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1. "Igor, I need a head! Get me a spectacular head, with a fierce countenance. A prominent beard would be a bonus".
There is no fiercer countenance than that of the notorious pirate Blackbeard. With his beard long, broad, voluminous and having braided pigtails tied with ribbons, he was a fearsome sight. In an attack by the Royal Navy near the island of Ocracoke, Blackbeard was divested of his head after being shot and stabbed multiple times. On the coast of which U.S. state is this island found?
2. "Hmmm, perhaps we need a brain, Igor. There are scientists galore, but what about a statesman?"
Vladimir Lenin died of a brain haemorrhage in 1924. His brain has been sliced up into over thirty thousand slivers and is housed in which institution?
3. "My monster needs to be able to see Igor, make it happen! What about an entertainer's eye?"
Sammy Davis Jr. lost his eye in an automobile accident in 1954 while returning in his Cadillac from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. Which part of the car caused him to lose his eye?
4. "Igor, where can we find ears for my monster? We need an ear, fine tuned to the currents, hmm hmm".
The War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain lasted from 1739 to 1748. Strangely enough, Jenkins lost his ear in 1731, eight years before the actual war began. What kind of vessel was Jenkins the captain of?
5. "Do you like pasta Igor? I have heard of a saintly arm. Off to Rome with you"
Francis Xavier was a Roman Catholic missionary canonized in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV. His right forearm was removed in 1614 and was eventually housed in a silver reliquary in the Church of Gesu in Rome. Of which religious order was he the co-founder?
6. "Your next task will take some skill Igor. We need fingers to attach to our arm and I know just the ones. Don't forget your mittens!".
Former President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, lost his index finger and thumb on his left hand as a boy in what kind of accident?
7. "My monster needs a leg to stand on Igor. Where do we find one? Perhaps a battlefield? Make haste"
Medal of Honour recipient, Major-General Daniel Sickles leg was amputated after being struck by cannon fire during the American Civil War. To which institution did he donate his leg where he reputedly visited the leg every year on the anniversary of its amputation?
8. "There is a whole body out there that we can fill in the missing parts of the monster with? Its elementary my dear Igor, track it down!"
English born philosopher and US Founding Father Thomas Paine, authored the famous pamphlet "Common Sense" which inspired the declaration of independence from Britain. He was buried on his farm in 1809, but his body was dug up in 1819 and transported to which country for reburial where it was subsequently lost?
9. "Our monster has been assembled, but there is one thing missing. Find me a heart Igor, the heart of an artist if you please"
Popular Polish composer Frederic Chopin, died and was buried in Paris in 1849. He was buried without his heart which was removed shortly after he died. Where did his heart end up?
10. " Now for animation. Pull the switch Igor! Bah, no lightning! Perhaps we can syphon some from an historic event"
Martha M. Place was the first woman in the United States to be executed by means of the electric chair, but was not the first woman to be sentenced to death in this fashion. Which serial killer was the first woman to sentenced to death by electric chair?
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