Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Island on which the Mafia originated | Sicily | 95%
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Mobster who ran the Chicago outfit in the 1920s | Al Capone | 85%
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Illegal product sold by the above | Alcohol | 81%
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Former Birmingham gang that supposedly wore razor blades in the bills of their hats | Peaky {Blinders} | 79%
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Common name for the Japanese mafia | Yakuza | 74%
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Medellín-based drug lord who had a net worth estimated at $30 billion | Pablo Escobar | 71%
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Crime for which he was eventually convicted | Tax evasion | 70%
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Term for a major criminal organization which traffics drugs | Cartel | 69%
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In the early 2000s, Afghanistan was the world's leading supplier of this illegal product | Opium | 68%
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Los Angeles street gang that wears red and are rivals of the Crips | Bloods | 67%
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Three letter title of respect for a high-ranking leader in the Italian mafia | Don | 63%
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Crime family from the movie "The Godfather" | Corleone | 62%
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Term for a fully-initiated member of the Mafia | {Made} man | 50%
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Common name for a Chinese crime syndicate | Triad | 41%
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Sporting event that was allegedly fixed in 1919 by racketeer Arnold Rothstein | World Series | 41%
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English translation of "Cosa Nostra", the mafia's name for itself | {Our} {thing} | 40%
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The Italian mafia in New York was once known for its "five families". Name any one of them. | Bonanno | Colombo | Gambino | Genovese | Lucchese | 31%
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Drug gang founded by a former Mexican special forces soldier which gets its name from a letter in the Spanish alphabet | Zetas | 16%
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