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In Cold Blood

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In what State does the story take place?
Kansas
In what town does the story take place?
Holcomb
Who is the author of the novel, "In Cold Blood"?
Truman Capote
In what month do the murders take place?
November
In what year do the murders take place?
1959
How many people were murdered in the novel?
6
How old is Herbert Clutter?
48
Herbert Clutter is of what ethnic background?
German
What was wrong with Herbert Clutter's wife?
Misplaced Vertebrae
What was Mrs. Clutter's name?
Bonnie
Who was Bobby Rupp?
Nancy's boyfriend
Why did Herbert Clutter disapprove of Bobby Rupp?
Saw him kissing Nancy and his religion
Did Mr. and Mrs. Clutter sleep together?
No
Did Mr. Clutter drink of smoke?
No
What was Mrs. Clutters maiden name?
Fox
Who is Babe?
Old fat work horse
Who is Teddy?
The dog
Where was Perry's hometown?
Olathe
Who was Perry waiting for in Olathe Kansas?
Dick
Holcomb Kansas is located in what county?
Finney County
How old is Nancy and Kenyon Clutter?
16 and 15
When did Mr. Clutter begin his mornings?
6:30 A.M.
How is Nancy related to Mr. Clutter
His daughter
How is Kenyon related to Mr. Clutter?
His son
Kansas State University is located in what city in Kansas?
Manhattan
Where did Dick and Perry first meet?
Kansas State Penitentiary
How many times was Dick married?
2 times
How old was Dick?
28
Did Dick have any children? How many?
Yes 3 boys
Describe Mrs. Clutter's appearance.
Frail and bony Helpless and weak
What did Mrs. Clutter go to college to be?
A nurse
Did Mrs. Clutter graduate from college?
No
What did Mrs. Helm do for the Clutter's?
She's the housekeeper
What is the name of the Clutter daughter that is getting married?
Beverly
What did Dick have tattooed on his hand?
The face of a cat
Holcomb could be considered a suburb of what city?
Garden City
What were Dick and Perry planning to do?
Kill the Clutter family
Who is Alfred Stoeklein?
Lives on the property 100 yards from the Clutter house
Who was Dick's first wife?
Carol
What happened to Dick in 1950?
Car Collision
Why did Perry want to buy black Nylons?
To cover Dicks black eye
What was the first item that Dick and Perry bought to use during the crime they were planning?
Rubber gloves
How old was Dick when he first got married?
19
What was Dick's I.Q.?
130
In what year did Perry's motorcycle accident occur?
1952
Who's Cookie?
Perry's nurse
What name does Perry have tattooed on his arm?
Cookie
What is Garden City's population at this time?
11,000
What type of car did Perry and Dick have?
1949 Chevy Sedan
Who is Mrs. Helm?
The housekeeper
Who is Mrs. Ashida?
Asian woman in 4H party thrown for her
Who was addicted to aspirin?
Perry
Why type of musical instrument did Perry play?
Guitar and harmonica
Who was a natural born killer?
Perry
Who was the last person in the Clutter house to retire?
Nancy
Who was Teddy?
The dog
Wh otwo items did Bobby give Nancy?
Ring & I.D. bracelet
What did Bobby previously do that caused Nancy to take off "our" ring?
Drank and beer and was "drunk"
Who was the first person asked to take a lie detector test?
Bobby Rupp
Who was the last person to see the Clutters alive?
Bobby Rupp
Why was Nancy Ewalt at the Clutter residence on Sunday at 9 A.M.?
To go to church
Who found Nancy's body?
Nancy Ewalt and Susan Kidwell
Did the telephone work when Mr. Ewalt went to call the ambulance? Why?
No the line was cut
On what day were the bodies found?
SUNDAY November 15
Where was Nancy shot?
Back of the head
What body did they find second?
Mrs. Clutter
Where was Bonnie Clutter shot?
Side of the head
What body did they find third?
Kenyon
What body did they find fourth?
Mr. Clutter
How is Eveanna Clutter(Jarchow) related to Mr. Clutter?
His daughter
How is Beverly Clutter(English) related to Mr. Clutter?
His daughter
Who is the prime suspect in the 4 murders? Why?
Bobby Rupp because he was the last to see them alive
How old is Kenyon?
15
How was Perry associated with Willie Jay?
They were in the penitentiary together
Was Willie Jay in prison?
Yes
What color of Nylons was Dick trying to buy from the nuns? Why?
Black to cover his eye
What did Bob Johnson do for a living?
Life Insurance Agent
What time did Bobby Rupp leave the Clutter hosue?
11
Why type of car did Perry and Dick drive?
1949 Chevy Sedan
Which member of the Clutter family was the last to go to bed?
Nancy
Why were Dr. J.E. Dale, Carl Myers, Andy Erhart, and Everett Ogburn going to the Clutter farm?
To clean it
Who was the Clutter's only neighbor, only 100 yards from the Clutter house?
Alfred Stoeklein
What did Mr. Clutter do for a living?
Farmer
How many investigators were assigned to the Clutter case?
19
Mr. Clutter had taken out a life insurance policy worth how much money?
$40,000
What clue was left behind on the mattress box which Mr. Clutter lay?
Bloody shoe prints of a cat's paw and diamond print
Who was the last known person to see the Clutter's alive?
Bobby Rupp
How did Nancy and Kenyon do in school?
Straight A's
According to the proprietor (Mrs. Clare) on of the fastest going items in Garden City hardware store was what?
Locks and bolts
Did people of Holcomb distrust each other after the murders?
Yes
Who was Arthur Clutter?
Mr. Clutter's brother
Perry's brother Jimmy-How did he die?
Shot himself
Perry has a dream and he tells Dick about it, what is the dream?
Three of diamond guarded by a snake that falls and eats Perry from his feet
In what Country does this dream take place?
Africa
Perry lived in an orphanage run by nuns in what state?
California
Did Bobby Rupp have to take a lie detector test?
Yes
How many people approximately attend the Clutter's funerals?
1,000
Who man, Dick or Perry, tried to "pass a check"?
Dick
What two items did Dick purchase from the Best Jewelry Store?
2 rings and wedding band and ring
What did Dick do with his purchase from the Best Jewelry Story?
Sold the rings at a pawn shop
How did Dick pay for the two items he purchase at the Best Jewelry Store?
With bad checks
Who was Cookie?
Perry's nurse
What name did Perry have tattooed on his arm?
Cookie
Dick and Perry after the murders were heading to what country?
Mexico
How many children did Al Dewey have?
2
A Kansas paper, the Hutchinson news had offered a ___ dollar reward for information leading to the solution of the crime
1,000
Elaine Selsor, Nancy Clutter's aunt, found what tucked away in the toe of a shoe?
Gold wrist watch
What item did the murderers take from Kenyon's room?
Radio
How many days after the Clutter funerals did Beverly marry Mr. Vere Edward English?
3
Why did Beverly Clutter and Vere Edward English go ahead with their wedding?
Invited were made, People were there, church was reserved
When did Dick and Perry cross the Mexican border?
November 23
What did Dick take from the Clutter house that was initialed H.W.C.?
Binoculars
What two groups of minorities did Dick and Perry show prejudice towards?
Blacks and Indians
What happened to Perry's mother?
Drowned in her own vomit
What happened to Perry's sister Fern?
Jumped out a window
What happened to Perry's brother Jimmy?
Shot himself
Dick sold to a Mexico city policeman what two items that he had obtained from the Clutter house?
Radio and binoculars
Why did Jonathan Daniel Adrian crawl through a pipe tunnel that led into the basement of the Clutter house?
He read about the case and wanted to see the house
On their last night in Acapulco, a thief had stolen what item from Perry?
Gibson Guitar
Perry filled a bardboard carton wih some of his possessions of which included two pairs of boots; what kind of sole imprints did each pair leave?
Cat's pawprints and diamond pattern
Who wrote a manuscript entitled "A Story of My Boy's Life"?
Perry's father
Was Perry ever married?
No
Of what ethnic background was Perry's father?
Irish
Of what ethnic background was Perry's mother?
Indian
What condition did Perry have that he blamed on drinking too much Hawks Brand Condensed Milk as a child?
bed wetting
When Perry was placed in a Catholic orphanage why were the nuns always hitting him?
He wet the bed
Perry had a motorcycle wreck in what State that nearly killed him?
Washington
What did Mr. Smith talk Perry into doing at Philipsburg Kansas?
Rob a building
What name did Perry adopt because of being listed by the F.B.I. for the crime in Philipsburg?
Bob Turner
What was Perry's sister's name that wrote him while in prison for the Philipsburg crime?
Barabara
How long was the letter Perry's sister wrote him while in prison?
6 singled spaced pages
What does Inex do for a living?
Prostitution
Did Dick want to marry Inez?
No
Did Inez want to marry Dick?
Yes
The first murder to ever occur in Holcomb was in what year?
1920
The first murder was known as the ___ slaying
Hefner
The coroner, Dr. Robert Fenton, theorized that the order of the execution had been
Mrs. Clutter, Nancy, Kenyon, Mr. Clutter
Who treasured his Harmonica in which he had stolen from a Barstow Variety Store?
Perry
Who was the president during this time period?
Eisenhower
In what year did Floyd Wells work for Herbert Clutter?
1948
Why did Floyd Wells get sent to prison in 1959?
Broke into an Electrical Appliances Store
Who was the first fellow that Floyd Wells celled with?
Dick
How much money Did Floyd Wells tell Dick that Mr. Clutter kept in his safe?
10,000
What did Dick tell Floyd that he and Perry were going to do to the Clutter's
Rob then kill them
Why did Floyd Wells wait to tell his story to the warden?
Scared
Who did Floyd Wells tell first about the Clutter's murders?
His Catholic friend
How many cigarettes a day was Al Dewey smoking due to the stress of the Clutter case?
60
What was Dick's dad's name?
Walter Hickock
According to Dick's dad when did Dick start acting in a bad way?
After his car accident
In 1959 who was Dick working for in Olathe Kansas?
Bob Sands Body Shop
Perry Smith's sister was supposedly holding money for Perry at Fort Scott, Kansas; how much money?
1,500
What two behaviors did Mr. Hickock notice about Dick when he returned from Fort Scott, Kansas?
Ate a lot and fell asleep fast
Dick bought a gun that was hardly a month old; what kind og gun was it?
12 gauge savage shotgun
Who picked Perry and Dick up when they were Hitchhiking?
Mr. bell
What did Dick and Perry plan on doing to Mr. Bell?
Kill him
Did Perry and Dick carry out their plan against Mr. Bell?
No
Where was Mr. Bell heading?
Omaha
What was Perry Smith's parents rodeo show called?
Tex and Flo
What was Barbara Smith's nickname?
Bobo
How much older was Barbara Smith to Perry Smith?
3 years
When was Perry Smith's first recorded arrest? How old was he?
October 27, 1936 and 8 years old
Did Perry Smith finish high school?
No
Did Barbara, Jimmy, and Fern finish school?
Yes
How did Fern Smith die?
Jumped otu a window
What happened to Jimmy Smith's wife?
SHot herself
How was Jimmy Smith indirectly involved in his wife's death?
Accused her of cheating
How long did Perry Smith serve in the military?
15 months
What was Dick's favorite flavor of chewing gum?
doublemint
The inmates of Kansas State Penitentiary have named the shed that houses the equipment to hang a man what?
The corner
Perry and Dick stole a 1956 Black and white two door Chevrolet in Iowa; How did they get gas?
Siphoned gas from other cars
While on the beach in Miami who was Dick trying to seduce?
A 12 year old girl
Had Perry ever though about committing suicide?
Yes
What did Bobby Rupp's father own of do for a living?
Sugarbeet Farmer
Where were they caught?
Las Vegas
Who did Perry and Dick pick up?
A 12 year old and his grandfather
How did the boy and Johnny earn money to eat?
Recycling
What was the boys name traveling with Johnny?
Bill
How much were the bottles that Bill, Johnny, Perry, and Dick collected worth?
$12.60
What did Johnny eat when they stopped at a restaurant?
Pancakes
Where were Johnny and Bill hitchhiking to?
Sweetwater
What did the boy do with his half of the bottle money?
Get food
Upon arriving in Las Vegas where did Perry go to pick up his box of possessions?
Post office
Perry had mailed a box of his possessions to Las Vegas from where?
Mexico
On what day, month, and year did the four detectives from Kansas meet with Hickock and Smith?
January 2, 1960
What four FBI agents were sent to Las Vegas to interrogate Perry and Dick?
Harold Nye, Roy Church, Alvin Dewey, and
How old was Dick Hickock when he was arrested for the Clutter murders?
28
Was Dick a good athlete in school?
Yes
Kansas is known as the ___ State.
Sunflower
Did Dick or Perry give into the interrogators? Who?
Yes Dick
Who did Perry think the Witness was?
Dick
Who did Dick initially think the witness was?
Floyd Wells
Eventually who did Dick think the witness was?
Perry
Were Dick and Perry celled together during this time of interrogation?
No
T of F? Perry refused to sign a copy of the statement he made to the detectives because he feels that he was forced to confess.
False. He wanted to change it to say he killed everyone.
T or F? Perry, alone, kills each member of the Clutter family
True
T or F? After they are arrested, both Dick and Perry consider breaking out of jail
True
T or F? Dr. Jones believes that Dick did not know right from wrong at the time of the murder.
False
T or F? According to Dr. Satten, Perry murdered Herb Clutter without apparent motivation
True
T or F? The sheriff's wife, Mrs. Meier, feels no pity for Perry
False she feels pity for Perry but no pity for Dick
T or F? In prison, Dick spends hours each day doing research from law books
True
T or F? After the deaths of Perry and Dick, Dewey experiences a sense of relief and completion.
False the Clutters are still dead
Detective Nye knows that Dick and Perry are in Kansas City because
Dick signs his name to bad checks
Eventually, Dick and Perry are arrested in?
Las Vegas
Dick tells the detectives that on the day the Clutters are murdeered, he and Perry were?
With 2 women in a hotel
The prosecution's most damaging witness during the trial is?
Alvin Dewey
Dick tells the psychiatrist that he went to the Clutter house primarily because he wanted to?
Rape Nancy
While he is in the courthouse jail, Perry has a pet?
Squirrel
During the interrogation, the K.B.I agents tell Dick and Perry that they made 2 mistakes: leaving bloody footprints and?
Leaving a living witness
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