Crime Quiz Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which English serial killer was dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper?
A. Peter Sutcliffe
B. Dennis Nilsen
C. Harold Shipman
Answer: A. Peter Sutcliffe
2. Which Russian writer is the author of the novel “Crime and Punishment”?
A. Anton Chekhov
B. Maxim Gorky
C. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Answer: C. Fyodor Dostoevsky
3. Which of the following courts is responsible for dealing with serious criminal cases in the United Kingdom?
A. Magistrates’ Court
B. Crown Court
C. High Court
Answer: B. Crown Court
4. Where is the International Criminal Court seated?
A. The Hague, Netherlands
B. Basel, Switzerland
C. Aarhus, Denmark
Answer: A. The Hague, Netherlands
5. Yakuza are members of criminal organisations in which country?
A. India
B. Japan
C. Thailand
Answer: B. Japan
6. Which of the following movies chronicles an organised crime family under the lead of Vito Corleone?
A. The Godfather
B. The Guilty
C. The Sopranos
Answer: A. The Godfather
7. Which of the following is NOT a class of offences in legal terms?
A. Offence against property
B. Offence against the nation
C. Offence against the person
Answer: B. Offence against the nation
8. According to National Statistics, what was the most common type of crime in England and Wales in 2020?
A. Computer misuse
B. Theft
C. Fraud
Answer: C. Fraud
9. From 1788 to 1868, the British government transported around 160,000 people guilty of a crime to which country?
A. New Zealand
B. Australia
C. The United States
Answer: B. Australia
10. Which Colombian narcoterrorist and drug lord is often dubbed “the king of cocaine”?
A. Carlos Lehder
B. Griselda Blanco
C. Pablo Escobar
Answer: C. Pablo Escobar
11. Which crime happened in Manchester on May 22nd, 2017, and killed more than 112 people?
A. Suicide bombing
B. Mass shooting
C. Arson
Answer: A. Suicide bombing
12. Which criminal mastermind is a formidable enemy for the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes?
A. Professor Moriarty
B. Doctor Watson
C. Irene Norton
Answer: A. Professor Moriarty
13. Which of the following is a famous detection fiction by the British writer Agatha Christie?
A. Death on the Nile
B. Death on the Everest
C. Death in the Amazon
Answer: A. Death on the Nile
14. Which football player was charged with a 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud in 2017?
A. Cristiano Ronaldo
B. Neymar
C. Lionel Messi
Answer: C. Lionel Messi
15. Under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, you would be punished by death when drinking what in public?
A. Wine
B. Coffee
C. Tea
Answer: B. Coffee
16. Which U.S. President was assassinated in 1963 during a presidential motorcade?
A. Harry Truman
B. John F. Kennedy
C. Richard Nixon
Answer: B. John F. Kennedy
17. Which social movement was initiated to publicise allegations of sex crimes and protect people from sexual harassment and sexual abuse?
A. Me too
B. You too
C. We too
Answer: A. Me too
18. Charles Manson, the American criminal whose followers carried out many murders during the late 1960s, took inspiration from which song by the Beatles?
A. Helter Skelter
B. Imagine
C. Across the Universe
Answer: A. Helter Skelter
19. In which European country is gambling illegal?
A. Germany
B. Poland
C. Hungary
Answer: B. Poland
20. What is the maximum sentence for the most serious crimes in the United Kingdom?
A. Death sentence
B. 100 years of imprisonment
C. Life imprisonment
Answer: C. Life imprisonment
21. The American gangster Al Capone gained his notoriety during which historical period in the United States?
A. American Civil War
B. Prohibition Era
C. The Great Depression
Answer: B. Prohibition Era
22. The term “mafia” originates in which region of Italy?
A. Sardinia
B. Lazio
C. Sicily
Answer: C. Sicily
23. Which tech company was the victim of the largest data hack in history with up to 3 billion records stolen?
A. Microsoft
B. IBM
C. Yahoo!
Answer: C. Yahoo!
24. Which of the following famous painting was stolen on August 21, 1911?
A. Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
B. The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
C. American Gothic by Grant Wood
Answer: A. Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
25. The son of which famous singer was kidnapped on December 8, 1963, at the age of 19 and was released after two days with a $240,000 ransom?
A. Bob Dylan
B. Frank Sinatra
C. Elvis Presley
Answer: B. Frank Sinatra
26. Which of the following crime TV series traces a group of robbers that enters and escapes the Royal Mint of Spain with nearly 1 billion euros?
A. The Prison Break
B. Money Heist
C. Ocean’s Eleven
Answer: B. Money Heist
27. What is the name for the leakage of 11.5 million documents that show illegal properties and assets of many public officials and wealthy individuals around the world?
A. The Ireland Papers
B. The Bermuda Papers
C. The Panama Papers
Answer: C. The Panama Papers
28. Which of the following terms refers to the criminal act of setting fire deliberately to properties?
A. Pyromania
B. Arson
C. Incendiary
Answer: B. Arson
29. What is the age of responsibility in Wales and England, which means that children under this age cannot be arrested and charged with a crime?
A. 10 years old
B. 13 years old
C. 16 years old
Answer: A. 10 years old
30. How old was George Junius Stinney Jr. when he became the youngest American to be sentenced to death and executed in the 20th century?
A. 10 years old
B. 14 years old
C. 16 years old
Answer: B. 14 years old