True Crime Trivia: 350 Questions & Answers to Quiz Yourself and Challenge Your Friends

By Michelle Tooker

Are you the ultimate true crime fan? How much do you know about your favorite cases?

 

Play true crime trivia to find out:
•Did a serial killer roam the Titanic?
•Which food is the most shoplifted?
•How many killers get away with murder each year?
•Did a fax machine identify the Black Dahlia?

Discover the answers to 350 eye-opening questions like these in True Crime Trivia. Each question is multiple choice or true/false so you can play trivia against yourself or your friends. Correct answers include surprising stories and shocking details about true crime cases you thought you knew and ones you have never heard of before.

True Crime Trivia is organized into seven chapters, covering the following topics:
◆Unsolved Mysteries & Cold Cases
◆Serial Killers
◆True Crime Podcasts
◆Celebrity Crimes
◆Heists & Robberies
◆Facts & Figures
◆Grab Bag
 

Quiz yourself, challenge your friends or host a trivia night to see who is the ultimate true crime enthusiast.

This book makes a perfect gift for murderinos, true crime junkies, true crime fanatics or those fascinated by the macabre.

Be warned, reading this book will give you 350 new rabbit holes to explore!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Beguile Media
• Release date: Dec 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9781953787057

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Copyright © 2022 Michelle Tooker

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the copyright owner except as permitted by U.S. copyright law. For permissions, contact: Michelle Tooker at [e-mail]

While facts cannot be copyrighted, how trivia questions and answers are written can be copyrighted. Michelle Tooker, the author, researched and wrote all of the questions and answers in this book and has copyrighted this entire work. Anyone who plagiarizes the trivia questions or answers from this book, or any bonus material, will face legal action.

Print ISBN: 978-1-953787-04-0

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-953787-05-7

Book Cover Design & Interior Typesetting by Colleen Sheehan

NOTE: Although the publisher and the author have made every effort to ensure that the information in this book was correct at press time, and while this publication is designed to provide accurate information regarding the subject matter covered, the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors, inaccuracies, omissions or any other inconsistencies herein and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident or any other cause.

Praise for True Crime Trivia

Michelle Tooker's True Crime Trivia is as informative as it is impossible to put down. Tooker dispels myths about true crime, educates consumers, and tackles little-known crimes in this thought-provoking and conversation-starting trivia.

-Josh Hallmark, Host & Executive Producer of True Crime Bullsh**

True crime aficionados like myself, take great pride in the amount of details we have amassed over time. True Crime Trivia satisfies that urge to test one's knowledge and impress others, while kindling the mystery and intrigue of true crime cases, both well-known and more obscure, burning bright...A must have for any fan of true crime!

-Michelle Reale, Author of Season of Subtraction

Michelle Tooker did a great job formulating questions that aren't too hard or too easy. Looking forward to using the book for an upcoming trivia night with friends!

-Charlie Worroll, Host of Crimelines

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

Ways to Play

Chapter One: Unsolved Mysteries & Cold Cases

Chapter One: Questions with Answers

Chapter Two: Serial Killers

Chapter Two: Questions with Answers

Chapter Three: Podcasts

Chapter Three: Questions with Answers

Chapter Four: Celebrity Crimes

Chapter Four: Questions with Answers

Chapter Five: Heists & Robberies

Chapter Five: Questions with Answers

Chapter Six: Facts & Figures

Chapter Six: Questions with Answers

Chapter Seven: Grab Bag

Chapter Seven: Questions with Answers

Sources

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Acknowledgments

About the Author

Growing up as a millennial, true crime enthusiasts like myself lurked more in the shadows. We would casually drop facts among friends to find out who, too, had an interest in the subject. Ask who had watched America’s Most Wanted or Unsolved Mysteries. At sleepovers, see who else was game to summon spirits on your grandmother’s Ouija board. Whose parents— children and young adults in the 1960s and 70s—had shared stories about Berkowitz, Bundy or Manson.

Today, however, those of us fascinated by true crime can connect easily to one another thanks to the massive rise in popularity of the genre. We find each other in Facebook groups, podcast Patreon pages and #crimetok. There are ways for us to become advocates, uncover new leads, help identify missing people or contribute our DNA so that the unidentified might get their names back.

For many of us, our interest in true crime stems from a desire to understand humanity better. What leads certain people to commit heinous acts? Or, we learn everything we can about crime to prepare in case we find ourselves a victim. With mysteries, many of us want to solve the puzzle. Where did that person go? What happened?

These questions led me to write this book. I pulled from the years of true crime content I have consumed to share stories and facts that might surprise or shock you. Cases that encompass a variety of true crime subjects and will lead you down new rabbit holes. You may even uncover a lead or solve a mystery yourself after reading.

While writing, I reflected on the real people impacted by the crimes and cases covered within these pages. Empathizing with and respecting victims and their families is something I strive to do in my work as an investigative journalist and podcast writer and researcher. Hopefully, I have accomplished the same throughout this book. Additionally, I hope my fellow true crime aficionados find these trivia questions and answers informative, compelling and eye-opening.

Content & Sources

While researching and writing this work, I made every effort to use credible sources and provide accurate questions and answers. Fortunately, cases—even cold cases—are solved every day, so some of the content in this book may become inaccurate after publication.

If you find a question or answer containing an error, please send a polite email containing: 1. The question, 2. Page number, 3. Details about the inaccuracy and 4. A credible source to support your claim to: [e-mail]. If you have an idea for a question for the next volume of this book, feel free to email it as well.

Ways to Play

True Crime Trivia was designed so you can play more ways than one! The questions appear first without the correct answer listed and then again at the end of the chapter with the questions and answers together. This gives you multiple ways to test your true crime knowledge. Plus, each answer includes a detailed explanation that’s sure to fascinate, inform or surprise you.

Challenge Yourself

Start at the beginning of each chapter to test your true crime knowledge. Once you have completed the questions, turn to the end of the chapter to find the questions with the correct answers listed. See how many you got right.

Challenge Your Friends

Host a trivia game with your friends! Skip to the section of each chapter where the answers appear beneath the questions. See who in your friend circle is the biggest true crime enthusiast.

Host a Party or Trivia Night

Emcee a true crime trivia night! Skip to the section of each chapter where the answers appear beneath the questions to host a true crime trivia night, contest or event. Please be sure to credit this book as your trivia source, and do not copy or reprint pages from the book without permission from the author. For a free digital download of a printable scorecard sheet, visit beguilemedia.com.

Scoring & Scorecard Sheets

Each correct answer equals one point. Whoever has the most points in the end wins. You can play by chapter or the whole book.

Visit our website at beguilemedia.com to join our VIP readers’ group and to access a free digital download of a printable scorecard sheet.

Answers for Chapter 1 begin here. Sources begin here.

1. Which serial killer is still unidentified?

Long Island Serial Killer

The Original Night Stalker

Jack the Ripper

Both A and C

Answer

2. Tamper-resistant packaging on medications stems from a 1982 unsolved murder case that involved:

Antifreeze-laced Pepto-Bismol

Arsenic-laced Advil

Potassium cyanide-laced Tylenol

Anthrax-laced TUMS

Answer

3. What is the Black Dahlia’s real name?

Catherine Eddowes

Clara Birdlong

Pia Gilda Rontini

Elizabeth Short

Answer

4. Which statement is true about JonBenét Ramsey, the 6-year-old pageant star murdered in 1996?

Her mother Patsy was in the running for Miss America in 1978

Patsy discovered a ransom note demanding $118,000

John Ramsey found JonBenét’s body in the family’s basement

All of the Above

Answer

5. The shooting death of which celebrity is still unsolved?

Tupac Shakur

John Lennon

Marvin Gaye

Phil Hartman

Answer

6. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, how many unsolved murders are there in America?

5,000

25,000

110,000

250,000

Answer

7. What was the alias used by a young man who checked into a Washington hotel, died by suicide and went unidentified for nearly 17 years?

Lyle Stevik

Peter Bergmann

Tamám Shud

D.B. Cooper

Answer

8. Amy Lynn Bradley disappeared in 1998 while:

Snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef

On a cruise with her family

Delivering pizza in a rural area

Getting ready for her prom

Answer

9. Who disappeared in 2013 while driving from Sierra College to his parents’ home?

Bryce Laspisa

Kendrick Johnson

Steven Koecher

Nicholas Barclay

Answer

10. Many Indigenous women have been murdered or gone missing from:

Interstate 5

The Hume Highway

The Highway of Tears

Dyatlov Pass

Answer

11. Which plane disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 2014 while en route to Beijing, China?

Air France Flight 447

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Pan Am Flight 103

Germanwings Flight 9525

Answer

12. Which organization searches bodies of water to locate missing people?

DNA Doe Project

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Polly Klaas Foundation

Chaos Divers

Answer

13. What word or phrase was found carved on a gatepost near the lost colony of Roanoke?

Helter Skelter

Croatoan

From Hell

Callmefred

Answer

14. Who disappeared from their Orlando condo complex in 2006?

Asha Degree

Justin Gaines

Jennifer Kesse

Brandon Swanson

Answer

15. From which bar did medical student Brian Shaffer vanish?

Abilene’s

The Black Lantern Inn

Tiki-Ti

The Ugly Tuna Saloona

Answer

16. What did D.B. Cooper, whose true identity is still unknown, do?

Kidnapped Charles Lindbergh Jr.

Jumped from an airplane that he had hijacked

Carjacked an armored truck and stole $1 million

Stole a $30 million Vincent van Gogh painting

Answer

17. The single largest property theft in the world is still unsolved. Where did it occur?

Saint Basil’s Cathedral

Van Gogh Museum

Taj Mahal

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Answer

18. Maura Murray, a college student from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, disappeared after:

Exiting a concert to get some fresh air and getting locked out of the venue

Leaving her friend’s apartment to return to a bar where she had left her credit card

Crashing her car on a rural road

Riding her bicycle home from a friend’s party

Answer

19. Who disappeared about a month after Maura Murray under similar circumstances and from the same geographic region?

Brianna Maitland

Rachel Cooke

Adrienne Salinas

Unique Harris

Answer

20. Which author’s death is considered a mystery?

Agatha Christie

James Baldwin

Mary Shelley

Edgar Allan Poe

Answer

21. Whose assassination continues to generate conspiracy theories?

Mahatma Gandhi

Franz Ferdinand

James Garfield

John F. Kennedy

Answer

22. Which bombing is unsolved?

Boston Marathon bombing in 2013

Wall Street bombing in 1920

World Trade Center bombing in 1993

Madrid train bombings in 2004

Answer

23. What happened at the Watcher House?

During renovations, contractors discovered the remains of a missing woman

When the owner died, a body was discovered in a barrel in the attic

The new owners received threatening letters that forced them to move

While redoing the basement, the owner discovered a stolen painting

Answer

24. True or False: A private investigator who survived the Titanic sinking revealed that he was investigating a series of unsolved murders on the ship and believed a serial killer was responsible.

Answer

25. Who was never named a Jack the Ripper suspect?

H.H. Holmes

Walter Sickert

Prince Albert Victor

Lord Byron

Answer

26. Mr. Cruel, an unidentified serial rapist, terrorized which country?

Japan

Kenya

Australia

Scotland

Answer

27. What do some believe happened to American student David Sneddon, who disappeared in 2004?

North Korea abducted him

He is imprisoned in Russia

China’s Monster Killer murdered him

He was forced to work for the Sinaloa Cartel

Answer

28. Where did an unsolved quadruple homicide of four teenagers occur in 1991?

Carvel

Baskin-Robbins

I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt!

Pinkberry

Answer

29. In 1989, a customer found a Polaroid photo in a convenience store parking lot that depicted a young woman and a boy bound in the back of a van. Some believed one of the people pictured was:

Cherrie Mahan

Adam Walsh

Etan Patz

Tara Calico

Answer

30. True or False: A few months after Malaysia Airlines faced the disappearance of one of its planes, another was shot down.

Answer

31. Dutch students Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon disappeared while hiking in which country?

South Korea

New Zealand

Nepal

Panama

Answer

32. In 1935, a murder investigation began in Australia after which animal vomited a severed arm?

Crocodile

Tiger shark

Dingo

Tasmanian devil

Answer

33. True or False: The FBI closed its investigation into the 2001 Anthrax attacks after the agency could not find the perpetrator.

Answer

34. Which place was terrorized for nearly 20 years by an anonymous letter writer?

Amityville, New York

Circleville, Ohio

Canterbury, England

Moose Jaw, Canada

Answer

35. Which statement is not true