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Columbine High School massacre - Quiz
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  • 1. How many video tapes were recorded by Harris and Klebold using school equipment?
A) Ten
B) Five
C) Three
D) Two
  • 2. What is the collective name for the tapes filmed in the Harris family basement?
A) Underground tapes
B) Foundation tapes
C) Basement tapes
D) Cellar tapes
  • 3. What happened to the basement tapes in 2011?
A) They were archived in a museum
B) They were destroyed
C) They were released to the public
D) They were sold at auction
  • 4. When was the video 'Hitmen for Hire' released?
A) February 2004
B) April 1999
C) December 1999
D) January 1998
  • 5. Who purchased the carbine rifle and two shotguns for Harris and Klebold?
A) Robyn Anderson
B) The Harris parents
C) Mark Manes
D) Philip Duran
  • 6. What is the name of the place where Harris and Klebold did target practice?
A) Tanner range
B) Blackjack foothills
C) Rampart Range
D) Nixon forest
  • 7. Where did Harris leave the micro cassette labeled 'Nixon'?
A) School locker
B) His bedroom desk
C) Kitchen table
D) Basement floor
  • 8. What was the total number of firearms acquired by Harris and Klebold?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Six
D) Eight
  • 9. What model of handgun did Klebold use?
A) Stevens 311D
B) Intratec TEC-DC9
C) Savage-Springfield 67H
D) Hi-Point 995
  • 10. Which coworker helped Klebold buy a handgun from Mark Manes?
A) A school teacher
B) Robyn Anderson
C) Philip Duran
D) Harris
  • 11. How much did Klebold pay for the TEC-9 handgun?
A) $750
B) $500
C) $1,000
D) $200
  • 12. Where were Harris and Klebold employed part-time?
A) A local movie theater
B) A gun shop
C) A local grocery store
D) Blackjack Pizza
  • 13. What was the length of the sawed-off shotgun carried by Harris?
A) 30 inches
B) 12 inches
C) 26 inches
D) 23 inches
  • 14. Which of these groups were Harris and Klebold NOT actually members of?
A) Economics class
B) Blackjack Pizza employees
C) Trench Coat Mafia
D) Video-production class
  • 15. What was the reason the basement tapes were destroyed?
A) Court order to erase evidence
B) Fear of inspiring future massacres
C) The families requested their deletion
D) They were of poor quality
  • 16. What was Dylan Klebold's middle name?
A) James
B) Lee
C) Thomas
D) Bennet
  • 17. In what city was Dylan Klebold born?
A) Denver
B) Boulder
C) Lakewood
D) Littleton
  • 18. Which poet was Dylan Klebold named after?
A) Dylan Wolf
B) Dylan Harris
C) Dylan Bennet
D) Dylan Thomas
  • 19. What religion did Dylan Klebold's parents practice?
A) Baptist
B) Catholic
C) Methodist
D) Lutheran
  • 20. What program for students did Dylan Klebold participate in?
A) CHIPS
B) APEX
C) HONORS
D) GIFTED
  • 21. What video game did Harris create levels for on his website?
A) Doom
B) GoldenEye
C) Half-Life
D) Halo
  • 22. What did Harris call his blog posts describing acts of mischief?
A) death notes
B) crime logs
C) mission logs
D) rebel diary
  • 23. On what platform did Harris host his private website?
A) MySpace
B) Geocities
C) America Online
D) Yahoo
  • 24. What specific type of explosive did Harris provide instructions for on his site?
A) C4
B) dynamite
C) molotov cocktails
D) pipe bombs
  • 25. Who contacted the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office regarding Harris's website?
A) Harris's teachers
B) Brooks Brown's parents
C) Dylan Klebold's parents
D) The police department
  • 26. In what year were Harris and Klebold arrested for breaking into a van?
A) 1997
B) 1996
C) 1999
D) 1998
  • 27. What items were stolen from the white van by Harris and Klebold?
A) firearms and ammunition
B) tools and computer equipment
C) clothing and cash
D) explosives and chemicals
  • 28. How long was the juvenile diversion program that the judge sentenced them to?
A) 24 months
B) 12 months
C) 18 months
D) 6 months
  • 29. How much earlier were Harris and Klebold released from the diversion program?
A) three months
B) two months
C) one month
D) six months
  • 30. On what date did the Columbine High School massacre occur?
A) May 20, 1999
B) April 20, 1998
C) April 20, 1999
D) April 20, 2000
  • 31. How many students and teachers were killed by the shooters?
A) 15
B) 14
C) 13
D) 20
  • 32. How did the attack at Columbine High School end?
A) The shooters committed suicide
B) The shooters were apprehended by police
C) The shooters were killed by law enforcement
D) The shooters escaped the school
  • 33. Which school shooting replaced Columbine as the deadliest K–12 school shooting in 2012?
A) Sandy Hook Elementary School
B) Littleton Elementary
C) Virginia Tech
D) Parkland High School
  • 34. What is the term used to describe the phenomenon of copycat crimes inspired by Columbine?
A) The high school tragedy cycle
B) The Columbine effect
C) The modern massacre trend
D) The copycat syndrome
  • 35. What was the primary intention of the attack according to the shooters' plans?
A) A shooting
B) A bombing
C) Arson
D) A hostage situation
  • 36. What new police tactic was introduced as a result of the slow response to the shooting?
A) Active shooter evacuation protocol
B) Tactical perimeter containment
C) School resource officer patrol
D) Immediate action rapid deployment (IARD)
  • 37. When did the permanent Columbine Memorial open to the public?
A) September 2007
B) June 1999
C) December 2012
D) April 2000
  • 38. Where was Eric Harris born?
A) Boulder, Colorado
B) Wichita, Kansas
C) Plattsburgh, New York
D) Littleton, Colorado
  • 39. What was the occupation of Eric Harris's father?
A) US Air Force transport pilot
B) University professor
C) Police officer
D) High school teacher
  • 40. When did the Harris family move to Littleton, Colorado?
A) 1981
B) April 1999
C) 1996
D) July 1993
  • 41. Where did Eric Harris meet Dylan Klebold?
A) Columbine High School
B) Ken Caryl Middle School
C) University of Colorado Boulder
D) A local movie theater
  • 42. How long had Harris and Klebold planned the attack?
A) Five years
B) Six months
C) One month
D) Roughly a year
  • 43. Since when had Klebold been keeping a personal journal?
A) March 1997
B) January 1998
C) December 1997
D) April 1999
  • 44. What was one of the possible escape plans mentioned in Harris's journal?
A) Fleeing to a remote cabin in the mountains.
B) Hijacking an aircraft at the Denver International Airport.
C) Moving to a foreign country with his family.
D) Joining the military to evade detection.
  • 45. What did Harris contemplate crashing a hijacked aircraft into?
A) A government facility in Washington D.C.
B) The Columbine High School building.
C) A building in New York City.
D) A tower in Denver.
  • 46. What extreme interest did Harris express alongside his violent fantasies?
A) Pyromania.
B) Cannibalism.
C) Human trafficking.
D) Necrophilia.
  • 47. What was the perspective of the poem Harris wrote for school?
A) A bullet.
B) A school teacher.
C) A victim of a school shooting.
D) A law enforcement officer.
  • 48. Why did Klebold's teacher alert his parents about a short story he wrote?
A) It was about a man killing students.
B) It threatened the teacher directly.
C) It contained explicit sexual content.
D) It detailed how to build a bomb.
  • 49. What was Klebold's excuse when confronted about his violent short story?
A) He was joking around.
B) It was just a story.
C) He was being bullied by classmates.
D) It was an assignment for his English class.
  • 50. What was the subject of the paper Harris wrote for a school project?
A) The history of firearms
B) Charles Manson
C) The Denver International Airport
D) Nazi Germany
  • 51. What was the subject of the paper Klebold wrote for a school project?
A) Charles Manson
B) School shootings
C) Terrorism
D) Nazi Germany
  • 52. What did Harris describe in his journals regarding his experimental activities?
A) Chemical mixtures.
B) Martial arts training.
C) Bomb detonations.
D) Firearm modifications.
  • 53. In what class did Harris write about dreaming of a shooting spree with Klebold?
A) English
B) History
C) Psychology
D) Physical Education
  • 54. What did Klebold write in Harris's 1998 yearbook?
A) A poem about death.
B) An apology for his past actions.
C) A message about revenge in the commons.
D) A list of future bombing targets.
  • 55. What did the slang term 'the commons' refer to at the school?
A) The principal's office.
B) The library.
C) The gymnasium.
D) The cafeteria.
  • 56. How many total improvised explosive devices did Harris and Klebold construct?
A) 48
B) 99
C) 75
D) 120
  • 57. How many pipe bombs were included in the total count of explosives?
A) 7
B) 15
C) 48
D) 27
  • 58. What were the CO2 cartridges filled with gunpowder referred to as?
A) Locusts
B) Fireflies
C) Beetles
D) Crickets
  • 59. How many propane tanks were converted into bombs?
A) 15
B) 20
C) 27
D) 5
  • 60. What items were used as ignition for the propane bombs?
A) Digital timers
B) Mechanical alarm clocks
C) Cell phones
D) Remote detonators
  • 61. What did the shooters tape to their forearms for easy ignition of smaller bombs?
A) Batteries
B) Fuses
C) Match strikers
D) Lighters
  • 62. Which explosive substance did Harris experiment with aside from standard bombs?
A) Nitroglycerin
B) C4
C) Napalm
D) Dynamite
  • 63. Who did Harris ask to store the napalm at his house?
A) Dylan Klebold
B) Eric Harris
C) A teacher
D) Chris Morris
  • 64. What did Harris attempt to recruit Chris Morris to be?
A) An accomplice for supplies
B) A third shooter
C) A getaway driver
D) A lookout
  • 65. How many Molotov cocktails were constructed?
A) 7
B) 15
C) 48
D) 27
  • 66. How many CO2 cartridges filled with gunpowder were constructed?
A) 27
B) 15
C) 48
D) 7
  • 67. Aside from alarm clocks, what else was used for ignition of explosives?
A) Light switches
B) Model rocket igniters
C) Microwave timers
D) Thermostats
  • 68. How many pipe bombs did Harris log in his journal?
A) 25
B) 10
C) 15
D) 50
  • 69. What was the name of one of the pipe bombs left in Klebold's bedroom?
A) Natural selection
B) Reb
C) Vengeance
D) Wrath
  • 70. How many propane tanks did the shooters possess in total?
A) Six
B) Eight
C) Two
D) Ten
  • 71. How many total rounds of ammunition were fired by the perpetrators?
A) 188
B) 67
C) 121
D) 141
  • 72. How many shots did Harris fire in total?
A) 67
B) 141
C) 121
D) 96
  • 73. How many shots did Klebold fire in total?
A) 121
B) 55
C) 67
D) 12
  • 74. How many rounds did law enforcement fire during the incident?
A) 67
B) 188
C) 121
D) 141
  • 75. What did Klebold's black T-shirt say?
A) Reb
B) Wrath
C) Natural selection
D) Vengeance
  • 76. What did Harris's white T-shirt say?
A) Atlanta
B) Vengeance
C) Natural selection
D) Wrath
  • 77. What was Harris's alias mentioned in the text?
A) Cobra
B) REB
C) Natural
D) None
  • 78. How many students were in the cafeteria at the time the bombs were intended to kill them?
A) 488
B) 188
C) 400
D) 200
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