Famous Robberies

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Instructions: Notorious heists and thefts in history

1.
The Great Train Robbery of 1963 took place in which country, netting the thieves over 2.6 million pounds?
A
France
B
Italy
C
United States
D
England
2.
Which famous painting was stolen from the Louvre in 1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia?
A
Mona Lisa
B
Girl with a Pearl Earring
C
The Birth of Venus
D
The Starry Night
3.
The Brink's robbery of 1950, one of the largest in U.S. history at the time, took place in which city?
A
Chicago
B
Philadelphia
C
Boston
D
New York
4.
In 2003, diamonds worth an estimated $100 million were stolen from a vault in which Belgian city?
A
Bruges
B
Ghent
C
Brussels
D
Antwerp
5.
D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane in 1971 and parachuted away with $200,000. The flight departed from which city?
A
Los Angeles
B
Seattle
C
Portland
D
San Francisco
6.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist of 1990, the largest art theft in history, occurred in which city?
A
Washington, D.C.
B
Boston
C
New York
D
Philadelphia
7.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were members of which famous outlaw gang?
A
The Dalton Gang
B
The James-Younger Gang
C
The Wild Bunch
D
The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang
8.
The Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary of 2015, carried out by elderly thieves, took place in which city?
A
Amsterdam
B
London
C
Dublin
D
Paris
9.
In which year did the famous Lufthansa heist at JFK Airport take place, later depicted in the film 'Goodfellas'?
A
1984
B
1978
C
1975
D
1981
10.
Jesse James and his gang were most active robbing banks and trains in which region of the United States?
A
The Midwest and South
B
The Southwest
C
The Northeast
D
The West Coast
11.
The Banco Central burglary of 2005, where thieves tunneled into a vault, took place in which country?
A
Mexico
B
Argentina
C
Colombia
D
Brazil
12.
Which famous gem, now in the Smithsonian, was rumored to be stolen from a Hindu idol in India centuries ago?
A
The Star of India
B
The Hope Diamond
C
The Koh-i-Noor
D
The Cullinan Diamond
13.
The 'Mona Lisa' was missing for how many years after being stolen from the Louvre in 1911?
A
One year
B
Two years
C
Six months
D
Five years
14.
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow's crime spree during the Great Depression ended in which year when they were ambushed?
A
1936
B
1934
C
1932
D
1938
15.
The Securitas depot robbery of 2006, the UK's largest cash robbery at the time, netted approximately how much?
A
£25 million
B
£100 million
C
£53 million
D
£10 million

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