The May 2017 Jack The Ripper Quiz


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How many of the questions in our May 2017 Jack the Ripper Quiz can you answer correctly?


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    Which newspaper, that reported extensively on the Jack the Ripper case, first hit the streets on 17th January 1888?

    • A.

      The Pall Mall Gazette

    • B.

      The East London Advertiser

    • C.

      The Star

    • D.

      The Illustrated Police News

    Correct Answer
    C. The Star
  • 2. 

    Whose initials did Catherine Eddowes reputedly have tattooed on her forearm?

    • A.

      Her daughter's

    • B.

      Thomas Conway's

    • C.

      John Kelly's

    • D.

      Prince Albert Edward Victor's

    Correct Answer
    B. Thomas Conway's
  • 3. 

    Ted Stanley was also know as?

    • A.

      The Pensioner

    • B.

      Big Ted

    • C.

      The Lodger

    • D.

      Father Ted

    Correct Answer
    A. The Pensioner
  • 4. 

    John Richardson was suspected of being the murderer?

    • A.

      True

    • B.

      False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 5. 

     Maria Coroner was

    • A.

      A Whitechapel Murders victim

    • B.

      A witness at Annie Chapman's inquest

    • C.

      A workhouse inmate

    • D.

      A Jack the Ripper letter writer

    Correct Answer
    D. A Jack the Ripper letter writer
  • 6. 

    Mary Nichols owed her landlord John McCarthy 29 shillings in rent arrears?

    • A.

      True

    • B.

      False

    Correct Answer
    B. False
  • 7. 

    Fountain Smith was?

    • A.

      The local vicar

    • B.

      Annie Chapman's brother

    • C.

      Martha Tabram's estranged husband

    • D.

      A local police officer

    Correct Answer
    B. Annie Chapman's brother
  • 8. 

    Kitty Ronan was murdered in Miller's Court?

    • A.

      True

    • B.

      False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 9. 

    Which Whitechapel Murders victim lived at Cooney's lodging house?

    • A.

      Emma Smith

    • B.

      Mary Nichols

    • C.

      Catherine Eddowes

    • D.

      Alice McKenzie

    Correct Answer
    C. Catherine Eddowes
  • 10. 

    Edward McKenna was arrested for the crimes?

    • A.

      True

    • B.

      False

    Correct Answer
    A. True

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