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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Wynn's father not end up opening a bingo parlor in Las Vegas?
(a) He got ill.
(b) He didn't have the money.
(c) He was murdered.
(d) He couldn't get a license.

2. Wynn had men in high positions in his organization who had no gaming industry experience and he claimed that they were what?
(a) Bodyguards.
(b) Consultants.
(c) Bankers.
(d) Public Relations experts.

3. Wynn became known as a man with _________________.
(a) The Midas touch.
(b) A violent temper.
(c) A heart of gold.
(d) Nine lives.

4. Wynn has often been linked to which crime family?
(a) Bonnano.
(b) Lucchese.
(c) Genovese.
(d) Gambino.

5. The Frontier Hotel was built _____________ years before Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo Hotel.
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

6. What was Mafia boss Anthony Salerno's nickname?
(a) Cry Baby.
(b) Fat Tony.
(c) Tony Bologna.
(d) Knuckles.

7. How many spectators gathered to watch the destruction of the hotel?
(a) 75,000.
(b) 1,000,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 200,000.

8. Which of the following does NOT describe Wynn?
(a) Creative.
(b) Energetic.
(c) Demanding.
(d) Withdrawn.

9. What brand of sausage did Wynn demand was used at the Golden Nugget due to Wynn's affiliation with Louis Cappiello?
(a) Jimmie Dean.
(b) Botto.
(c) Jennie-O.
(d) Bob Evans.

10. In what year did Wynn enter the Las Vegas casino market?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1999.

11. What was Steve Wynn voted most often by Las Vegas newspaper readers?
(a) The most handsome Las Vegan.
(b) The best hotelier in Las Vegas.
(c) The most interesting Las Vegan.
(d) The best personality in Las Vegas.

12. Wynn was in the company of _____________ mobsters when he entered the Las Vegas casino market at the Frontier in 1967.
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Miami.
(d) Detroit.

13. From whom did Wynn's father often borrow money to pay his debts?
(a) Frank Lucchese.
(b) Frank Sinatra.
(c) Frank Luciano.
(d) Frank Goldman.

14. In what year did Howard Hughes purchase the Frontier Hotel?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1999.

15. Who did Wynn marry in 1963?
(a) Ellen Preston.
(b) Emma Pearson.
(c) Eva Patel.
(d) Elaine Pascal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is La Cosa Nostra?

2. Which of the following is NOT associated with the term "half wiseguy"?

3. How much debt had Wynn's father amassed by the time of his death?

4. Capiello was not convicted in the murder of whom?

5. The implosion of the hotel was compared to ________________.

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