Home > HistoryDaring Heists that Shocked the World Report a question What’s wrong with this question? You cannot submit an empty report. Please add some details. 0% Daring Heists that Shocked the World 1. The “Brink’s-Mat Robbery” (1983) stole 3 tons of what material? Platinum Diamonds Gold Cash 2. The “Lufthansa Heist” (1978) inspired which film’s iconic airport robbery scene? Ocean's Eleven The Town Heat Goodfellas 3. What 1997 heist used a bulldozer to ram into a Las Vegas casino vault? Mirage Smash Bellagio Blast Circus Circus Bulldozer Heist MGM Grand Raid 4. What 2015 heist involved elderly thieves drilling through concrete to steal $20M in jewels from a London vault? Bank of England Job Hatton Garden Heist Jewel House Caper Diamond District Raid 5. What 1990 heist saw thieves steal $500M in art, including works by Rembrandt and Vermeer? Mona Lisa Heist Gardner Museum Heist Louvre Break-In Met Gala Theft 6. The “Crown Jewels Heist” of 1671 was attempted by which flamboyant Irish colonel? Oliver Cromwell James II Guy Fawkes Colonel Thomas Blood 7. What 2015 heist involved tunneling into a London vault to steal $20M in jewels? Bank of England Job Jewel House Caper Hatton Garden Heist Diamond District Raid 8. What 2016 heist involved armed thieves posing as police to steal $10M in jewels from a Paris apartment? Bulgari Break-In Kardashian Heist Place Vendรดme Raid Ritz Paris Robbery 9. Which thief stole 271 paintings to “protect them from the Nazis” during WWII? Monuments Men Hans Memling Stรฉphane Breitwieser รmile Guimet 10. Which thief stole the “Mona Lisa” in 1911 and hid it for two years? Arturo Di Modica Vincenzo Peruggia Salvatore Dali Pablo Picasso 11. The “Banco Central Burglary” (2005) in Brazil involved tunneling from where? A daycare A church A flower shop A bakery 12. What fictional character’s name was used as the alias for the 1976 “Bank of America” robber? Thomas Crown D.B. Cooper Keyser Sรถze The Pink Panther 13. Which museum’s “Saliera” sculpture was stolen in 2003 and found buried in a forest? Louvre Museum Uffizi Gallery British Museum Kunsthistorisches Museum 14. Which heist involved stealing a helicopter to break into a Stockholm cash depot? Bank of Sweden Job Norrmalmstorg Robbery Vรคstberga Heist Copenhagen Cash Raid 15. What priceless painting was stolen in 2004 by masked gunmen who brazenly ripped it off a museum wall in broad daylight Starry Night The Scream Girl with a Pearl Earring Mona Lisa 16. How did the “Antwerp Diamond Heist” (2003) thieves bypass 10 layers of security? Used explosives Hired insiders Hacked systems Cloned a vault key 17. The “Great Train Robbery” (1963) targeted a Royal Mail train in which country? France USA Australia United Kingdom 18. What 2013 cyber heist stole $45M from ATMs in 30 countries in 10 hours? Global Bank Cyber Heist Digital Bandits Operation Fast Cash Cyber Storm Your score is The average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz
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