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Test your knowledge of Atlantic City during the Prohibition era!
'Boardwalk Empire' primarily takes place in _________?
Las Vegas
Miami
Atlantic City
Atlantic City was incorporated on May 1, 1854, from portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township.
New York City
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The show is set during the ________?
Great depression
Great recession
Oil boom
Prohibition era
Prohibition was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1920 to 1933.
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The show is inspired by the book __________?
High Rollers: Drinking, Gambling, and Babes of Atlantic City
Drink Up: The High Life During Prohibition
Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
The book is by Nelson Johnson about historical criminal kingpin Enoch L. Johnson.
Bootleggers: The Making of a Crime Syndicate
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Who directed the pilot episode?
Ron Howard
Martin Scorsese
Scorsese is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and film historian, whose career spans more than 53 years.
Steven Spielberg
Micheal Bay
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How many seasons is 'Boardwalk Empire' on air?
5
The series premiered on September 19, 2010,[4] and completed its five-season run on October 26, 2014.
6
7
8
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What premium cable network aired the show?
HBO
HBO was launched on November 8, 1972.
Showtime
Encore
Starz
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Why does Nucky have Margaret Schroeder's husband killed?
He is an abusive alcoholic.
In a drunken stupor, he beats Margaret so bad that she miscarries.
He is a cheater.
He is too religious.
He doesn't believe in gambling.
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Who does Nucky hire as a driver and bodyguard after WW1?
Jimmy Darmody
Nucky sent him to Princeton to obtain a degree, however, Jimmy dropped out and joined the army during WW1.
Al Capone
Richard Harrow
Owen Sleater
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Who is the African-American bootlegger that Nucky deals with?
White Shark
Chalky White
Chalky is a racketeer and the unofficial leader of the African-American community in Atlantic City.
Brown Sugar
Teddy Eraser
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Paz de la Huerta played Nucky's girlfriend _______?
Lucy Danziger
Before she became Nucky's girlfriend, Lucy was a Ziegfeld Follies performer.
Angela Darmody
Sigrid Mueller
Sally Wheet
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Who is Nucky's faithful assistant?
Benny Siegel
Gyp Rosetti
Eddie Kessler
Eddie is based on the historical person Louie Kessel who was an assistant, bodyguard and driver to the real Nucky (Enoch L. Johnson).
Joe Masseria
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Nucky finds Margaret a job at ________?
Macy's
Tiffany's
La Belle Femme
La Belle Femme is a dress shop in the lobby of the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
Sax Fifth Avenue
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Nelson Van Alden is an agent for the ________?
Internal Revenue Service
Bureau of Tobacco
Bar Owners Association
Bureau of Prohibition
The Bureau of Prohibition was the federal law enforcement agency formed to enforce the National Prohibition Act of 1919.
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At the start of the series, Nucky is the Atlantic County _______?
Treasurer
The Atlantic County Treasurer is an elected official held by Republican Nucky Thompson.
Secretary
President
Sheriff
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When Nucky steps down as treasurer, ________ is awarded the job?
Andy Griffin
Jim Neary
Jim had been loyal to Nucky, then turned confidential informant against him outing Nucky as treasurer and taking over the position.
Howard Cunningham
Al Capone
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After working for Nucky, who does Jimmy Darmody call boss?
Jimmy Durant
Johnny Torrio
Johnny is Al Capone's Chicago boss.
Sid Ceasar
Micheal Douglas
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Before he lost his position, Nucky's brother Eli is the _____ of Atlantic County?
Sheriff
Atlantic County Sheriff is an elected political position and is the leader of the Atlantic County Sheriff's Office who answers to the County Executive and the Governor.
Treasurer
District Attorney
President
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Nucky and Eli's _______ father is Ethan Thompson.
Happy
Sad
Abusive
Nucky never gets over the abusive at the hands of his father, even after Ethan's death.
Broke
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What does Nucky do to his childhold home?
Burns it down.
After witnessing his father look around the home after it's remodeled, Nucky burns it to the ground.
Floods it.
Abandons it.
Paints it.
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Who obsesses over Margaret?
Nucky
Van Alden
When he first discovers a picture of 16-year-old Margaret in her immigration records, he performs self-mortification with his belt.
Capone
Kodak
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Who is Richard Harrow?
Atlantic City Sheriff
Nucky's broither
Jimmy Darmody's friend
Richard is also a disfigured war veteran, criminal, who acts as Darmody's bodyguard and bootlegging partner.
Leo Margarita's uncle.
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Who is Nucky's mentor?
President Bill Clinton
General Grant
Commodore Louis Kaestner
The Commodore is an Atlantic City power broker and the originator of a system tying together politicians and racketeers in the city.
Senator Cantor
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What happens in the middle of the Commodore's political coup?
He dies.
He has a stroke.
The stroke causes right sided paralysis and speech difficulties.
He changes his mind.
He kills Nucky.
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Who is the Commadore's son?
Jimmy
Jimmy is a byproduct of the Commodore raping a 13-year-old girl named Gillian.
Nucky
Al
Louie
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What is off about Jimmy's relationship with his mother Gillian?
Sexual attraction
After Jimmy slept with Gillian, he was so ashamed of himsefl that he dropped out of Pricton and joined teh army.
Not related
Personality's clash
Harsh feelings
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Jimmy has a son with ______?
Janice Wade
Angela Ianotti
Angela met Jimmy at Princeton. Their son's name is Tommy.
Sydney Andrews
Lisa Lou
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_______ is a butcher and crime boss in Philadelphia.
Al Capone
Jimmy Durant
Manny Horvitz
Manny eventually becomes an associate of Nucky Thompson.
Richard House
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Who kills Jimmy?
Nucky
Nucky kills Jimmy because of his disloyalty with the power-strggle to take control of Atlanic City's booze trade.
Eli
Jimmy
Al
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What does Gillian run out of the Commodore's former home?
Title Nine Club
Star's Dance Club
The Artemis Club
The Artemis Club is an upscale brothel.
Political Wives Club
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Who is Gillian's partner in The Artemis Club?
Nelson Van Alden
Charlie Luciano
Charles "Lucky" Luciano is an ambitious and up-and-coming Italian-American bootlegger and gangster.
Arnold Rothstein
Eddie Kessler
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Who helps Nucky with his legal troubles?
Harry Daugherty
Harry Daugherty is a crooked politician and later, the U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Harding and Coolidge.
Richard Harrow
Teddy Schroeder
Chalky White
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Who plays Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson?
Mel Gibson
Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi can be seen in 'Oppenheimer Strategies,' and 'The Death of Stalin.'
Will Patton
John Travolta
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Who is Nucky's wife?
Angela Darmody
Margaret Schroeder
Margaret Catherine Sheila Thompson, née Rohan, formerly Schroeder, is a widow and single mother of two children before she marries Nucky.
Gillian Darmody
Esther Randolph
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Who plays Margaret Schroeder/Thompson?
Julie Roberts
Sydney Ward
Kelly Macdonald
Kelly can be seen in 'The Journey Is the Destination,' and 'Okja.'
Lucy Gallina
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Who raids Eli and Nelson's liquor stash in Chicago?
Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness is an American Prohibition agent in charge of the Prohibition unit of Chicago and tasked with taking down Al Capone .
Sean Connery
Mel Nelson
Michael Douglas
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