Geography
What state is Alcatraz located in?
What is California?
Many prisoners were sent to Alcatraz from other prisons. They were using send to Alcatraz because they regularly did this at other prisons...
What is "breaking the rules"?
The genre of "Escape from Alcatraz"?
What is Nonfiction?
It has been PROVEN that this many men made it to freedom after escaping Alcatraz.
What is ZERO?
To be __________ is to be famous for something bad.
What is notorious?
What City is Alcatraz located off the edge of?
What is San Francisco?
DAILY TRIPLE
Name three Alcatraz Prisoners
What are Machine Gun Kelly, Al Capone, Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin, John Anglin, and Allen West.
Why did they pick Alcatraz Island to be the place for the jail?
What is they thought it would be impossible for the prisoners to escape?
The prisoners stole this from the prison barber shop to use to make their head decoys look life like.
What is hair?
_____________ is most often used to refer to an official in charge of a prison.
What is a warden?
What is the name of the bay that Alcatraz is located in
What is San Francisco Bay?
Which of the three escapees was known as a genius with a superior IQ?
Who is Frank Morris?
What could the men have died from based on how cold the water of the San Francisco Bay was?
What is hypothermia?
About how long did it take the inmates to prepare for their escape?
What is 6 months?
Something that is _________ is very clever.
What is ingenius?
What is the landscape of Alcatraz island?
A.Rocky
B.Flat
C.Hills
What is A.
The inmates were only allowed this many visitors a month.
What is 1?
This famous prisoner expected special treatment at Alcatraz since he had so much power. However, he was treated the same as everyone else.
Who is Al Capone?
What is the name of the prisoner that was left behind during the famous escape attempt?
What is Allen West?
____________ is a verb that means “to make something from something else."
What is fashion?
Daily Double
What are two significant dangers the inmates had to face after they actually got out of their prison cells?
What is freezing waters, shark infested waters, rough currents, and a mile and a quarter swim
What four people were involved in the most famous escape Attempt at Alcatraz?
What is Frank Morris, John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Allen West.
What type of transportation was used to bring prisoners to the Alcatraz when it first opened?
What is a train?
What did the prisoners steal from the prison to fashion a lifeboat.
What are life jackets?
The word ___________ means “having very few plants or not good for growing plants.”
What is barren?