The Catherine Eddowes Murder Quiz
A quiz concerning the known facts of the murder of Catherine Eddowes on 30th September 1888.
- 1.
At 8.30pm on 29th September 1888 Catherines Eddowes was doing an imitation of what?
- A.
A policeman
- B.
A horse and cart
- C.
A fire engine
- D.
A clock chiming
Correct Answer
C. A fire engine -
- 2.
George Hutt was?
- A.
A journalist
- B.
A police officer
- C.
A member of the Vigilance Committee
- D.
A publican
Correct Answer
B. A police officer -
- 3.
What relation was George Eddowes to Catherine?
- A.
Her father
- B.
Her estranged husband
- C.
Her uncle
- D.
No relation
Correct Answer
A. Her father -
- 4.
On her birth certificate her name was spelt Catharine?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 5.
Catherine's body was discovered by?
- A.
James Harvey
- B.
George Morris
- C.
Edward Collard
- D.
Edward Watkins
Correct Answer
D. Edward Watkins -
- 6.
The Coroner who presided over the inquest into Catherine's death was?
- A.
Samuel Frederick Langham
- B.
Wynne Edwin Baxter
- C.
Fredrick Gordon Brown
- D.
George Collier
Correct Answer
A. Samuel Frederick Langham -
- 7.
What did Police Constable Alfred Long discover?
- A.
Catherine's body
- B.
A piece of Catherine Eddowes apron
- C.
Bloodstains on a nearby wall
- D.
A bloody knife
Correct Answer
B. A piece of Catherine Eddowes apron -
- 8.
Catherine was in possession of a mans white vest at the time of her murder?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 9.
George Morris was?
- A.
A police inspector
- B.
A night watchman
- C.
A witness who saw Catherine with a man
- D.
A local publican
Correct Answer
B. A night watchman -
- 10.
Joseph Hyam Levy saw Catherine talking with a man outside Mitre Square shortly before she was murdered?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
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