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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To whom was Wynn once married?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Macy.
(c) Justine.
(d) Elaine.
2. What hotel and casino did Wynn build in Atlantic City?
(a) The Golden Nugget.
(b) Taj Mahal.
(c) Harrah's.
(d) Bally's.
3. Wynn's first purchase into a Las Vegas hotel was a three percent share in __________________.
(a) The Flamingo.
(b) Caesar's Palace.
(c) The Stardust.
(d) The Frontier.
4. Wynn has claimed that he would give up everything in order to _____________________.
(a) Spend fifteen minutes with his father.
(b) Improve his mother's health.
(c) Have a son.
(d) Become an astronaut.
5. By what year was the Frontier in bankruptcy?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1969.
6. Which of the following is NOT associated with the term "half wiseguy"?
(a) Owning 50% of a casino.
(b) Living high.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Obscure profession.
7. Due to an indictment of an associate, Wynn was unable to buy a piece of real estate before it was sold to famous recluse ____________________.
(a) Frank Sinatra.
(b) Greta Garbo.
(c) Howard Hughes.
(d) Elvis Presley.
8. In what year did Wynn move his family to Las Vegas?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1967
9. Who was the thirty-one-year-old divorcee who died at a yachting party?
(a) Nancy Mottola.
(b) Nelle McGuire.
(c) Nicole Middleton.
(d) Nicki Masters.
10. Wynn has been called the Great Casino Salesman, the Vegas King and ________________.
(a) The Vegas Don.
(b) Casino Joe.
(c) Mr. Lucky.
(d) Mr. Las Vegas.
11. Who was the president of the Teamsters in 1964?
(a) Henry Kissinger.
(b) Sam Phillips.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) Jimmy Hoffa.
12. What was Mafia boss Anthony Salerno's nickname?
(a) Knuckles.
(b) Cry Baby.
(c) Fat Tony.
(d) Tony Bologna.
13. Allegations of ________________ were leveled at Wynn and the men in #72 and #74.
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Cocaine abuse.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Heroin abuse.
14. In what year did The Mirage hotel and casino open?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1989.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1968.
15. The Frontier Hotel was built _____________ years before Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo Hotel.
(a) Nine.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.
Short Answer Questions
1. Wynn had men in high positions in his organization who had no gaming industry experience and he claimed that they were what?
2. Wynn wanted to move Las Vegas away from its mob image to a ________________ image.
3. In what year did Wynn open the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City?
4. What was the official name of the Frontier Hotel?
5. What was E. Parry Thomas' profession?
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