Q 01/05

What is the traditional code of silence that is a fundamental part of Mafia honor?

A) Vendetta

B) Consigliere

C) Omertà

D) Sottocapo

Answer · why

C) Omertà

Omertà bars members from telling outsiders anything about the organisation; Joseph Valachi broke it in 1963, when he described the American Mafia's in...

Q 02/05

What charge finally sent Al Capone to prison in the 1930s?

A) Bootlegging

B) Tax evasion

C) Murder

D) Racketeering

Answer · why

B) Tax evasion

Tax evasion. Capone was convicted in October 1931 on five counts of federal income-tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years, a case built by Treasury age...

Q 03/05

Which two New York Mafia bosses fought the early-1930s Castellammarese War?

A) Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano

B) Joseph Profaci and Joseph Bonanno

C) Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel

D) Vito Genovese and Carlo Gambino

Answer · why

A) Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano

Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano fought the 1930–31 Castellammarese War; Masseria was shot dead in a Coney Island restaurant in April 1931 and Mar...

Q 04/05

What 1970 U.S. federal law was a significant tool for prosecuting organized crime figures?

A) Hobbs Act

B) Mann Act

C) Volstead Act

D) RICO Act

Answer · why

D) RICO Act

The RICO Act punishes a pattern of crimes run through an enterprise, and in 1986 one trial under it convicted some of the highest-ranking men in New Y...

Q 05/05

On which Mediterranean island is the Mafia organization widely believed to have originated?

A) Sardinia

B) Corsica

C) Malta

D) Sicily

Answer · why

D) Sicily

The Sicilian Mafia, also known as Cosa Nostra, is an Italian criminal society and organization originating on the island of Sicily, dating back to the...