Goin' Crazy With Charlie Trivia Quiz

Answer: Polanski, Altobelli, Frykowski

Officer Jerry DeRosa, who was trying to interview Chapman, had to wait until neighbour, Ray Asin, interrupted their conversation. Only then did he get clarification as to who Chapman was speaking of.

Answer: They'd be vulnerable to attack if the killers were still in the home.

According to the Vincent Bugliosi/Curt Gentry book, "Helter Skelter," the silence of the crime scene unnerved the officers. The killers might very well be lurking inside the residence and entry through the front door would make them "open targets."

Answer: DeRosa

Knowing the potential evidentiary value of the print didn't prevent Officer DeRosa from obliterating it, in his rush to leave the crime scene.

Answer: None of the answers is correct.

Interviewed by ABC News for the newsmagazine "Turning Point," DeRosa stated, "It was very quiet and the only thing that I can recall hearing were the sounds of the flies that were on the bodies."

Answer: Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring and Abigail Folger

Underneath the photos, the caption read, "Actress, Bay Heiress, Three Others Slain."

Answer: 37 hours

Officers arrived at the Tate crime scene at approximately 9:30 a.m., August 9, 1969, and at the LaBianca crime scene at approximately 10:40 p.m., August 10, 1969.

Answer: True

In addition, there was no link between the victims and, unlike at the Tate residence, no illicit drugs were found in the LaBianca home.

Answer: $25,000.00

The reward offer appeared in newspapers on September 10, 1969, and was put up by Roman Polanski, Peter Sellers, Warren Beatty and Yul Brynner, among others.

Answer: False

The LaBianca report listed eleven suspects. The surprise wasn't with the inclusion of the LaBiancas' adult son and daughter, but rather with the final suspect named to the list. That name was Charles Manson.

Answer: Linda Kasabian, Patricia Krenwinkle and Charles Watson.

According to Chief Davis, an additional four or five indictments would soon be issued. These pertained to the LaBianca murder case.

Answer: False

On March 23, 1969, Manson had gone to Cielo Drive looking for Terry Melcher. According to Shahrokh Hatami, Sharon Tate's personal photographer, Manson appeared on the property only to be intercepted by the photographer. Hatami told Manson that Cielo Drive was now the Polanski residence. Ironically, during their exchange, Sharon Tate stepped out onto the porch and came face to face with Charles Manson.

Answer: False

Linda Kasabian, who was the only defendant not to fight extradition, had been willing to talk, immunity or no immunity. It was her attorney, Gary Fleischman, who refused to permit her to talk to the D.A. without an offer on the table.

Answer: The sound of dogs barking.

According to Vincent Bugliosi in the book, "Helter Skelter", Rudi Altobelli's dogs started barking as they approached the gate. Kasabian broke down and when asked by Bugliosi why she was crying, she replied, "Why couldn't they (the dogs) have been there that night?"

Answer: Colonel Paul Tate

Sharon's father was followed to the stand by Wilfred Parent, father of victim Steven Parent. After his rather brief testimony, Winifred Chapman, who discovered the Tate murder victims, was sworn in.

Answer: He remembers firecrackers and a pool party.

Whether his testimony in 1969 and 1970 was a lie, is unclear, but it certainly bears little resemblance to his later recollections. When interviewed for the "E! True Hollywood Story on Sharon Tate," broadcast in July 1999, Garretson makes several admissions.

He heard gunshots, which he mistook for "firecrackers being thrown by Steven Parent." A scream suggested to him, "that somebody was getting ready to get thrown into the pool." And, when looking out the window after hearing the scream, Garretson states, "It seemed to me that there was a girl chasing a, uhh, girl. And I didn't look anymore."

Answer: Seven counts of murder, one count of conspiracy to commit murder.

The prosecution's offer of immunity was contingent upon Kasabian testifying truthfully about her knowledge of the Tate/LaBianca murders. Only then would the D.A.'s office petition the court to have all charges against her dropped.

Answer: Charles "Tex" Watson

Watson, who'd been fighting extradition, was finally returned to California on September 11, 1970. Paul Fitzgerald, Patricia Krenwinkle's defense attorney, requested Watson be brought to court, in order to be identified by witness, Danny DeCarlo.

Answer: Spahn Movie Ranch was destroyed by wildfires.

Nixon's declaration was made on August 3, 1970. The bomb, which went off just thirty-five feet from D.A. Evelle Younger's office, occurred on September 6, 1970, while the earthquake rocked Los Angeles on February 9, 1971.

Answer: Confusion

During his testimony outside the presence of the jury, Manson stated that, "Helter Skelter means confusion, literally. It doesn't mean any war with anyone. It doesn't mean that some people are going to kill other people. Helter Skelter is confusion."

Answer: Seven days

According to the Vincent Bugliosi/Curt Gentry book, "Helter Skelter," the jury asked the bailiff for, "NoDoz for themselves and sleeping pills for Kanarek", on day five of the summation.

Answer: Nine days

Although jury deliberations began on January 15, 1971, and concluded with the verdicts being read on January 25, 1971, the actual time spent in reaching the verdicts was forty-two hours, forty minutes, over a nine day period.

Answer: Thirty-eight minutes

Atkins, Krenwinkle and Manson were each found guilty of seven counts of murder in the first degree and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. Van Houten was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of murder in the first degree. On October 12, 1971, Charles "Tex" Watson was found guilty of seven counts of first degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. All defendants had their punishments fixed as death.

Answer: When the change of venue motion was denied.

Fitzgerald felt that the defense had been saddled with a biased and vengeful jury. He truly believed that had the trial been held anywhere but Los Angeles, the defendants would all have been acquitted.

Answer: Leslie Van Houten

Of all the murderers, Van Houten was the least committed to Manson, yet clearly had no qualms about killing for him. This meant that she was more culpable than her co-defendants.

Answer: False

In 1976, Leslie Van Houten had her conviction reversed on appeal. When her first retrial resulted in a hung jury, she was released on $200,000.00 bail. She had her freedom for almost six months, before being re-convicted of the LaBianca murders in 1978.