Image: L-R: John Dillinger, Arthur Barker and "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Credit: Bettmann/Getty Images
About This Quiz
They may have been hard-bitten crooks, but when John Dillinger, Arthur Barker and "Pretty Boy" Floyd were at large, ordinary citizens loved to follow their exploits. Today, America's historic gangsters continue to inspire fascination - along with some darn good movies. So throw on your best fedora and take a shot at our organized crime quiz.
To escape detection, the villain in MGM's "Arsenic & Old Lace" changes his face via plastic surgery. Which gangster used that same trick in real life?
John Dillinger
"Pretty Boy" Floyd
"Baby Face" Nelson
Seven people with mob connections were shot dead at the infamous "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" of 1929. Who ordered the hit?
George "Bugs" Moran
Al Capone
Nobody knows for sure.
Fill in the blank: During the Great Depression, the American Mafia established a new governing body called ________.
the Committee
the Commission
the League
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True or false: Al Capone's goons once kidnapped a famous jazz musician at gunpoint and made him perform at Capone's birthday party.
true
false
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, a bona fide celebrity criminal, famously helped develop which of these Las Vegas hotels/casinos?
Golden Gate Hotel and Casino
Flamingo Las Vegas
Caesar's Palace
How did Bonnie Parker and Clyde Champion Barrow (aka "Bonnie & Clyde") meet their violent deaths?
from a hit job performed by a rival team of gangsters
It was a murder-suicide.
in a hail of bullets fired by the police
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The Dead Rabbits were a 19th-century Irish-American street gang based in what U.S. city?
New York
Chicago
Boston
The notorious Apalachin summit meeting of 1957 was a huge turning point for the American Mafia. What went down there?
A powerful boss was assassinated.
Law enforcement arrested dozens of mobsters.
A literal bomb went off.
"Goodfellas" (1990) is based on the life of which longtime gangster?
Arthur Barker
"Mad Dog" Coll
Henry Hill
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