Question
This group’s leaders were arrested after it carried out the Collingwood Manor Massacre. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Jewish mob led by Isadore, Raymond, Joe, and Abe Burnstein, which provided bootleg liquor for Al Capone. Its name may refer to its practice of ruining clothes with dye during the Cleaners and Dyers War.
ANSWER: Purple Gang [or Purples; or Sugar House Gang; or Sugar House Boys]
[10e] The Purple Gang dominated the criminal underworld of this city, where they got rich by bootlegging whiskey across the Canadian border from Windsor.
ANSWER: Detroit
[10m] Detroit was later controlled by the Italian mafia, leading the Detroit Partnership’s Joseph Zerilli to be added to this governing body in 1956. The Five Families controlled this generically named “board of directors” of the American mafia.
ANSWER: the Commission
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 13 | 14.62 | 100% | 39% | 8% |