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Round 2 Is Now Officially starting! Good Luck.
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1,000,000 First Place
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1. It is widely known that Capone was sentenced to eleven years for tax evasion, but how long to the nearest year did he actually spend in prison for this?
a. 11
b. 7
c. 5
d. 3
2. Who was head of what became known as the "Chicago Outfit" before gangsters Johnny Torrio and Al Capone?
a. Salvatore Maranzano
b. Jim Colosimo
c. Frank Costello
d. Arnold Rothstein
3. After World War II many mafia dons in Sicily were made into mayors of towns by the Allies.
a. True
b. False
4. Donnie Brasco, the famous FBI undercover agent, infiltrated which New York family?
a. Columbo
b. Genovese
c. Gambino
d. Bonanno
5. Carlos Marcello and which other mafia boss have been named as the most likely to have been involved in the JFK assassination?
a. Stefano Magaddino
b. Santo Trafficante Jr
c. Nicodemo Scarfo
d. Frank Balistrieri
6. The notorious mafia boss of Sicily Toto Riina, who declared war on the Italian government, was mentored by which other gangster?
a. Luciano Leggio
b. Calcedonio Di Pisa
c. Angelo La Barbera
d. Carlo Vizzini
7. In what year did the FBI finally recognise the mafia as a national crime syndicate?
a. 1927
b. 1957
c. 1937
d. 1947
8. Vito Genovese was sentenced to prison for tax evasion.
a. True
b. False
9. Joe "the boss" Masseria and which other "moustache Pete" were fighting for control of the New York underworld in the 1930s?
a. Albert Anastasia
b. Charles Luciano
c. Salvatore Maranzano
d. Meyer Lansky
10. John Gotti was the head of which family?
a. Gambino
b. Luchese
c. Columbo
d. Bonanno
11. When Italian gangsters first came to America in the early 20th century and started extortion rackets, what name were they known by?
a. The White Hand
b. Death's Hand
c. The Red Hand
d. The Black Hand
12. In what year was the infamous St Valentine's Day massacre?
a. 1928
b. 1929
c. 1927
d. 1925
13. In which year was famous New York gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano sentenced to 30-50 years in prison for running a vice ring?
a. 1933
b. 1938
c. 1940
d. 1936
14. Which casino was built in Las Vegas by the Jewish gangster "Bugsy" Seigel?
a. The Riviera
b. The Tangiers
c. The Flamingo
d. The Stardust
15. Which future mafia boss shot Frank Costello in a failed hit in 1957?
a. John Gotti
b. Vincent Gigante
c. Dominick Cirillo
d. Joe DeFede
16. For which New York family was Joe Valachi, a famous mafia turncoat, a low level soldier?
a. Bonanno
b. Gambino
c. Genovese
d. Colombo
17. Tony Accardo, the head of the "Chicago outfit" for six decades, never spent a single day in jail.
a. True
b. False
18. After the closure of the "French connection," what was the name of the operation set up to deliver heroin from Sicily to the United States?
a. Lemon connection
b. Pasta connection
c. Pizza connection
d. Olive oil connection
19. What was the name of the large scale trials that happened in Italy in the mid-1980's against the Sicilian mafia?
a. The great mafia trials
b. The maxi trials
c. The Mattanza trials
d. The Ciaculli trials
20. In which year were the famous anti-mafia judges, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, brutally murdered by the mafia?
a. 1992
b. 1981
c. 1990
d. 1985
21. What is the Russian equivalent to being a "Made Man"?
a. Thieves in Authority
b. Brezhnevera
c. Criminals in Isolation
d. Thieves in Law
22. What happened in Columbia on November 27, 1989?
a. The President was assasinated.
b. A jet blew up.
c. Pablo Escobar died.
d. An earthquake hit.
23. In what year did the FBI declare that Chinese organized crime surpassed Italian crime in criminality?
a. 1998
b. 1991
c. 1993
d. 1988
24. What was Big Sister Ping known for?
a. Human Trafficking
b. Gambling
c. Drug Trafficking
d. Extortion
25. Which classification of Russian criminal is best suited to acquire nuclear material?
a. Brezhnevera
b. Thieves in Law
c. Thieves in Authority
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