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1. It has been said that this British naval hero was Ian Fleming's model for James Bond. He had earned his hero status during World War II as a deep sea diver whose job was to search for limpet mines. In 1956, he was sent by Lord Mountbatten on a spy mission to investigate the Russian cruiser, Ordzhoniikize. Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin were on board for what was to be a diplomatic mission to Britain. The spy headed out toward the cruiser but never returned. Who was he?
2. He is the only cadet in the history of the West Point Military Academy to have disappeared without a trace. The date was January 14, 1950. He left in the company of someone named George and was never seen again. What was the name of this cadet?
3. In 1897 a crime was committed that foreshadowed a similar crime in the 1960s, the basis of which became Truman Capote's bestseller "In Cold Blood." Both crimes involved the murder of an entire family. The murders committed in 1897 happened in Tennessee. A father, mother, their two children and a neighbor's child were all murdered. What was the name of this family?
4. At Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, one can find an illustrated book in the library's collection that dates back to the 15th century. It was named for the rare book collector who acquired it in 1912. What is the name of this mysterious manuscript?
5. The theft of valuable paintings from a Boston museum occurred on March 18, 1990. Paintings by Vermeer, Manet, and Rembrandt were stolen along with five Degas drawings. At which museum did this brazen heist occur?
6. Abraham Zapruder famously filmed the assassination of President John Kennedy in 1963. In some of the footage, a mysterious woman can be seen taking pictures. She is directly across the street, facing the infamous grassy knoll. This woman was known in the media as what?
7. A well-known New York City judge mysteriously disappeared in August 1930, never to be seen again. He was heavily involved in New York politics, specifically Tammany Hall, New York's political machine at that time. Who was "The Missingest Man in New York?"
8. On October 12, 1964 a 43-year-old socialite was murdered while taking a walk in Georgetown, an upscale neighborhood located in Washington D.C. She was shot twice at close range. The ex-wife of a CIA official and rumored lover of President John F. Kennedy, what was her name?
9. Since the 1980s tiles containing a mysterious message have been found embedded in asphalt in city streets throughout the U.S. and South America. The message is always the same and always found on busy streets in major cities. The name in the message could refer to a British historian or a Ray Bradbury short story. What are these mysterious tiles known as?
10. In 1948 on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, South Australia, the body of an unidentified man washed ashore. A message had been scrawled on a scrap of paper found in a pocket of his pants. Other than that scrap of paper, the body had no identification. What was the man called?
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