Mysteries And Crime - History Trivia Quiz

Answer: Glasgow - London

The assault on the train took place near Bridego Bridge north of London. The fifteen robbers transported the 120 mailbags to a farm in Buckinghamshire (Leatherslade Farm).

Answer: France

Very soon 12 of the 15 robbers had been identified and arrested. Biggs managed to escape from prison and first reached Paris. Later he moved on to Australia and finally found shelter in Brazil. Plastic surgery had helped him a lot to stay out of the hands of the police.

Answer: Sir Anthony Blunt

Philby ,born in India,1912, had become a Soviet agent in 1933. It was Burgess (1911-1963) who had recruited him. Later Philby was able to warn Burgess that he ,and Donald Mc Lean (1913-1983), were under suspicion. This gave them the opportunity to escape to Moscow in 1951.In their escape they were helped by Blunt(1907-1983). Blunt had spied for the USSR till {1945;} in 1964 he was found out but his treason was not revealed to the public until 1979.

Answer: Mary Stuart

There are actually two Mary Tudors: a.the daughter of Henry VII, Tudor (she lived from 1496 to 1533) b. Mary I, Queen of England after Edward VI had died (1533-58).Nickname: Bloody Mary. - Jane Grey(1537-1554) was the granddaughter of 'a'.She was declared queen but was on the throne for only nine days in 1553.- Anne Boleyn (1507-1536) was accused of adultery, not of treason. - The Babington Plot was set up by Anthony Babington.

He intended to assassinate Queen Elisabeth I and have her replaced by the Catholic Queen of Scots.John Ballard , a R-C priest was his helper.

Answer: Dr Crippen

'Dr Mabuse' is a film by Fritz Lang (1890-1976). Dr Landru ..well there was a Mr Landru and a film about his Bluebeard's life was made by Claude Chabrol. Dr Crippen ..can be seen in the basement of Madame Tussaud's in London.- As to Dr Christie ...well there was a Dame Christie who 'wrote' murder but did not practise it.

Answer: Robert Catesby

Campion (1540-1581) was not involved at all. He was later declared a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Fawkes is best remembered but was not the actual leader. Apart from Catesby, Fawkes and Percy there also were involved a Thomas Winter and a John Wright. Catesby and Co wanted to get a Catholic King on the English throne again.

Answer: John Reginald Christie

Timothy Leary (1920-1996) was the well-known highpriest of LSD. - Timothy Evans was hanged for the murder of his wife, a crime which had been committed by his neighbour Christie, a chief witness during Evans's trial. This juridical blunder led to the abolition of the death penalty in the U.K.- Reginald Harris ...was not a criminal at all but a successful U.K. cycle-racer who, a number of times, became world-champion track-sprinting.

Answer: his children's nanny

Lucan intended to kill his wife , but hit the nanny instead. - There is the other more famous Lord Lucan (George Charles Bingham, third Earl of ..) who commanded the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. Lived from 1800 till 1888.

Answer: for giving false evidence against a number of Catholics

Oates was a renegade Anglican priest who fabricated a fictitious plot which allegedly had to bring the King's brother James II to {power;when} later James succeeded to his brother Charles II in 1685,Oates was brought to court , convicted and sent to prison. Every year he had to appear in the stocks and to be publicly flogged.

Answer: killing people and selling their corpses

They were Irish both of them but their field of activity was Edinburgh. They first got their victims drunk, then smothered them and sold their corpses to some Dr Fox who was unaware of the way in which they had acquired the {corpses;Hare} turned king's evidence and was released. He disappeared and was heard of no more. Burke was hanged in 1829.