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Quiz about Match the Crime to the Criminal

Match the Crime to the Criminal! Quiz

This quiz is about criminals and their crimes. Match the criminal (or suspected criminal) to the crime listed.

A multiple-choice quiz by bolan. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
bolan

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
14,187

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
11763

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (3/10), Guest 164 (7/10), MikeMaster99 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which deranged man attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981 to impress Jodie Foster? Hint

Charles Giteau

John Hinckley, Jr.

John Booth

Lee Oswald

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was convicted and executed for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr.? Hint

James McCarthy

Charles Schmid

Bruno Hauptmann

John Gacy

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which football player was acquitted of slaughtering his ex-wife in 1995? Hint

Rosie Grier

O.J. Simpson

Bubba Smith

Ray Lewis

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Question 4 of 10

4. This madman's shooting spree from the top of a clock tower in Texas precipitated the creation of the modern swat team. Who was he? Hint

Simon Chance

Edward Morton

Charles Tolar

Charles Whitman

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Question 5 of 10

5. It started as a simple breaking and entering in the Watergate Building. Which participant in the Watergate Mess served the longest time in prison? Hint

E. Howard Hunt

John Mitchell

H. R. Haldeman

G. Gordon Liddy

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Question 6 of 10

6. This man was tried twice for the attempted murder of his wife, a rich socialite by the name of Sunny. Hint

Klaus Von Bulow

Alexander Scott

Marcus Goldman

Travis M. Costello

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which boxer was convicted of rape in the early 1990s? Hint

Mike Tyson

Lennox Lewis

Evander Holyfield

Mike Graham

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Question 8 of 10

8. This televangelist swindled millions of people and they kept coming back for more. Name the man with the ex-wife that more resembled a painting than a woman. Hint

Jimmy Swaggart

Jim Bakker

Oral Roberts

Pat Robertson

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Question 9 of 10

9. This woman attempted to murder her three children in Oregon, to be with the man she loved. Who is she? Hint

Diane Downs

Darlie Routier

Susan Smith

Betty Broderick

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Question 10 of 10

10. This ice cold murderer killed his whole family and then left the area to marry again, with a wife who never learned his true identity until his arrest in 1989. Who is he? Hint

Jeffrey MacDonald

John List

Adam Worth

Charles Becker

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which deranged man attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981 to impress Jodie Foster?

Answer: John Hinckley, Jr.

Hinckley was the shooter. He was sent to a mental institution for that incident.

2. Who was convicted and executed for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr.?

Answer: Bruno Hauptmann

Hauptmann was convicted for the crime, though a lot of people think the trial was rigged and doubt of his guilt persists to this day, some sixty plus years after the fact.

3. Which football player was acquitted of slaughtering his ex-wife in 1995?

Answer: O.J. Simpson

Simpson was acquitted after a spectacular trial that was lost more by the inept prosecutors than by evidence. He was later found to be responsible in a civil lawsuit, though he is now refusing to pay.

4. This madman's shooting spree from the top of a clock tower in Texas precipitated the creation of the modern swat team. Who was he?

Answer: Charles Whitman

Charles Whitman murdered at least 14 people with a sniper rifle. Police were ineffective at countering him and his arsenal, finally stopping him mostly by luck.

5. It started as a simple breaking and entering in the Watergate Building. Which participant in the Watergate Mess served the longest time in prison?

Answer: G. Gordon Liddy

Liddy spent about 5 years in prison. The others spent varying times in jail except Nixon, who was given a full pardon by Gerald Ford.

6. This man was tried twice for the attempted murder of his wife, a rich socialite by the name of Sunny.

Answer: Klaus Von Bulow

Klaus was the one fingered in this famous case.

7. Which boxer was convicted of rape in the early 1990s?

Answer: Mike Tyson

He's also proved to have a taste for ears, as he bit off a chunk of Holyfield's and getting himself suspended for a year.

8. This televangelist swindled millions of people and they kept coming back for more. Name the man with the ex-wife that more resembled a painting than a woman.

Answer: Jim Bakker

He was convicted in the swindling and Tammy Faye left him.

9. This woman attempted to murder her three children in Oregon, to be with the man she loved. Who is she?

Answer: Diane Downs

Though it isn't much of a consolation, two of the children survived the shooting and were adopted by the prosecutor; Daniel, the little boy who was shot in the back at close range was confined to a wheelchair. Downs was given life in prison.

10. This ice cold murderer killed his whole family and then left the area to marry again, with a wife who never learned his true identity until his arrest in 1989. Who is he?

Answer: John List

John List was captured in 1989 with the help of the TV show 'America's Most Wanted' and age enhanced sculpting, which was new at the time. List was convicted of murder in 1990.

Source: Author bolan

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