In 1988 she became the Prime Minister of Pakistan.  She was the first woman to head the government of an Islamic State.
Choices: Silva Pintasilgo; Gro Harlem Brundtland; Indira Gandhi; Benazir Bhutto
Answer: Benazir Bhutto
Category: people
Question: This woman was the first female president of the Philippines. She succeeded her husband after his assassination in 1983, and became the leader of the opposition to President Ferdinand Marcos.  Three years later, she was elected President.
Choices: Milka Planinc; Corazon Aquino; Kasimiera Prunskien; Benazir Bhutto
Answer: Corazon Aquino
Category: people
Question: She served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, which makes her the first woman to hold this position in the UK.
Choices: Hanna Suchocka; Elisabeth Domitien; Edith Cresson; Margaret Thatcher
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
Category: people
Question: She was the first black bishop in a major domination, from 1984 until 1988.
Choices: Susan Hassinger; Leontine T.G. Kelly; Judith Craig; Ann Sherer
Answer: Leontine T.G. Kelly
Category: people
Question: Prior to becoming Spy Chief of South Africa in 2001, she was the Minister of Intelligence.
Choices: Claudia J. Kennedy; Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu; Hanne Bech Hansen; Eliza Manningham-Buller
Answer: Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
Category: people
Question: Who was President during the Suez crisis, after a long career in the U.S. Army?
Choices: Dwight David Eisenhower; Harry Shippe Truman; Richard Milhous Nixon; Lyndon Baines Johnson
Answer: Dwight David Eisenhower
Category: people
Question: What President delivered the Gettysburg Address?
Choices: Zachary Taylor; Andrew Johnson; Abraham Lincoln; James Buchanan
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Category: people
Question: Which President promoted the Big Stick policy in U.S. foreign matters ?
Choices: John Tyler; William Howard Taft; James Abram Garfield; Theodore Roosevelt
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Category: people
Question: What U.S. Presidents campaign slogan was The New Frontier ?  He wanted to get the nation moving again.
Choices: James Earl Carter; Ronald Wilson Reagan; John Fitzgerald Kennedy; William Jefferson Clinton
Answer: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Category: people
Question: What U.S. President resigned because of the Watergate affair?
Choices: Martin Van Buren; George H.W. Bush; Richard Milhous Nixon; Gerald Rudolph Ford
Answer: Richard Milhous Nixon
Category: people
Question: What U.S. President is linked with the slogan: America For The Americans?
Choices: Rutherford Birchard Hayes; James Monroe; George Washington; William Henry Harrison
Answer: James Monroe
Category: people
Question: He was Commander of the Continental Army during the War of  Independence and, later ,the first U.S. President to serve two terms.
Choices: Chester Alan Arthur; George Washington; Stephen Grover Cleveland; Warren Gamaliel Harding
Answer: George Washington
Category: people
Question: He played the part of Morgan Earp in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral but was probably best known as Bones on Star Trek.
Choices: Patrick Mcmanus; Leonard Nimoy; DeForest Kelly; William Demarest
Answer: DeForest Kelly
Category: people
Question: The oldest clear definition of piracy was given by the Greek historian Plutarch, around this time.
Choices: 1000 BC; 200 BC; 140 BC; 100 AD
Answer: 100 AD
Category: people
Question: These establishments sometimes allowed pirates to represent them at times of war.
Choices: Governments; State Marines; Municipalities; States
Answer: Governments
Category: people
Question: This is the name of the pirate flag. The origins of the name are not clear, but the skull and crossbones motif first appeared around 1700.
Choices: Funny Ringo; Jolly Roger; Merry Jack; Happy Joe
Answer: Jolly Roger
Category: people
Question: Pirates did not actually have parrots as pets, it is a myth.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: It was a popular belief among pirates that a woman aboard the ship brings bad luck.  That is why before becoming a pirate, this woman had to disguise herself as a man.
Choices: Anne Bonny; Norma Rae Webster; Ellen Ripley; Atticus Finch
Answer: Anne Bonny
Category: people
Question: Pirates who operated in the Caribbean were called this.  They were authorized by their governments to attack shipping lines of Christian countries.
Choices: Corsairs; Privateers; Buccaneers; Crusaders
Answer: Corsairs
Category: people
Question: These pirates preyed upon cattle and pigs in the areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.  Their name comes from the French word for outdoor roast or barbecue.
Choices: Privateers; Buccaneers; Corsairs; Modern Pirates
Answer: Buccaneers
Category: people
Question: This is straight out of the Pirate Code of Conduct.  A pirate found stealing from another member of crew will be punished in this manner.
Choices: He shall be expelled from the ship; He shall be marooned or shot; He shall be left on a deserted island; He shall be given to rival pirates
Answer: He shall be marooned or shot
Category: people
Question: Pirates were squanderers and didnt have much money to bury.  So the idea of a buried treasure is a romantic one, initiated by Treasure Island.  However, this pirate was known for burying his money.
Choices: Francis Drake; Thomas Jones; Samuel Bellamy; Captain Kidd
Answer: Captain Kidd
Category: people
Question: When pirates were caught, they were brought to trial and sentenced to death by hanging.  The hanging was referred to as this.
Choices: Jolly Roger; Dancing the hempen jig; Hopping on the rope; The heavenly call
Answer: Dancing the hempen jig
Category: people
Question: Which team did English soccer star David Beckham play for before joining Real Madrid in 2003?
Choices: FC Bayern; FC Arsenal; DC United; Manchester United
Answer: Manchester United
Category: people
Question: New York Mets pitcher Tom Glavine began his baseball career with which team?
Choices: Philadephia Philles; Boston Red Sox; Atlanta Braves; New York Yankees
Answer: Atlanta Braves
Category: people
Question: Michael Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls and for two other teams in the NBA.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Baseball Hall of Famer Ryne Sandburg is best known as a player for the Chicago Cubs. Where else did he play?
Choices: Arizona and Tampa Bay; Philadelphia; Atlanta and New York Yankees; Philadelphia and Atlanta
Answer: Philadelphia
Category: people
Question: NBA superstar Dominique Wilkins played nearly his entire career for Atlanta. What other NBA teams did he also play for?
Choices: Vancouver, Seattle, Boston, Orlando and Houston; Orlando, Boston, New York, Chicago and Miami; Orlando, San Antonio, LA Clippers and Boston; LA Lakers, Orlando, New Jersey and New Orleans
Answer: Orlando, San Antonio, LA Clippers and Boston
Category: people
Question: Deion Sanders started his football career in San Fransisco.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Footballs Iron Man, Brett Farve was a quarterback for which team prior to signing with Green Bay?
Choices: He was always a Packer; Chicago Bears; Atlanta Falcons; New York Jets
Answer: Atlanta Falcons
Category: people
Question: Roger Clemens has played for which teams in his baseball career?
Choices: Philadelphia, New York Mets, Oakland; Toronto, Boston, New York Yankees, Houston; Houston, New York; Chicago White Sox, Texas, New York Yankees, Houston
Answer: Toronto, Boston, New York Yankees, Houston
Category: people
Question: Prince Edward Island was the first Canadian province to prohibit alcohol in 1901. However, these two brothers were famous for smuggling alcohol on their rum running schooner.
Choices: The Hues brothers; The Dicks brothers; The Howard brothers; The Biro brothers
Answer: The Dicks brothers
Category: people
Question: This smuggler moved to Jamaica after serving a 10-year jail sentence in Canada for importing 75 tons of marijuana into the United States.
Choices: Brian ODea; George Jung; William Jardine; Medellín Cartel
Answer: Brian ODea
Category: people
Question: This Colombian drug lord was arguably the richest and most violent criminal in history.  Forbes Magazine in 1989 listed him as the seventh-richest man in the world.
Choices: George Jung; Pablo Escobar; Ochoa brothers; Howqua
Answer: Pablo Escobar
Category: people
Question: This man was an international marijuana smuggler who refused to work with hard drugs.  He spent 7 years at the Terre Haute penitentiary in America.
Choices: Howard Marks; Pablo Escobar; Antônio Mota Graça; Manuel Noriega
Answer: Howard Marks
Category: people
Question: These three brothers were members of the MedellÃ­n Cartel. They were influential cocaine kingpins until they surrendered in 1990.
Choices: The Howard brothers; The Dicks brothers; The Ochoa brothers; The Biro brothers
Answer: The Ochoa brothers
Category: people
Question: He was the de facto military leader of Panama from 1983 to 1989.  However, in 1992 he was convicted on eight counts of drug trafficking, money laundering and racketeering -- and sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.
Choices: Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno; William Jardine; George Jung; Brian ODea
Answer: Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno
Category: people
Question: This man led the Cali Cartel and was a rival of Pablo Escobar.  At its height, the cartel controlled over 80% of the cocaine exports from Colombia to the USA.
Choices: AntÃ´nio Mota GraÃ§a; Juan Carlos; Gilberto RodrÃ­guez Orejuela; Manuel Noriega
Answer: Gilberto RodrÃ­guez Orejuela
Category: people
Question: This American started out as a marijuana smuggler in the 60s making $100,000 per month and eventually became involved in cocaine smuggling on a massive scale.  He is portrayed by Johnny Depp in the movie Blow (2001).
Choices: Carlos Lehder; George Jung; Ontario Purdy; James Matheson
Answer: George Jung
Category: people
Question: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, better known as Caesar Augustus, was the first Roman Emperor (this is true). Although he is known as one of the greatest Roman Emperors, he had some problems with his citizens, as he didnt believe in the Roman Gods.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: people
Question: Evidence of the longevity of Augustus legacy can be found even today.  For example, the month of August is named after him. What was the Roman name for this month before it was renamed?
Choices: Aprilis; Quintilis; Martius; Sextilis
Answer: Sextilis
Category: people
Question: Tiberius Caesar Augustus is remembered as a depressed and unpopular ruler, whose reign was marked by terror. Tiberius was into a exile twice - once on the island of Rhodes and the second time on this island.
Choices: Trinidad; Capri; Sicily; Rhodes again
Answer: Capri
Category: people
Question: One of the most extravagant and cruel emperors of Rome was Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, better known as Caligula. Although there is very little information about his reign, many stories and anecdotes can be heard about Caligula. According to one of them, he tried to make his favourite animal Incitatus, a consul.  What kind of animal was Incitatus?
Choices: horse; dog; cat; falcon
Answer: horse
Category: people
Question: Another story tells us about Caligula, declaring war on this Roman god.
Choices: Zeus; Apolon; Neptune; Mars
Answer: Neptune
Category: people
Question: The rule of Caligula ended in 41 AD with his assassination. Several officers of the Praetorian Guard caught him alone and mercilessly killed him. This man became the next Roman Emperor.
Choices: Claudius I; Claudius II; M. Antonius Primus; Vespasian
Answer: Claudius I
Category: people
Question: The fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty was Nero. He was hated by many and he tried to redirect the hatred of the people by persecuting this Eastern sect.
Choices: Buddhists; Muslims; Christians; Hinduists
Answer: Christians
Category: people
Question: One of the most famous buildings of the ancient Rome is the Colosseum. It was built by this Emperor and his son, Titus, between AD 72 and AD 90.
Choices: Marcus Aurelius; Vespasian; Trajan; Commodus
Answer: Vespasian
Category: people
Question: Commodus had a passion for gladiatorial combat (this is true). He also liked appearing in the arena, dressed as a gladiator.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: people
Question: In 313 AD the Edict of Milan was signed, which made Christianity one of the official religions in the Roman Empire. Years later, Christianity became the official state religion in Rome, under the rule of this emperor.
Choices: Valentinian III; Constantine I; Licinius; Theodosius I
Answer: Theodosius I
Category: people
Question: This famous personage began his pirate career as a good man. He was sent by the King to capture pirates in the Indian Ocean. However, his crew was tempted by the great plunder mutinied against him. He quickly acquiesced and started attacking both pirate and merchant ships.
Choices: Captain Kidd; Sir Francis Drake; Blackbeard; Black Bart
Answer: Captain Kidd
Category: people
Question: He is the most famous pirate in history. His attacking strategy was to board ships while in channels. He would take all food, arms and valuables and if the ships crew did not resist, he would let the ship go.
Choices: Blackbeard; Captain Kidd; Henry Morgan; Nathaniel Butler
Answer: Blackbeard
Category: people
Question: This sophisticated pirate wore fancy clothes, had a diamond cross on a chain around his neck and drank a lot of tea instead of alcohol. He also forbid swearing and drinking alcohol on his ship and made his crew attend regular church services.
Choices: Henry Morgan; Black Bart; Blackbeard; Sir Francis Drake
Answer: Black Bart
Category: people
Question: This man captured one of the largest hauls, which proved to be laden with enough treasure to pay off Englands national debt. It took the pirate four days just to transfer the loot from one ship to another. It is known that the Queen of England often referred to him as  my pirate.
Choices: Charles Vane; Henry Avery; Sir Francis Drake; Howell Davis
Answer: Sir Francis Drake
Category: people
Question: She was one of the few female pirates. She was the daughter of a lawyer and his servant. Although her father taught her how to run a plantation, her ardent temperament led her to piracy. She fell deeply in love with Calico Jack Rackham and started crossing the seas with him. She did not stop even after giving birth to their child - she left the baby with other pirate families, so that she could sail along with Rackham.
Choices: Kanhoji Angria; Murat Rais; Mary Read; Anne Bonny
Answer: Anne Bonny
Category: people
Question: This pirate proclaimed himself prince. He began his pirate career by setting off in search of a lost treasure along the coast of Florida. The wrecks of his ship Whydah were the first ones of a pirate ship to be found in sea, in 1984.
Choices: Samuel Bellamy; Henry Morgan; Edward England; Charles Vane
Answer: Samuel Bellamy
Category: people
Question: He was well-educated and so in love with books, that he made a library aboard his ship.  Probably that is why he was called The gentleman pirate. After his capture, he managed to escape from prison dressed as a woman.  However, he was captured and put in jail two weeks later.
Choices: Charles Vane; Stede Bonnet; Howell Davis; Samuel Bellamy
Answer: Stede Bonnet