In what era did Jack The Ripper commit his crimes?
The Victorian Era
What do you call someone who did research on Jack The Ripper?
ripperologist
1 sentence: Dr. Gull was a member of a secret club. Charles Warren also belonged to that club.
Dr. Gull was a member of a secret club that / which Charles Warren also belonged to.
This was a nickname of one of the victims.
Polly
Police were to blame: They didn't ...
cooperate well with the media / question enough people.
Crime: Ethan hit and kicked an old woman in the street until she was bleeding and could no longer get up.
assault
Give me the English word for: een beschuldiging.
an accusation
True or false: The 'From hell' letter was written in blue ink.
False, in red ink
True or false: Charles Warren had to resign, because he couldn't find the killer.
True
Give a reason why the police were not to blame for not catching Jack The Ripper.
didn't have modern DNA technology/fingerprints, didn't use photographs, had never seen a serial killer before
What is the name of the clause that gives non-essential information?
a non-defining relative clause
Police were not to blame: They had never...
seen a serial kiler before.
Give me the English word for: darmen.
intestine, bowel
Crime: Ann asked her neighbour to pay her money and threatened to go to the police and tell them that she saw her neighbour kill his wife.
blackmail
Wat is the translation of 'relative clauses'?
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen
Complete: Psychology was still in its ... and pshycological profiles of ... were unavailable at the time.
infancy - serial killers
Link between 'Jeckyll and Hyde' and London?
London had good (Jeckyll) en bad (Hyde) qualities.
Give me the English word for: geweldpleging.
assault
Give me the English word for: zenuw.
nerve
Why did some people think the Dear Boss letter was written by an educated man who was trying to write like an uneducated man.
no grammar errors and correct relative clause, only obvious spelling mistakes
The first victim must have been a heavy drinker all his life, because his [?] was very large and fatty.
liver
Crime: Ben broke the back window of his neighbour's house, went inside and stole the TV.
burglary
Crime: Devon stole wallets from people's handbags and backpacks on the bus.
pickpocketing or theft
True or false: The “Dear Boss” letter is widely accepted as having been written by the actual killer.
False – Most historians now believe it was likely a hoax, possibly by a journalist.
Police were not to blame: They didn't have ...
modern DNA technology / fingerprints to identify criminals
How do you form the degrees of certainty in the past?
modal verbs + have + past participle
To give information about things, we use the relative pronoun?
which or that
Give me a Hyde quality of London in that era.
alcoholism, death, poor hygiene...
True or false: There is no evidence that Jack the Ripper had any medical knowledge.
False – Some mutilations suggested anatomical skill, possibly from medical or butchering experience.
1 sentence: Everybody liked Prince Eddy. His grandmother was Queen Victoria.
Everybody liked Prince Eddy whose grandmother was Queen Victoria.
Who are Jeckyll and Hyde?
Dr. Henry Jekyll and his alter ego Mr. Edward Hyde are the central character of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
The third victim must have drowned. This is a very slow death. Water started to pour from the mouth down the [?].
windpipe
This was the organ which Jack removed from one of the bodies.
uterus
She was the only victim that the murderer did not mutilate.
Elizabeth Stride
True or false: Elizabeth Stride's murder is sometimes debated as a true Ripper killing due to the lack of mutilation.
True
Give me the English word for: slagader.
artery
True or false: The Ripper's victims were all killed indoors.
False – Most were murdered on the streets or in alleys, except for Mary Jane Kelly, who was killed in her room.
True or false: George Lusk was the head of the investigation.
False, Charles Warren was.
What do the victims have in common?
prostitutes
Name one of the letters that we linked to Jack the Ripper.
From hell letter - Dear Boss
Jack The Ripper was the first one to be something. What?
a serial killer
Police were to blame: They various police forces didn't...
exchange info / cooperate well.
Which satirical magazine published a cartoon at the time of the murders?
Punch
Give me the English word for: slokdarm.
oesophagus
Give me the English word for: ruggengraat.
spine
When can we drop the relative pronoun?
When the relative clause already has a subject.
To give information about people, we use the relative pronoun?
who or that
Crime: Carol offered a policeman £100 so he would not arrest her after she was found drunk behind the steering wheel of her car.
bribery
Give me a Jeckyll quality of London in that era.
economic heart, wealth, prosperity, culture and respectability
True or false: Mary Jane Kelly was the Ripper’s last known victim.
true
This square is situated in the City of London and was the scene of the crime of the murder on Catherine Eddowes.
Mitre Square
How many people did he murder?
5
How do you form the degrees of certainty in the present?
modal verb + inf OR modal verb + be + ing-form
Which letter allegedly from the Ripper was sent along with a human kidney?
The 'From hell' letter
The fourth victim was two months pregnant. To make things worse, I found not one but two foetuses in her [?], so she was pregnant with twins.
uterus, womb
Crime: Fionna pretented that she was an elderly woman and collected this woman's pension, while she was in hospital.
fraude
Who is the Queen that has a connection with Jack The Ripper?
Queen Victoria
Give a reason why the police were to blame for not catching Jack The Ripper.