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Criminals Caught by Their Food Orders — Daily trivia Sunday, July 19, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01An undercover officer posed as what to get DNA from serial killer suspect Lonnie Franklin?
- AA parking valet
- BA restaurant waiter
- CA grocery store cashier
- DA food-truck cook
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A restaurant waiter
A restaurant waiter. A familial DNA match with his son had pointed detectives to Franklin, so the officer collected the cutlery and dishes he used.
Q 02After 43 years on the run, Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano was found when police tracked deliveries of what?
- ANewspapers
- BBottled gas
- CCigarettes
- DClean laundry
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Clean laundry
Clean laundry. The parcels led police to a farmhouse near Corleone, and Provenzano had long run the Mafia through tiny hand-delivered notes called pizzini.
Q 03Prints on which condiment bottle helped convict the Great Train Robbers?
- AMustard
- BKetchup
- CBrown sauce
- DVinegar
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Ketchup
The gang wiped the farmhouse but missed a ketchup bottle and a Monopoly set they had played with using real stolen banknotes. The prints led to the arrest of most of the gang.
Q 04Fugitive bomber Eric Rudolph was arrested while doing what behind a Save-A-Lot?
- ALoading a getaway car
- BSelling stolen groceries
- CSleeping in a delivery van
- DDigging through a dumpster
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Digging through a dumpster
Digging through a dumpster. A rookie officer on patrol in the early hours suspected a burglary, ending more than five years on the run.
Q 05DNA from what discarded item linked Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders?
- AA coffee cup
- BA pizza crust
- CA cigarette butt
- DA water bottle
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A pizza crust
A pizza crust. Detectives compared DNA from the pizza he had eaten and thrown away with genetic material found with victims' remains.
Q 06The tip that found Whitey Bulger in Santa Monica came from a former beauty queen from which country?
- ANorway
- BIceland
- CDenmark
- DSweden
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Iceland
Iceland. The tipster, Anna Björnsdóttir, Miss Iceland 1974, had lived in Bulger's neighbourhood, and agents then used a ruse to lure him out of his apartment.
Q 07After a five-day manhunt, Luigi Mangione was arrested when a customer recognised him at which chain in Altoona, Pennsylvania?
- AMcDonald's
- BSheetz
- CWendy's
- DDunkin'
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McDonald's
McDonald's. An employee there called police, and Mangione was charged with killing UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson.
Q 08Besides Band-Aids and a newspaper, what was fugitive Robert Durst shoplifting when caught?
- AA rotisserie chicken
- BA six-pack of beer
- CA chicken salad sandwich
- DA bag of oranges
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A chicken salad sandwich
A chicken salad sandwich. Police then found tens of thousands of dollars in cash in the car he had rented.
Q 09What large late-night food order by 'El Chapo' Guzmán's gunmen tipped off marines before his recapture?
- ARotisserie chickens
- BPizzas
- CSushi
- DTacos
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Tacos
Tacos. Marines raided the house in Los Mochis hours later, on 8 January 2016, capturing Guzmán for the third time.
Q 10Prosecutors tied Aaron Hernandez to the murder scene with his DNA on what, stuck to a shell casing?
- AA cigarette filter
- BBubble gum
- CA straw wrapper
- DA lollipop stick
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Bubble gum
Bubble gum. The former New England Patriots tight end was convicted of murdering Odin Lloyd in 2015.
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