Q 01/05

Which country's central bank lost $81 million to hackers' fraudulent SWIFT transfers in February 2016?

A) Bangladesh

B) Vietnam

C) Ecuador

D) Sri Lanka

Answer · why

A) Bangladesh

Bangladesh Bank's account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was drained of $81 million in February 2016; the money was laundered through Philipp...

Q 02/05

What filled the 120 mail bags the Great Train Robbery gang carried off from the Royal Mail train in 1963?

A) Gold bullion

B) Postal orders

C) Banknotes

D) Share certificates

Answer · why

C) Banknotes

Banknotes, mostly £1 and £5 notes, filled the 120 bags; the train was carrying far more cash than usual because a bank holiday weekend had just ended.

Q 03/05

What was the approximate value of the haul taken in the Great Train Robbery?

A) £300,000

B) £2.6 million

C) £9 million

D) £30 million

Answer · why

B) £2.6 million

£2.6 million was the haul; the gang drove it to a farm hideout and shared it out there.

Q 04/05

Which of these criminals was one of the 15-strong gang behind the 1963 Great Train Robbery?

A) Ronnie Biggs

B) Reggie Kray

C) Charles Bronson

D) Kenneth Noye

Answer · why

A) Ronnie Biggs

Ronnie Biggs escaped from Wandsworth Prison in 1965 by scaling the wall on a rope ladder, then lived as a fugitive for 36 years before returning to Br...

Q 05/05

How did the Great Train Robbery gang bring the Royal Mail train to a halt in 1963?

A) A lorry on the track

B) A rigged red signal

C) The emergency cord

D) A tree across the rails

Answer · why

B) A rigged red signal

A rigged red signal: the gang covered the green light with a glove and lit the red one from a battery, and the train's fireman was seized when he clim...