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1. The eccentric Collyer brothers, known for years of hoarding, died in which unusual manner?
2. English eccentric Simeon Ellerton was known to walk around with which of the following on his head?
3. Brian G. Hughes (1849-1924) was a U.S. businessman known for many unusual pranks that involved the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Tiffany's jewelry store in which American City?
4. Which of the following men was a Serbian-American electrical engineer known for his contributions to the design of modern alternating current (AC) as well as for his many eccentricities?
5. Sir George Sitwell (1860-1943) was an unusual man who was known to do which of the following chromatic things to the animals on his estate?
6. Artist Salvador Dali once gave actress Mia Farrow the gift of a dead mouse in a hand-painted bottle.
7. Mehran Karimi Nasseri is an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport for over 15 years.
8. Which British poet kept a bear as a pet while at Cambridge?
9. Which of the following artists was known for rarely bathing, and despite his wealth lived in utter squalor?
10. Which of the following women was an eccentric millionaire, nicknamed the Witch of Wall Street, and known for her extreme stinginess?
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