Utopias
Jake, It's Chinatown
Organized Crime
The Third Kind
What Happens In Vegas
100

In James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon", this mountain valley is ruled by the High Lama. 

What is "Shangri-La"?

100

New York City has 3 Chinatowns: one in Brooklyn, one in Queens & one centered on Canal Street in this borough.

What is "Manhattan"?

100

In 1929, Eliot Ness took charge of a team that was specifically created to bring down this mobster.

Who is ""Al Capone"?

100

This term describes a less developed, non-industrialized nations of the planet.

What is "third world"?

100

In 1855 a group of these missionaries settled in what's now Las Vegas; Brigham Young helped them build a mine.

What are "Mormons"?

200

"The Republic" is a famous philosophical book written as a conversation by this ancient Greek philosopher around 375 BC.

Who is "Plato "?

200

You can enter North America's oldest Chinatown at "The Dragon Gate" at Grant & Bush in this city.

What is "San Francisco"?

200

In 1999, actor Richard Dreyfuss played this '30s Jewish founder of Murder, Inc.

Who is "Meyer Lansk

200

It rose in Germany in 1933 & fell in 1945.

What is "The Third Reich"?

200

The 1930s construction of this across the Black Canyon brought thousands of workers - as well as power - to Vegas.

What is "Hoover Dam"? 

300

It was Sir Thomas Moore who, in 1516  coined the term "utopia", which means "not" & "place", from this ancient language.

What is "Greek"?

300

This city's original Chinatown in the Limehouse District was destroyed by the Luftwaffe in WWII; a new one sprang up in Soho.

What is "London, England"?

300

Wreaths at this mobster's June 15, 2002 funeral bore such emblems as a cigar, a martini, a royal flush & the Yankees logo.

Who is "John Gotti"?

300

Called the Ajna Chakra in Hinduism, opening it leads to cosmic wisdom.

What is "The Third Eye"?

300

On December 26, 1946, gangster Bugsy Siegel opened this future Hilton adorned with a big pink neon sign and replicas of wading birds.

What is "The Flamingo"?

400

Circa 1934, George Foerstner named his brand of refrigerator for this Iowa society to which he belonged.

What is "Amana"?

400

"The Dr. Sun Yat-sen Garden" is one of the highlights of this city's Chinatown, Canada's largest, which is home to the Canucks hockey team.

What is "Vancouver"?

400

Arthur Flegenheimer, who wanted to murder special state prosecutor Thomas Dewey, said that this short alias of his was "swell for headlines".

Who is "Dutch Schultz"?

400

This type of narrator is outside of the action commenting on it.

What is "third person"?

400

The "El Rancho Las Vegas" opened in 1941, sparking the transition of Las Vegas Blvd. into the street better known by this nickname.

What is "The Strip"?

500

In 1873, this writer of "Little Women" also wrote "Transcendental Wild Oats", a sketch of her father Bronson's failed utopia.

Who is "Louisa May Alcott"?

500

Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown requires business signs to include Chinese names; this chain's says "Owl Restaurant".

What is "Hooters"?

500

Asked by a WWII draft board his occupation, Kennedy-era Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana answered, "Me? I __________". 

What is "steal"?

500

In a classic comedy routine, it's where you'll find "I Don't Know".

What" is "third base"?

500

The MGM Grand features a bronze statue of this animals, weighing in at 90,000 pounds and stands 45 feet tall, making it the largest bronze statue in the United States. 

What is "lion"?