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1. Arthur Flegenheimer operated one of the biggest bootlegging, rum-running, and gambling operations in New York. By what name was he better known?
2. In order to gain complete control of Chicago's criminal empire, Al Capone needed to get three non-Italian crime bosses out of the way. Dion O'Bannion and George "Bugs" Moran, both Irish, were two of them. Can you name the third man, of Polish descent, who was in Capone's way?
3. Although he was close friends with Bugsy Siegel, this financial wizard of the mob world gave his tacit agreement to Charles "Lucky" Luciano to have Siegel killed. Who was it?
4. Jack Moran was a flashy gangster who ran several operations from Manhattan to Albany. In the process, though, he made enemies with several other gangsters, notably Dutch Schultz. After surviving several bullets fired at him on several occasions, he was finally gunned down in 1931. By what name was Jack Moran better known?
5. Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen grew up in a normal Orthodox Jewish home. When he got mixed up with the "wrong crowd", he formed his own gang called, "The Little Augies". By the mid-1920s, he ran a powerful organization, until his murder in 1927. What lucrative operation did "Little Augie" run?
6. As the old expression goes, "The Mafia is not an equal opportunity employer". Leroy "Nicky" Barnes, an African-American, however, was hired by Joey Gallo and the Lucchese crime family for years. What was Nicky Barnes' specialty?
7. Herman "Beansy" Rosenthal was a small-time gambler who made a big mistake: he blabbed to the newspapers about gambling in New York. For his squealing, he was murdered on July 15, 1912. Charles Becker was implicated in the hit, and, after a sensational and controversial trial, was executed. What was so controversial about Charles Becker's case?
8. Unfortunately, vicious killers are rarely brought to justice. Fortunately, this leader of Murder, Inc. was tried and executed in 1944. Who am I talking about?
9. New York's Arnold Rothstein--or "A.R."--was a New York gangster and businessman whose notoriety was so publicized that he was the model for "Meyer Wolfsheim" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby", and "Nathan Detroit" in the Damon Runyon novel "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown", which was made into the musical "Guys and Dolls". Part of his fame derived from his probable connection to a sensational event. What event was that?
10. We'll end with an easy one. This gangster was not allowed into the mob because he was only HALF Italian. (The other half was Irish). The story of his life in crime was the basis for the book "Wiseguy", written by crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi, and the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas". Who am I talking about?
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