Serial Killer Quiz: Can You Name Them All? Ultimate True Crime Trivia Challenge

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Are you a true crime aficionado? Test your knowledge of history’s most infamous serial killers with this gripping 20-question quiz. From chilling nicknames to gruesome methods, questions range from easy warm-ups to expert-level brain-teasers.

20 Trivia Questions on Famous Serial Killers

Question 1: Which serial killer was known as the “Night Stalker”?

A. Ted Bundy
B. Richard Ramirez
C. Jeffrey Dahmer
D. John Wayne Gacy

Question 2: Who was the “Killer Clown” that lured victims to his home?

A. John Wayne Gacy
B. Ed Gein
C. Dennis Rader
D. Jeffrey Dahmer

Question 3: Which cannibalistic serial killer targeted young men in Milwaukee?

A. Albert Fish
B. Ed Gein
C. Richard Chase
D. Jeffrey Dahmer

Question 4: Known as the “Co-ed Killer”, who stood over 6 feet 9 inches tall?

A. Ted Bundy
B. Gary Ridgway
C. Edmund Kemper
D. Dean Corll

Question 5: Which serial killer sent ciphered taunting letters to newspapers?

A. BTK Killer
B. Zodiac Killer
C. Son of Sam
D. Jack the Ripper

Question 6: What is the real name of the BTK (“Bind, Torture, Kill”) Killer?

A. David Berkowitz
B. Dennis Rader
C. Richard Ramirez
D. Gary Ridgway

Question 7: Which female serial killer was executed for murdering seven men?

A. Belle Gunness
B. Aileen Wuornos
C. Nannie Doss
D. Dorothea Puente

Question 8: Who was known as the “Son of Sam”?

A. David Berkowitz
B. Dennis Rader
C. Edmund Kemper
D. John Wayne Gacy

Question 9: The Green River Killer was which of these?

A. Ted Bundy
B. Randy Kraft
C. Gary Ridgway
D. William Bonin

Question 10: Which serial killer built the “Murder Castle” in Chicago?

A. H.H. Holmes
B. Albert Fish
C. Ed Gein
D. Dean Corll

Question 11: Known as the “Rostov Ripper”, who killed at least 52 victims?

A. Andrei Chikatilo
B. Vasili Komaroff
C. Pedro Lopez
D. Anatoly Onoprienko

Question 12: The “Monster of the Andes” was which killer?

A. Luis Garavito
B. Pedro Lopez
C. Daniel Camargo Barbosa
D. Pedro Rodrigues Filho

Question 13: Which killer ate children and sent taunting letters to their families?

A. Jeffrey Dahmer
B. Richard Chase
C. Albert Fish
D. Ed Gein

Question 14: Who murdered 33 victims and buried them under his house?

A. Dean Corll
B. John Wayne Gacy
C. Jeffrey Dahmer
D. Randy Kraft

Question 15: The Hillside Stranglers were which duo?

A. Leonard Lake and Charles Ng
B. Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi
C. Gerald and Charlene Gallego
D. Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka

Question 16: “Dr. Death” Harold Shipman killed patients how?

A. Poison
B. Morphine overdoses
C. Suffocation
D. Insulin injections

Question 17: The “Candy Man” tortured and killed at least 28 teenage boys?

A. John Wayne Gacy
B. Dean Corll
C. Arthur Shawcross
D. Westley Allan Dodd

Question 18: Which killer drank victims’ blood, believing it necessary to survive?

A. Richard Ramirez
B. Richard Chase
C. David Berkowitz
D. Herbert Mullin

Question 19: Which killer’s crimes inspired Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre?

A. Albert Fish
B. Jeffrey Dahmer
C. Ed Gein
D. Edmund Kemper

Question 20: The Zodiac Killer primarily operated in which region?

A. New York City
B. Los Angeles
C. San Francisco Bay Area
D. Chicago

Answers

  1. B. Richard Ramirez – The Night Stalker terrorised Los Angeles in 1984-85 with home invasion murders; others had different monikers like Killer Clown (Gacy) or Milwaukee Cannibal (Dahmer).
  2. A. John Wayne Gacy – The Killer Clown murdered 33 young men in the 1970s, luring them as “Pogo the Clown”; others like Gein focused on graves, not clown persona.
  3. D. Jeffrey Dahmer – Dahmer killed 17 men and boys in the late 1980s-90s, dissolving bodies in acid; Fish targeted children earlier, Chase was a vampire killer.
  4. C. Edmund Kemper – The 6’9″ Co-ed Killer murdered 10 people including his mother in the 1970s; Bundy was shorter, Ridgway the Green River Killer.
  5. B. Zodiac Killer – Active in late 1960s California, Zodiac sent ciphers and letters claiming 37 victims; BTK used different taunts decades later.
  6. B. Dennis Rader – Rader coined “BTK” for his methods, killing 10 in Kansas from 1974-1991; others are Son of Sam, Night Stalker, Green River.
  7. B. Aileen Wuornos – Wuornos killed seven men in Florida 1989-90, claiming self-defense; Gunness killed earlier for insurance.
  8. A. David Berkowitz – Son of Sam killed six in NYC 1976-77, blaming a demon dog; others unrelated.
  9. C. Gary Ridgway – Green River Killer confessed to 49 murders near Seattle in 1980s-90s; others are different trucker or highway killers.
  10. A. H.H. Holmes – Holmes built a hotel rigged with traps during 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, killing dozens; others post-dated or unrelated.
  11. A. Andrei Chikatilo – The Rostov Ripper killed 53+ in Ukraine/Russia 1978-90; others Soviet or South American killers.
  12. B. Pedro Lopez – Lopez confessed to 300+ child murders in 1970s-80s South America; Garavito killed 138+ in Colombia.
  13. C. Albert Fish – The “Grey Man” killed children in 1920s-30s, sending letters with remains; Chase drank blood, Dahmer dissolved bodies.
  14. B. John Wayne Gacy – Gacy killed 33 and hid bodies under his Norwood Park home; Corll had 28 in Houston.
  15. B. Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi – The cousins killed 10 women in LA 1977-79; others are different duos like Freeway Killers.
  16. B. Morphine overdoses – UK doctor Shipman killed 250+ elderly patients 1970s-90s; Swango used different poisons.
  17. B. Dean Corll – The Candy Man killed 28+ boys in Houston 1970-73 with accomplices; Gacy was clown-themed.
  18. B. Richard Chase – The Vampire of Sacramento killed six in 1978, drinking blood to stop “toxic blood”; Ramirez left pentagrams.
  19. C. Ed Gein – Gein’s 1950s Wisconsin crimes, making items from skin, inspired Leatherface and Psycho; others cannibalistic but different.
  20. C. San Francisco Bay Area – Zodiac killed five confirmed in Northern California 1968-69; others East Coast or Midwest.

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