Man in a Suitcase Trivia Quiz

Answer: It's illegal to traffic in rare, endangered species

These are rare and endangered species, illegal to buy, sell or transport in Thailand. This particular first class passenger was flying to Dubai, and was thought to be part of an established traffic ring, a highly profitable, and destructive business. Other illegal luggage contents found by agents includes snakes, fish, birds, an endangered gray wolf pelt, and exotic orchids and other flowers. If you are uncertain what to say when officials ask, "Do you have anything to claim?", just tell the nice agents, as one man did, "I do have monkeys in my underwear".

They'll know what to do.

Answer: Suitcase alien

In 2010, the fifteen-year-old was dubbed the first "suitcase alien" they'd ever encountered. The two brothers, age 15 and 17, were found during a normal check by immigration. The boys paid a Greek smuggler to use his car to get them into Italy. One boy hid in the suitcase while the other hid elsewhere in the vehicle.

The smuggler was arrested. Smuggling is illegal, but it is a different offense than human trafficking, since the latter involves force or coercion. Being a suitcase alien is no greater or lesser offense than any other kind of illegal alien.

Answer: Milk, water and crackers

Le Vieux had a stash of milk, water and crackers, and was doing fine, according to the "New York Times", until the ship lurched, sending several heavy luggage trunks stacked above him crashing down. He'd surely have been crushed to death, if not for a strange twist of fate. One Alfred Dupre had lost his mind, put on a woman's skirt, and hidden himself from imagined enemies on the "Savoie".

While searching for the unhinged Dupre, the cries of Le Vieux were heard. Once rescued, Le Vieux was arrested and scheduled for deportation.

He tearfully explained he had stowed away hoping to see his sweetheart in New York.

Answer: America's Got Talent

"America's Got Talent" was in its fourth year, with about twelve million viewers, when former "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff left the show, replaced by Howie Mandel, a comedian, Vegas act and former host of "Deal or No Deal". Many show contestants used props to make their acts memorable or unique, but often, as with this suitcase, the prop failed to compensate for a lack of ability. "So You Think You Can Dance" and "American Idol" are also talent television shows, but they are Hoff-less. "Shall We Dance" is an endearing, quality 2004 movie.

Answer: He noticed a suitcase jiggling

An observant officer noticed movement in a suitcase in the household. When he opened the luggage, there she was. She'd been playing inside, zipped herself in, and then fell fast asleep. Her parents became frantic when they couldn't find her anywhere, and called police. Happily the parents were not charged with providing a false report, as they honestly believed she was missing.

Answer: Inexplicably, Huckaby told police her suitcase was missing

Melissa Huckaby, 28, was questioned by police because Huckaby's child was a playmate of the missing girl. For no reason, Huckaby mentioned that her suitcase was missing. Asked about this, neighbors recalled that Huckaby had left her black suitcase in the driveway for some time, but then it disappeared.

The California town later learned that Huckaby had kidnapped, sedated, probably sexually assaulted, and then smothered Sandra, age eight, to death. Huckaby told the court she had no idea why she did it. Until Huckaby's remark that her suitcase was missing, police had no connection between the local pastor's daughter Huckaby, the suitcase, and the murder. Huckaby got life in prison.

Answer: It survived the plane crash

When passengers panicked and ran for the front, the airplane crashed, killing all but one, and the crocodile. In another case, a fellow was bitten by a rattle snake which somehow coiled into his suitcase. Strange suitcase items found at airports include a frozen turkey, a bowling ball, bricks, a kitchen butcher knife, Egyptian artifacts, stolen NASA equipment, two folding chairs, and a Barbie doll full of cash.

A former veteran was carrying plastic explosives and dynamite in his suitcase. Just as dangerous, people sneak rocks, driftwood, plants and fruit across a border, causing millions of dollars in ecological and crop damage, as well as extinction of native species. Nature's bounty harbors insects, pathogens and seeds.

These hitch a ride on our car tires as well, so wash your car before you cross a border, and after you've driven long distances.

Heed the wise adage: "Leave only footprints, take only memories".

Answer: Eurostar

The Eurostar travels at about 186 mph except when passing through a tunnel, where it slows to 100, allowing this young man, identified as an East Indian by authorities, to leap from a bridge onto the train. He clung there on the roof for about 45 minutes, hoping to illegally enter Britain. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) clung to the roof of a bullet train in "Mission Impossible", but most movie viewers knew better than to try this stunt at home.

The Reading Railroad is from the original "Monopoly", the Shinkansen are the bullet trains of Japan, and the "Silver Streak" is a hilarious Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor film.

Answer: A flexible felon

Officials found a flexible felon, a contortionist, tucked into the suitcase his accomplice was talking to. The contortionist hid in the suitcase until it reached the baggage compartment, emerged, plundered the luggage, then folded himself back into the case, loot in hand.

They pulled off this creative crime a number of times, with passengers claiming mysterious disappearance of their stuff, but without evidence or explanation. In a similar case, a Little Person hid in a suitcase in order to rob from the baggage compartment, but the dwarf too was caught.

Answer: Her prisoner husband

Maria's suitcase was filled to capacity with her common-law husband, Perez. A likely member of the Sinaloa Cartel, he was serving twenty years for possession of illegal weapons. Maria was charged with aiding a convict. In a related case, New York mobsters used sperm kits to smuggle their sperm out of prison, to artificially impregnate their wives.

The mobsters got an extra 35 years on conspiracy charges; their wives faced up to six years, and bribed guards were also sentenced. Prisoners use baby clothes, cake, bread, and body cavities to smuggle drugs, mobile phones, pigeons, and even a grenade, not only out of, but back into, prison.

It seems, though, that Maria and Perez were the first to attempt the great escape via suitcase.