Q 01/05

In which New York borough was Al Capone born in 1899?

A) Brooklyn

B) The Bronx

C) Manhattan

D) Queens

Answer · why

A) Brooklyn

Al Capone was born in Brooklyn on 17 January 1899, the fourth of nine children of Italian immigrants Gabriele and Teresa Capone.

Q 02/05

What was Capone's famous nickname, which he loathed?

A) Bugsy

B) Scarface

C) Snorky

D) Lucky

Answer · why

B) Scarface

Newspapers called him Scarface for the scars on his left cheek; Capone hated the name and preferred Snorky, his friends' slang for a sharp dresser.

Q 03/05

How did Capone get the scars on his face?

A) A car crash on Coney Island

B) A childhood accident with a razor

C) A beating from Chicago police

D) Slashed by a man whose sister he insulted

Answer · why

D) Slashed by a man whose sister he insulted

Slashed by a man whose sister he insulted: Frank Galluccio cut Capone's face at the Harvard Inn after Capone insulted Galluccio's sister; Capone later...

Q 04/05

Which powerful Lower Manhattan outfit did the teenage Capone join?

A) The Five Points

B) The Dead Rabbits

C) The Whyos

D) The Eastmans

Answer · why

A) The Five Points

The Five Points gang, Paul Kelly's Lower Manhattan outfit, took Capone in as a teenager; there Frankie Yale became his mentor and employed him at the ...

Q 05/05

What was Capone's father's trade?

A) Bricklayer

B) Barber

C) Tailor

D) Baker

Answer · why

B) Barber

Gabriele Capone's trade was Barber: he ran his own barbershop after emigrating from Italy, while Al's mother Teresa worked as a seamstress.