Q 01/05

In which London district did a notorious series of unsolved murders take place in the late 19th century?

A) Whitechapel

B) Mayfair

C) Westminster

D) Soho

Answer · why

A) Whitechapel

Eleven women were killed there between 1888 and 1891, some or all of the deaths being ascribed to the unidentified killer known as Jack the Ripper.

Q 02/05

Which British serial killer was known by the media moniker 'The Yorkshire Ripper'?

A) Dennis Nilsen

B) Fred West

C) Peter Sutcliffe

D) Harold Shipman

Answer · why

C) Peter Sutcliffe

He was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980, and had been interviewed by the inquiry seve...

Q 03/05

Which British serial killer dissected his victims and flushed parts down the toilet or burned them?

A) Robert Black

B) Dennis Nilsen

C) Donald Neilson

D) Anthony Hardy

Answer · why

B) Dennis Nilsen

Known as the Muswell Hill Murderer, he was caught when flushed remains blocked the drains of his North London flat.

Q 04/05

Which GP, convicted of 15 murders in 2000, was found to have killed an estimated 250 patients?

A) John Bodkin Adams

B) Harold Shipman

C) Michael Swango

D) Colin Norris

Answer · why

B) Harold Shipman

The two-year Shipman Inquiry, chaired by Dame Janet Smith, examined every death he had certified; he remains the only British doctor convicted of murd...

Q 05/05

The 'Moors Murders' by Brady and Hindley take their name from which remote area?

A) Dartmoor

B) Saddleworth Moor

C) Bodmin Moor

D) Exmoor

Answer · why

B) Saddleworth Moor

Two graves were found there in 1965 and a third only in 1987, after the pair confessed to further killings and were taken back to help search.