Q 01/05

Escobar was the founder and leader of which trafficking organisation?

A) The Medellín Cartel

B) The Norte del Valle Cartel

C) The Sinaloa Cartel

D) The Cali Cartel

Answer · why

A) The Medellín Cartel

By the 1980s it was shipping an estimated 70 to 80 tons of cocaine a month into the United States.

Q 02/05

By what nickname was Escobar widely known?

A) The White Baron

B) The Patron of Antioquia

C) The Lord of the Skies

D) The King of Cocaine

Answer · why

D) The King of Cocaine

He monopolised the cocaine trade into the US through the 1980s.

Q 03/05

In which town in Antioquia was Escobar born in December 1949?

A) Itagüí

B) Rionegro

C) Envigado

D) Bello

Answer · why

B) Rionegro

He was the third of seven children and grew up in poverty in neighbouring Medellín.

Q 04/05

What was Escobar's estimated net worth by the time of his death?

A) US$30 billion

B) US$100 billion

C) US$500 million

D) US$3 billion

Answer · why

A) US$30 billion

That made him one of the wealthiest conventional criminals in history.

Q 05/05

What did the teenage Escobar and his gang steal, sandblast and resell to start his criminal career?

A) Bicycles

B) Tombstones

C) Church bells

D) Car radios

Answer · why

B) Tombstones

He also sold illegal cigarettes and fake lottery tickets, and later claimed his fortune began with a bicycle rental firm.