Mob guys nickname fellow hoodlums based on just about anything…Blind Frankie, Black Louie, Tony the Dope, Sally the Blond, Cockeyed Nick, and so on. But among the most popular nicknames had to do with animals.

This next challenge involves eight different mafiosi, from eight separate and distinct Cosa Nostra Families sprinkled throughout the United States. Each guy had a nickname related to an animal of some sort.

Your job? — “Should you choose to accept it” — is to identify the true first and last name of each mafiosi, then match the (letter) of their nickname, to the corresponding (number) of the Family or city they were affiliated with.

A) Lupo the Wolf
B) The Frog
C) Charlie the Bear
D) Johnny the Ape
E) Charlie Bats
F) Philly Dogs
G) The Animal
H) Danny the Lion

1) Bonanno
2) Buffalo
3) Chicago
4) Colombo
5) Cleveland
6) Gambino
7) Genovese
8) Lucchese

Last edited by NYMafia; 08/07/24 08:40 PM.