Murder Duos Quiz

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What brings two people together for the purpose of murder is a baffling mystery. Test your knowledge of famous murder duos here.

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Question 2 of 10

In 1924, two wealthy University of Chicago students killed a 14-year-old boy simply because they were bored and wondered whether they could get away with murder. Who were those two students?

Lyle and Erik Menendez
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb
Erik Harris and Dylan Klebold
None of the above

... The correct answer is B: Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. The two men were convicted and served several years in prison together. In 1936, Loeb was murdered by his cellmate. Leopold was released on parole in 1958, after 33 years in prison.

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Question 3 of 10

Which evidence found near the boy's body linked Leopold and Leob to the crime?

Loeb's school papers
Loeb's wallet
Leopold's eyeglasses
Leopold's wristwatch

... The correct answer is C: Leopold's eyeglasses. Leopold inadvertently dropped his unique pair of horn-rimmed glasses into the culvert where he and Loeb dumped the boy's body.

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Question 4 of 10

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were lovers and notorious outlaws during the Great Depression. After they spent several years evading capture in the U.S., what was the eventual fate of Bonnie and Clyde.

They fled to Canada and lived out their days on a cattle ranch.
They gled to Mexico and were killed by local outlaws
They turned themselves in after an all-night stand-off with police.
They were gunned down in a police ambush.

... The correct answer is D: They were gunned down in a police ambush. In May 1934, Texas and Louisiana police officers ambushed the duo, killing both in a blaze of gunfire.

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Question 5 of 10

In July 1989, brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez called 911 to report that they had found their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, dead in their Beverly Hills home. How were they killed?

Mutiple gunshot wounds
Multiple stab wounds
Carbon momoxide poisoning
Arsenic poinsoning

... The correct answer is A: Multiple gunshot wounds. The brotheres became suspects after reports of their lavish spending and odd behavior following the murderes.

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Question 6 of 10

The Menendez brothers reportedly concocted the idea of killing their parents in order to receive their inheritance after watching which of the following movies?

Money Train
Mad Money
Billionaire Boys Club
The Godfather

... The correct answer is C: Billionair Boys Club. "The Billionaire Boys Club" was a 1987 television miniseries about greed and murder.

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Question 7 of 10

In the early 1990s, Paul Bernardo and his wife, Karla Homolka, raped and murdered several women and girls. Which of the following was one of their victims?

The couple's daughter
Homolka's mother
Homolka's sister
None of the above

... The correct answer is C: Homolka's sister. Based on a deal she made with prosecutors to testify against her husband, Homolka served only 12 years in prison. Bernardo is serving a life sentence.

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Question 8 of 10

In April 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killing 12 students and one teacher. After the killings, what did police discover on and around school grounds?

Copies of the duo's rage-filled manifesto
Personalizaed suicide notes to their family members
Photos of their intended victims
Dozens of Bombs

... The correct answer is D: Dozens of bombs. Police also discovery bombs in cars on school property and at Harris home.

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Question 9 of 10

Serial killers John Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were conviction of the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, which left 10 people dead and gripped the nation's capital for months. From where did the pair execute the killings?

Roof of an apartment building
A car fitted with a sniper's nest in the trunk
Tucked beneath a Beltway overpass
Perched in trees

... The correct answer is B: A car fitted with a sniper's nest in the trunk. In the attacks, one man would drive while the other shot random victims from the trunk of a Chevrolet Caprice.

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Question 10 of 10

California killing duo, Helen Golay, 77, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 75, were convicted of murdering two homeless men in 2008. How did the women commit the murders?

Staged hit-and-run accidents
Staged suicides
Arsenic poisoning
Carbon monoxide poisoning

... The correct answer is A: Staged hit-and-run accidents. According to prosecutors, the women took out life insurance policies on the men before killing them in secluded alleys in order to collect on the claims.

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