Alcatraz Quiz

What is Alcatraz now?

• A museum

• An active prison

• A private residence

• A hotel

What do you think attracted the Department of Justice to use Alcatraz as a maximum security prison?

• Its isolated location

• The architectural design

• The cost-effectiveness

• Historical significance

What helped fuel rumours of poor conditions in Alcatraz?

• Inmate testimonies

• Media reports

• Government investigations

• None of the above

Why did Alcatraz close in 1963?

• Due to high maintenance costs

• Because of a major escape

• To be converted into a museum

• Due to structural damage from an earthquake

Why did Native Americans attempt to take over Alcatraz after its closure?

• To protest federal policies related to Native Americans

• To establish a new tourist attraction

• Because they believed there was hidden treasure

• To use it as a fishing base

Which of the following events took place on Alcatraz in the year 1934?

• Construction of a new cellblock

• Establishment as a federal prison

• A famous escape attempt

• Closure of the military prison

Name three famous inmates.

• Al Capone, Ted Bundy, Charles Manson

• Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr.

• Pablo Escobar, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Gotti

• El Chapo, Alcatraz Escapees, Bonnie and Clyde

What is thought to have happened to Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin and John Anglin?

• They successfully escaped from Alcatraz and lived

• They drowned while escaping from Alcatraz

• They were recaptured after escaping

• Their fate remains unknown

Alcatraz was a prison. Which of the following terms mean the same as prisoner?

• inmate

• convict

• guard

• warden

You are entitled to food, clothing, shelter and medical attention. Anything else you get is a privilege. What do you think is meant by this?

• It means basic necessities are rights, while other things are not guaranteed.

• It suggests that privileges are more important than basic needs.

• It implies that food and shelter are not important.

• It indicates that medical attention should not be a right.