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1. Let's talk about Robin Hood, surely one of the most beloved thieves of all time. (He had good branding, too: you usually see him described as an outlaw.) Which of the following twentieth-century actors NEVER portrayed the archer in green on the silver screen?
2. A pair of small-time marijuana dealers, Jay and Silent Bob, were first introduced to the moviegoing public in 1994's "Clerks." From the sidewalk in front of a convenience store, they moved on to bigger and better things -- traveling to Hollywood, saving God, and even dispensing romantic advice. In what director's oeuvre are they recurring characters?
3. "Ocean's Eleven" is a classic heist movie, whether it's the 1960 original or the 2001 remake. In each, Danny Ocean assembles a crack team of crooks, each with his own specialty, to make a big score against a heavily defended target. What type of institution do both elevens set out to rob?
4. Lovable rogues are a fixture of country songs, and sometimes this includes thieves. Consider the case of an auto worker who stole the fittings for a Cadillac "One Piece at a Time." As he later tells a curious truck driver, "You could say I went down to the factory and picked it up - it's cheaper that way." What singer took this song to the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1976?
5. Drug dealing makes for some interesting character arcs. One television series, launched on AMC in 2008, follows a man who starts out very sympathetic: he's a high-school chemistry teacher with a young family, who's just been told that he's dying of cancer. He's worried about his family's financial security - so he starts making and dealing meth. What show follows his descent into crime?
6. Nancy Botwin, protagonist of the Showtime comedy series "Weeds," is another respectable TV citizen who turns to drug dealing in order to support her family. What prompts her to take this step?
7. Can theft be educational? Brøderbund Software thought it could be, and set about trying to teach kids geography by setting them in pursuit of an extremely ambitious thief. Who is this globe-trotting criminal mastermind, who launched a number of video games and a children's television series?
8. A controversial video-game series, launched in 1997 by DMA Design and Tarantula Studios, asked players to help their characters rise through the ranks of a criminal organization. The title of the series is what designation for a particular type of theft?
9. Terry Pratchett's series of "Discworld" books has thrilled fantasy fans for years, but even the Discworld has its problems. Sergeant Detritus, of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, is particularly concerned with the effects of a drug called Slab. To what population is Slab marketed?
10. Over five seasons, the television show "The Wire" followed the ins and outs of a city's trade in illegal drugs, from importation to distribution, plus the systemic rot in the institutions that are supposed to quash it. In Season 1, which of these characters runs the criminal organization that deals out drugs and death from the Franklin Terrace Towers?
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