Bonnie and Clyde Trivia Quiz

Answer: October 1, 1910

Bonnie was born on October 1, 1910, in Rowena, Texas. After her father died, her mother moved the family to Cement City in Dallas, Texas.

Answer: Oswego Bank

Fed up with store holdups, Clyde decided to try robbing banks. Bonnie went into the bank the day before, pretending to be interested in opening a bank account. The real reason was to give Clyde a layout of the bank. Bonnie waited outside in the car while Clyde went into the bank to rob it. Clyde demanded money from the teller, but an alert guard spotted his gun and fired a shot at him but missed. Clyde panicked, and grabbed only $80.00 that was laying on the desk and ran out.

Their first bank job was a failure.

Answer: Got a fellow prisoner to cut off his toes.

Clyde managed to persuade a fellow prisoner to 'accidentally' cut off two off his toes while they were on work detail. The ruse worked, and Clyde was paroled on February 8, 1932, and was released one week later. However, Clyde was unaware that his mother had been successful in appealing to members of the judicial system to get parole for her son to be released within two years.

Answer: Persell

This officer was lucky the gang just wanted to have some fun that night. They ordered him into the back seat and drove to Orogono where their car battery died. The gang not only made the officer steal another car battery, but installed it as well. The gang thanked him for his help and drove away laughing.

Answer: Red Crown

While the gang waited outside, Blanche, Buck Barrow's wife, entered the office and booked two rooms. The clerk was suspicious and alerted the authorities. Just before midnight, the police closed in on the two cabins. In the gun battle that followed, Buck Barrow was fatally injured.

Answer: Eastham Prison Farm

They successfully freed the gang's old ally, Ray Hamilton, who had been captured in Michigan. Ray Hamilton brought along a fellow escapee, Henry Methvin. He was the one that later betrayed Bonnie and Clyde.

Answer: A reduced sentence for his son.

Henry Methvin confessed to his father that he regretted the day he ever got involved with Bonnie and Clyde. He wished that he could be pardoned of all his crimes and start anew. This gave Iverson the idea to work out a deal with the authorities. Bonnie and Clyde were staying at Iverson's cabin at the time.

Answer: May 23, 1934

Bonnie and Clyde went into the the nearby town of Sailes in the morning of May 23, 1934. A posse was waiting for them on the way back. They stopped when they spotted an abandoned truck. The posse opened fire, Hamer chose not to call out a warning because Bonnie and Clyde always escaped when given the slightest advantage. They died in a hail of bullets.

Answer: Roy Thornton

Bonnie married Roy Thornton when she was sixteen. Her husband ended up in the penitentiary a year after their marriage; she never divorced him. Bonnie died Mrs. Roy Thornton.

Answer: Jesse James

Bonnie referred to Jesse James in her poem entitled "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde." She wrote this poem a few weeks before she died.