Download or read book The Great Train Robbery Quiz Book written by Mike Gray and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Train Robbery is one of the most well documented crimes of all time but how much do you really know about what happened on that fateful day in 1963 and in the years beyond? This new quiz book will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the Great Train Robbery and the people involved. How many train robbers escaped from prison? What was the robbers' hideout called? Who was the first '30-year sentence' train robber to be released? The answers to these brain teasers and more can all be found inside The Great Train Robbery Quiz Book. With 100 questions all about the people involved in the robbery, where they are now, the detectives, Judge, books, films and TV programmes, this is a comprehensive guide to the most talked about UK heist in history. With 2013 marking the 50th anniversary, there is still a great deal of interest in the Great Train Robbery and if you would like to know more, this book is all you need.
Download or read book The Great Train Robbery Quiz Book written by Mike Gray and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Train Robbery is one of the most well documented crimes of all time but how much do you really know about what happened on that fateful day in 1963 and in the years beyond? This new quiz book will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the Great Train Robbery and the people involved. How many train robbers escaped from prison? What was the robbers' hideout called? Who was the first '30-year sentence' train robber to be released? The answers to these brain teasers and more can all be found inside The Great Train Robbery Quiz Book. With 100 questions all about the people involved in the robbery, where they are now, the detectives, Judge, books, films and TV programmes, this is a comprehensive guide to the most talked about UK heist in history. With 2013 marking the 50th anniversary, there is still a great deal of interest in the Great Train Robbery and if you would like to know more, this book is all you need.
Download or read book The British Crime and Prison Quiz Book written by Dave Courtney and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2023-01-23 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will you be held at gunpoint and find yourself reaching for the panic button or will you be laughing all the way to the bank as you try to answer this quiz book's 450 testing questions cunningly prepared by former London gangster and nowadays best-selling celebrity author and film-maker Dave Courtney and ex-prison officer Jim Dawkins? Covering all aspects of the British underworld and the heroes and villains that have grabbed media attention and stirred up public interest and imagination, this book is as much an educational treasure trove as it is a quiz book. With a fitting foreword by Charles Bronson, this is definitely a quiz book with an encyclopaedic twist and is guaranteed to provoke hours of reminiscing and discussion about the daring escapades and notorious characters that have stamped an indelible mark on the British crime scene.
Download or read book Brown s General Knowledge Quiz Book US Edition written by Lewis Pearce and published by Brown's Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 2000 Questions Volume 1 in our 'General Knowledge Quiz Book' series contains 150 pot luck quizzes and 2250 questions. In this series, the questions are pot luck and not categorised by subject matter. We believe this makes each and every quiz suitable for everyone. Easy to Follow Layout In the eBook version, there is a link directly to the answers on each quiz. This makes it easy and convenient to move between the questions and answers Diverse Topics and Difficult Levels Brown's General Knowledge series is family friendly and contains questions across all topics and difficulty levels. Pick up and play at home or in the office, or take the e-book copy with you on long journeys. There's always time for one more quiz! US Edition This book contains questions on all subject matter, although some questions have been tailored to a US audience in regards to history, culture and entertainment. The UK Edition is also currently available. Published in 2018 Also available in paperback
Download or read book The Ultimate Movies Quiz Book written by Paul Andrews and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you an expert on movies from the 1960s through to the present day, whilst taking a scary detour around the horror genre and knowing all about festive films? Then this excellent quiz book is perfect for you! It will test you, your friends and families with your total knowledge of the movie world. Split into sections covering the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, Horror and Christmas, the book has 700 questions covering all movie genres. The answers are also split into the same sections at the rear of the book.
Download or read book The 70s Movies Quiz Book written by Paul Andrews and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-11-21 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How well do you know your 70s Movies? This Quiz book will test even the most avid fan, with questions that span the 70s films of all genres! Test yourself and your friends with this 70s Movies Quiz Book.
Download or read book 101 Interesting Facts on Ronnie Biggs and the Great Train Robbery written by Mike Gray and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Train Robbery, and the part Ronnie Biggs played in it, is one of the most famous true crime stories of all time. Ronnie's imprisonment, subsequent escape and life on the run has been the subject of much discussion and this new book sets out the facts for anyone wishing to find out what really happened on the day of the robbery and in the years beyond. Do you know how many members of rail staff were on board the train on the day of the robbery? Are you aware which celebrities became involved in the Free Ronnie Biggs Campaign? Can you name the many films, documentaries and books that have been produced about the Great Train Robbery? All this information and more is in 101 Interesting Facts on Ronnie Biggs and The Great Train Robbery. Despite Ronnie Biggs' advancing age and the fact that 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery, the daring 1963 heist still attracts a great deal of interest. If you would like to know the facts, this book is for you.
Download or read book 101 Interesting Facts on Britain s True Life Crimes written by Mike Gray and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you interested in true life crime? Would you like to find out more about some of the most highly publicised crimes ever committed in Great Britain? Are you curious about the UK's most notorious murderers, bank robbers, kidnappers, fraudsters and career criminals? If so, you won't want to be without 101 Interesting Facts on Britain’s True Life Crimes? What event marked the start of the ‘supergrass’ era in the UK? Who were the Bridgewater Four and what crime were they convicted of? Can you name Britain’s supposed wealthiest criminal, also known as ‘Goldfinger’? Who was the ‘Black Widow’ and how did she come by her nickname? The answers can all be found inside Mike Gray’s fascinating new true crime book. Discover the truth about more than 100 actual events that grabbed the headlines and shocked the UK including details of serial killers, gangsters, thieves, crimes of passion, those who were caught or got away and the falsely accused. It is all inside this compelling book, a must-have read for all true crime fans.
Download or read book The Great Train Robbery written by Michael Crichton and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park comes classic historical thriller about Victorian London’s most notorious gold heist. London, 1855, when lavish wealth and appalling poverty exist side by side, one mysterious man navigates both worlds with perfect ease. Edward Pierce preys on the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of his century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England’s industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, but studded with all the suspense and style of fiction, here is a classic historical thriller, set a decade before the age of dynamite—yet nonetheless explosive…
Download or read book Collins Quiz Night 10 000 original questions in 500 quizzes Collins Puzzle Books written by Collins Puzzles and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 1528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quizzing has never been so much fun. Quench your thirst for quiz trivia, with 500 new quizzes in this bumper edition of 10,000 questions, arranged in Easy, Medium and Difficult sections.
Download or read book GREAT INDIAN INTELLECTUALS QUIZ BOOK SET Ramanujan Quiz Book Kalam Quiz Book Swami Vivekananda Quiz Book written by and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 3245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Combo Collection (Set of 3 Books) includes All-time Bestseller Books. This anthology contains: Ramanujan Quiz Book Kalam Quiz Book Swami Vivekananda Quiz Book
Download or read book The Great Brain Robbery written by David Charles Cuningham Watson and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book QUIZSHEETS written by Graham Redman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These sheets should be useful to anybody who writes pub quizzes or a quiz for a charity fund-raising event, or they can be used as a bank of questions, or even just to challenge yourself. They are designed to be photocopied as a written quiz and hence they have spaces for the answers and team names. There are 80 sheets with an average of about 25 questions on each, that’s over 2000 questions. They are called ‘Half Time Quiz’ because you can use them for the written part of the quiz which is usually handed in at ‘half time’ or the interval for marking. This is the part of the quiz that can take much longer to compile.
Download or read book True Crime Trivia Activity Book written by Lana Barnes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash your inner detective with this book of 130+ crime-themed puzzles and trivia quizzes—a unique gift for any true crime fan. Who founded America’s first detective agency? Which cold case victims were named thanks to advances in DNA technology? What are the early warning signs of a serial killer? This activity book pairs engaging puzzles and fascinating trivia with the intriguing world of true crime. Immerse yourself in art heists and abductions, cults and criminal trials, murders and unsolved mysteries—all while cracking word searches, solving sudoku, decoding cryptograms, and more. Are you ready to put your thinking cap on and solve some mysteries? Get True Crime Trivia & Activity Book and let the puzzling begin! In this book you will find: 250+ TRIVIA QUESTIONS. Test your knowledge with detailed trivia quizzes about real crimes and criminal investigation processes. A WIDE VARIETY OF PUZZLES AND ACTIVITIES. Hone your sleuthing skills with crosswords, cryptograms, word searches, logic puzzles, mazes, spot-the-differences, sudoku, and more. COMPELLING CRIMES AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. Uncover new-to-you stories and facts about true crime, including heists, serial killers, scams, cults, forgeries, trials, investigative techniques, and more. RESPECTFUL AND INFORMATIVE. Avoids sensationalism by taking a straightforward approach to true crimes. THE PERFECT GIFT FOR TRUE CRIME AFICIONADOS. High-quality paper, well-constructed puzzles, and clear instructions make this a great gift.
Download or read book Great Train Robbery Confidential written by Graham Satchwell and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1981, Detective Inspector Satchwell was the officer in charge of the case against Train Robber Tom Wisbey and twenty others. The case involved massive thefts from mail trains – similar to the Great Train Robbery of 1963 where £2.6 million was taken and only £400,000 ever recovered. Thirty years later their paths crossed again and an unlikely partnership was formed, with the aim of revealing the truth about the Great Train Robbery. This book reassesses the known facts about one of the most infamous crimes in modern history from the uniquely qualified insight of an experienced railway detective, presenting new theories alongside compelling evidence and correcting the widely accepted lies and half-truths surrounding this story.
Download or read book The Great Train Robbery The Daring Heist That Shocked Victorian England written by ANONYMOUS and published by THE PUBLISHER. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Train Robbery is a captivating account of the infamous heist that took place in Victorian England. This gripping true story delves into the audacious plan, meticulous execution, and shocking aftermath of one of the most daring crimes of the era. Set in the 19th century, the book explores the events leading up to the robbery, involving secret meetings, meticulous planning, and the assembly of a skilled crew. It then details the night of the heist itself, with the robbery in motion and the daring getaway that followed. As the police investigation unfolds, false leads and dead-ends complicate the pursuit of the culprits. The ensuing media frenzy and intense public interest add further complexity to the case. Mysterious identities, possible suspects, and underground connections create an air of intrigue and suspense. The book also examines the impact of the robbery on public opinion, the consequences for the railway company, and the enduring cultural legacy and folklore that emerged from the event. The unsolved mysteries surrounding the missing loot, the fate of the gang members, and conspiracy theories are explored, leading to the dramatic trial and verdict. With the revelation of new evidence and the unmasking of the mastermind, the line between myth and reality is blurred. The book concludes by examining the lasting impact of the heist on crime history, its influence on literature, music, and art, and the enduring fascination that persists to this day. Throughout the retrospective investigation, persistent unanswered questions and puzzling enigmas keep readers engaged, highlighting the enduring mysteries that continue to captivate our imagination.
Download or read book The Best American History Quiz Book written by Tom DeMichael and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
