Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. In the 1960s and 1970s, what country music legend recorded live albums at prisons in California, Tennessee, and Sweden?
FUN FACT
"A Concert Behind Prison Walls" by Johnny Cash was recorded at the Tennessee State Prison in 1974, but was not released until 2003.
- Multiple Choice
2. What author penned the original stories that served as the inspiration behind the prison movies "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile"?
FUN FACT
Both films, originating as written works by Stephen King, were written and directed by Frank Darabont, who would later go on to create the TV series "The Walking Dead."
- Multiple Choice
3. During the last fourteen months of the Civil War, an estimated 45,000 Union prisoners of war were held at Andersonville, a notoriously overcrowded prison in what state?
- Multiple Choice
4. In what year did Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, one of the most famous prisons in the United States, close?
The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary officially closed on March 21, 1963, after 29 years in operation. It was simply too expensive to maintain, and would have required more than $3 million for maintenance and restoration to keep it open.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which of these people was NOT incarcerated in Britain's Tower of London?
NOT SO FUN FACT
Serial killer Jack the Ripper was never caught or incarcerated.
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