Q 01/05

Under which clown name did John Wayne Gacy perform at Chicago parties, parades and children's hospitals?

A) Bozo

B) Pogo

C) Buttons

D) Chuckles

Answer · why

B) Pogo

Pogo was a character Gacy invented in 1975 after joining a clown club, designing the makeup and costume himself; the volunteer act later earned him th...

Q 02/05

Which fast-food chain, whose Iowa restaurants John Wayne Gacy once managed, supplied the centerpiece of his last meal?

A) A&W

B) Arby's

C) KFC

D) Sonic

Answer · why

C) KFC

KFC supplied the bucket of chicken Gacy ordered with fried shrimp, french fries and strawberries; in the 1960s he had run three of its franchises for ...

Q 03/05

Which First Lady posed for a photograph with John Wayne Gacy while he was directing an annual Chicago parade?

A) Betty Ford

B) Lady Bird Johnson

C) Nancy Reagan

D) Rosalynn Carter

Answer · why

D) Rosalynn Carter

Rosalynn Carter met Gacy through his work on the parade, and he wore a lapel pin marking special clearance in the picture, which became an embarrassme...

Q 04/05

In which part of John Wayne Gacy's suburban Chicago house did police find most of his victims' remains in 1978?

A) The crawl space

B) The garage tool room

C) The backyard patio

D) The side driveway

Answer · why

A) The crawl space

The crawl space held twenty-six bodies, three more lay elsewhere on the property, and Gacy had planned to seal the whole area under concrete in Januar...

Q 05/05

Which Disney characters did John Wayne Gacy paint on death row, alongside clowns, skulls and Elvis Presley?

A) The Seven Dwarfs

B) The Three Little Pigs

C) The Lost Boys

D) The Aristocats

Answer · why

A) The Seven Dwarfs

The Seven Dwarfs appear among roughly 2,500 pictures Gacy made in his cell, some to commission; one of his lawyers said the sales had earned him $30,0...