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Crime 53 questions.

Generally real-life crime

Pub quiz question 7200 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who did Mehmet Ali Ağca attempt to assassinate in 1981?
Answer: A: Pope John Paul II
Categories: Religion (4) Crime (4) 1980s (4)

Pub quiz question 7110 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which US robbers had the surnames Parker and Barrow?
Answer: A: Bonnie and Clyde
Categories: Crime (3) Names (3)

Pub quiz question 6974 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nickname was attached to murderer Peter Sutcliffe?
Answer: A: The Yorkshire Ripper
Notes: *: Convicted 1981, murders happened 1975-1980.
Categories: Crime (3) 1980s (3) 1970s (3)

Pub quiz question 6025 by pjh2

Question: Q: In law, what name is given to the unlawful entrance upon the property of another?
Answer: A: Trespass
Categories: Crime (2)

Pub quiz question 5196 by pjh2

Question: Q: What does the abbreviation JP stand for in relation to the courts?
Answer: A: Justice of the Peace
Categories: Crime (3) Acronyms/Abbreviations (3)

Pub quiz question 4971 by pjh2

Question: Q: What are stolen in Amsterdam at the rate of 80,000 a year with around 25,000 ending up in canals?
Answer: A: Bicycles
Categories: Geography (4) Crime (4)

Pub quiz question 5363 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 1995 film starred Kevin Bacon as a convict and Christian Slater as his defence attorney?
Answer: A: Murder in the First
Categories: 1990s (5) Entertainment (5) Film/Movies (5) Crime (5)

Pub quiz question 7108 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Al Capone's alibi for the St Valentine's Day Massacre?
Answer: A: Holidaying in Florida
Categories: Crime (7)

Pub quiz question 3117 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Syd Dernley Britain's last example of when he died in 1994?
Answer: A: Hangman/Public executioner
Categories: History (7) Crime (7) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 5251 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who became the first woman to serve as US Attorney General in 1993?
Answer: A: Janet Reno
Categories: Crime (7) 1990s (7) Politics (7)