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- Q: Which F.B.I. agent headed the investigation of Al Capone?
A: Elliot Ness. Eliot Ness and his “Untouchables” famously attacked Al Capone’s bootlegging operations. Nevertheless, Frank J. Wilson of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Intelligence Unit led the investigation that resulted in Capone’s conviction for tax evasion. - Q: Which Queen of France did the revolutionaries behead in 1793?
A: Marie Antoinette. Consequently, the Revolutionary Tribunal convicted the wife of King Louis XVI of treason and executed her by guillotine at age 37, just months after her husband’s death. - Q: Who ruled as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979?
A: Pol Pot. During his rule, he attempted to create a classless agrarian society, which resulted in the Cambodian genocide and the deaths of an estimated 1.5 to 3 million people. - Q: Who wrote his first letter in 1888, known as the “Dear Boss” letter?
A: Jack the Ripper. Received on September 27, 1888, by London’s Central News Agency, written in red ink and boasting about the murders, popularising the moniker. - Q: What did Napoleon Bonaparte have built in 1806 to commemorate his military victories?
A: Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile. Commemorating his military victories, particularly the Battle of Austerlitz. - Q: Who served as the United States president during the American Civil War?
A: Abraham Lincoln. The 16th president from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. - Q: Which teenage model and showgirl whose brief sexual relationship with John Profumo caused British MP John Profumo to resign?
A: Christine Keeler. After initially denying any “impropriety” in a statement to the House of Commons in March 1963, Profumo admitted he had lied, resulting in his resignation in June 1963. - Q: What was the widely known nickname of President François Duvalier of Haiti?
A: Papa Doc. In 1943, he became active in a campaign to control the spread of contagious tropical diseases in Haiti. His patients affectionately called him “Papa Doc”. - Q: Who was the founder of the Organisation for Afro-American Unity, murdered by five assassins in Harlem on 21 February 1965?
A: Malcolm X (also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz). Shot multiple times while preparing to address the organisation at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York. - Q: Who was Adolf Hitler’s Deputy Führer who flew solo to Scotland on May 10, 1941?
A: Rudolf Hess. After he parachuted from his Messerschmitt Bf 110 near Eaglesham, south of Glasgow, local authorities arrested him. Subsequently, he spent the remainder of the war in British custody.