Cold Cases trivia

Cold Cases Mini Quiz

Test your knowledge with these top questions!

Question 1

Caught using a genealogy website, Joseph James DeAngelo was revealed to be which notorious serial killer?

The Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, evaded capture for over 40 years until 2018, when investigators used GEDmatch to trace his DNA through a relative's genealogy profile.

Question 2

Terrorizing London's Whitechapel district in 1888, what unidentified killer was never caught by Scotland Yard?

Jack the Ripper murdered at least five women in London's Whitechapel in 1888, taunting police with letters that fueled media frenzy but yielded no arrests.

Question 3

After hijacking a plane and securing a ransom, which fugitive parachuted into the night and was never found?

D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane on November 24, 1971, demanding $200,000 before parachuting into the Washington wilderness, vanishing without a trace.

Question 4

Costing $500 million in lost works, the largest unsolved art heist in history hit which Boston museum?

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist occurred on March 18, 1990, when two men in police uniforms stole 13 artworks, including Vermeer's The Concert and Rembrandt's self-portrait.

Question 5

Famous for taunting the press with complex ciphers, which unidentified serial killer operated in Northern California?

The Zodiac Killer claimed responsibility for at least five murders in Northern California from 1968 to 1969, sending taunting letters with ciphers to newspapers like the San Francisco Chronicle.