Q 01/05

Sharon Tate was married to which film director?

A) Roman Polanski

B) Peter Bogdanovich

C) Mike Nichols

D) Arthur Penn

Answer · why

A) Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski was Sharon Tate's husband; the director was in London when Manson Family members killed her and four others at the couple's rented Los ...

Q 02/05

Jim Jones's Peoples Temple built its remote jungle commune, Jonestown, in which South American country?

A) Brazil

B) Venezuela

C) Guyana

D) Suriname

Answer · why

C) Guyana

Guyana offered an English-speaking country with a socialist government, which Jones sold to his followers as the place to build their own utopia.

Q 03/05

Charles Manson fixated on 'Helter Skelter', a song from which Beatles LP?

A) The White Album

B) Abbey Road

C) Revolver

D) Magical Mystery Tour

Answer · why

A) The White Album

The White Album, the Beatles' 1968 double LP officially titled The Beatles, carries 'Helter Skelter'; Manson played it to his followers as a coded pro...

Q 04/05

Branch Davidian leader David Koresh was born Vernon Wayne what?

A) Hadley

B) Howell

C) Tucker

D) Mercer

Answer · why

B) Howell

Howell joined the Branch Davidians in 1981, won control after a 1987 gunfight with rival George Roden, and legally became David Koresh in 1990.

Q 05/05

David Berg took his young followers on the road after prophesying that his home state would suffer what?

A) A major earthquake

B) A tidal wave

C) A nuclear strike

D) A great flood

Answer · why

A) A major earthquake

A major earthquake was what Berg foresaw, and the group took to the road in campers, where a newspaper reporter dubbed the wanderers 'Moses and the Ch...