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. Which thief stole the “Mona Lisa” in 1911 and hid it for two years? Pablo Picasso Salvatore Dali Vincenzo Peruggia Arturo Di Modica 2. What 1997 heist used a bulldozer to ram into a Las Vegas casino vault? Bellagio Blast Mirage Smash Circus Circus Bulldozer Heist MGM Grand Raid 3. What 2015 heist involved tunneling into a London vault to steal $20M in jewels? Jewel House Caper Bank of England Job Hatton Garden Heist Diamond District Raid 4. Which heist involved stealing a helicopter to break into a Stockholm cash depot? Norrmalmstorg Robbery Vรคstberga Heist Bank of Sweden Job Copenhagen Cash Raid 5. Which thief stole 271 paintings to “protect them from the Nazis” during WWII? Monuments Men Hans Memling Stรฉphane Breitwieser รmile Guimet 6. The “Great Train Robbery” (1963) targeted a Royal Mail train in which country? Australia France USA United Kingdom 7. The “Lufthansa Heist” (1978) inspired which film’s iconic airport robbery scene? The Town Ocean's Eleven Heat Goodfellas 8. What fictional character’s name was used as the alias for the 1976 “Bank of America” robber? Keyser Sรถze The Pink Panther D.B. Cooper Thomas Crown 9. The “Banco Central Burglary” (2005) in Brazil involved tunneling from where? A daycare A church A bakery A flower shop 10. What 2015 heist involved elderly thieves drilling through concrete to steal $20M in jewels from a London vault? Diamond District Raid Bank of England Job Hatton Garden Heist Jewel House Caper 11. What 1990 heist saw thieves steal $500M in art, including works by Rembrandt and Vermeer? Gardner Museum Heist Met Gala Theft Mona Lisa Heist Louvre Break-In 12. What 2016 heist involved armed thieves posing as police to steal $10M in jewels from a Paris apartment? Bulgari Break-In Place Vendรดme Raid Kardashian Heist Ritz Paris Robbery 13. Which museum’s “Saliera” sculpture was stolen in 2003 and found buried in a forest? Louvre Museum British Museum Uffizi Gallery Kunsthistorisches Museum 14. How did the “Antwerp Diamond Heist” (2003) thieves bypass 10 layers of security? Hacked systems Used explosives Hired insiders Cloned a vault key 15. What priceless painting was stolen in 2004 by masked gunmen who brazenly ripped it off a museum wall in broad daylight Mona Lisa Girl with a Pearl Earring The Scream Starry Night 16. The “Crown Jewels Heist” of 1671 was attempted by which flamboyant Irish colonel? Oliver Cromwell James II Colonel Thomas Blood Guy Fawkes 17. The “Brink’s-Mat Robbery” (1983) stole 3 tons of what material? Diamonds Gold Platinum Cash 18. What 2013 cyber heist stole $45M from ATMs in 30 countries in 10 hours? Digital Bandits Operation Fast Cash Global Bank Cyber Heist Cyber Storm Your score is The average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz
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