Lost and Found Trivia Quiz

Answer: Charles Lindbergh

The death of the Lindbergh baby was a devastating story that captivated the nation, not only because Charles Lindbergh was his father, but also because the child was abducted from his own bedroom while his parent's slept in the home. The kidnapper and murderer, Bruno Hauptmann, was later arrested, convicted and executed for the death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.

Answer: Ambrose Bierce

While he was age 70 by the time he embarked on this fact-finding historical journey, it was probably his decision to join Pancho Villa that caused his inevitable death, even though neither his body nor his belongings have ever been located.

Answer: Jimmy Hoffa

Hoffa planned on having dinner with Tony Giacalone and Tony Provenzano at the Machus Red Fox restaurant outside of Detroit, Michigan; each of his dinner companions were reputed mobsters with affiliations to teamster unions. Neither of them came to the restaurant, but Hoffa was last seen in the parking lot. Dozens of theories exist on the location of Hoffa's body but it is yet to be found.

Answer: Glenn Miller

Miller was set to play a performance in Paris for the soldiers responsible for "liberating Paris." It is believed that the flight disappeared while traveling over the English Channel, but the actual reason for the plane's disappearance has yet to be confirmed, including theories that the plane was downed by jettisoned bombs from the Royal Air Force.

Answer: Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Their disappearance of Madalyn, her granddaughter, and her son was originally covered up by their kidnapper's attempt to make people believe they were simply out of town on business. They were not reported missing for a year, as many speculated that they had simply fled with all of the organization's money. Madalyn's body, as well as the bodies of her son and granddaughter, were eventually discovered buried on the farm of their murderer, David Roland Waters, a former employee of their organization who had a history of convictions for violence.

Answer: Alaska's

The flight was headed from Anchorage to Juneau and carried with it Representative Nick Begich and Republican candidate Don Young. Neither the men, nor the plane were ever discovered, despite a massive manhunt lasting almost 40 days. It was after this incident that the federal government began mandating Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) or "black boxes" for ALL planes, rather than just commercial airlines.

Answer: Agatha Christie

It was determined that Agatha was probably suffering from amnesia as a result of her nervous breakdown over her husband ending their marriage. It is not definite that this was the cause of her eleven day disappearance, but she had evidently been under considerable personal stress in the preceding year, as her mother had passed away and her husband had been cheating on her prior to their separation.

Answer: D.B. Cooper

The incredible story of DB Cooper's hijacking is made even more provocative when witnesses recount the time they spent with him prior to his leap from the airplane. Flight attendants all remarked that not only was he "perfectly nice," but that when he received whiskey to drink, he offered to pay the flight attendant for it.

In 1980, a child along the Columbia River found several thousand dollars resting and buried in mud; the serial numbers traced the money back to the original ransom while no evidence of D.B. Cooper was found.

Answer: Frank Sinatra

After his release, Frank Sinatra Jr.'s kidnappers were apprehended, tried and convicted. Throughout the course of the kidnapping, Frank Sinatra was required to make several calls from pay phones in order to communicate with the kidnappers. It is rumored that, for decades after, Sinatra still carried around rolls of dimes in his pockets.

Answer: Cinque

Donald DeFreeze, or Cinque Mtume, was the leader of the SLA. It is thought that Donald's re-appropriation of this name was indicative of the SLA's motives to ignite black revolution, even though DeFreeze was the group's only black member.