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An interesting quiz on the way people have died.

A multiple-choice quiz by hazelpethig. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
hazelpethig

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
331,712

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
642

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden from 1751 to 1771, died of indigestion after a gluttonous feast. Which of these wasn't on the menu? Hint

Potatoes

Lobster

Caviar

Semia

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Question 2 of 10

2. Allan Pinkerton was a world famous detective from the United States. He spied for the Union army during the American Civil War. What did he die of? Hint

Drowned while retreating

Gangrene from musket ball shot

Gangrene from biting his own tongue

Hanged after capture by enemy

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Question 3 of 10

3. Li Po (701-762) from China, is considered one of their greatest poets ever. Po had a great weakness that contributed to his death. How did he die? Hint

While drunk on a horse, he tried to leap a small canyon

While drunk in a boat, he tried to embrace the moon, fell out and drowned

When suffering from a hangover he fell and hit his head

While partaking of opium, he set his house on fire

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Question 4 of 10

4. Hans Steininger, from Austria, died in 1567. How did he die? Hint

He tripped over his dog and fell into the fire

He tripped over his own beard and broke his neck

He insulted a nobleman and was killed in a duel

He drown in his bathtub

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Question 5 of 10

5. On October 17 1814, eight people died in a bizarre way in London, England. How did they die? Hint

A bridge under construction failed

Jack the ripper

A new tunnel under the Thames collapsed

A vat ruptured, releasing 1.4 million litres of beer

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 1927 Isadora Duncan, an American dancer, died in and odd way. What was it? Hint

She fell off her dance partner's shoulders and broke her neck

She was hit by the taxi she had just gotten out of

She was strangled by her own scarf

She accidentally ate rat poison, thinking it was sugar for her coffee

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Question 7 of 10

7. Why was Janet Parker's death famous? Hint

She suffocated to death in a Mickey Mouse costume

She was the last person to die of smallpox

She drowned when her car drove of the Firth of Forth bridge

She was elecrocuted by a microphone at a Nobel science prize banquet

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Question 8 of 10

8. On January 15 1919, in Boston, Mass., 15 people and several horses were killed. More than 150 people were injured. How? Hint

There were blown up by the first homemade terrorist bomb

They fell into a large sinkhole that appeared suddenly at an intersection

They were caught up in a stampede of cows on their way to the abattoir

They drowned in a flood of molasses

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Question 9 of 10

9. Jim Creighton, a professional baseball player, died in 1862 as a direct result of his sport. How did he die? Hint

He was hit in the head by a baseball

His appendix burst after a home run swing

He was hit in the chest with a bat by another player

He got into a fistfight during the game and suffered a head injury that killed him 3 days later

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Question 10 of 10

10. Clement Laird Vallandigham was a lawyer in Ohio. He died while representing a client in the courtroom. How did he die? Hint

A chandelier fell on him

His client grabbed what was thought to be an unloaded pistol and he was shot

Fatally shot himself while demonstrating how the victim accidentally shot himself

He tripped over his robe and broke his neck on the railing around the witness box

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden from 1751 to 1771, died of indigestion after a gluttonous feast. Which of these wasn't on the menu?

Answer: Potatoes

Swedish children call him "the king who ate himself to death".

2. Allan Pinkerton was a world famous detective from the United States. He spied for the Union army during the American Civil War. What did he die of?

Answer: Gangrene from biting his own tongue

Pinkerton is credited with developing entire new ways to spy on people, including shadowing them. If he had had a camera, he could have been paparazzi!

3. Li Po (701-762) from China, is considered one of their greatest poets ever. Po had a great weakness that contributed to his death. How did he die?

Answer: While drunk in a boat, he tried to embrace the moon, fell out and drowned

The first two lines of his poem "Bringing in the Wine" shows his relationship to both wine and water.

"See how the Yellow River's water move out of heaven,
Entering the ocean, never to return."

4. Hans Steininger, from Austria, died in 1567. How did he die?

Answer: He tripped over his own beard and broke his neck

Hans Steininger was famous at the time for having the longest beard - almost 140cm long. In 1567 there was a fire in his town, in his haste to get away he forgot to roll up his beard, tripped on it, and broke his neck.

5. On October 17 1814, eight people died in a bizarre way in London, England. How did they die?

Answer: A vat ruptured, releasing 1.4 million litres of beer

A vat of beer at the Meux and Company Brewery collapsed, which caused surrounding vats to give way. It collapsed two homes, and eight people drowned.

6. In 1927 Isadora Duncan, an American dancer, died in and odd way. What was it?

Answer: She was strangled by her own scarf

Isadora Duncan was strangled when the long scarf she was wearing was caught up in the wheels of the car she was riding in.

7. Why was Janet Parker's death famous?

Answer: She was the last person to die of smallpox

Janet Parker was the last known person to die from smallpox. In 1978, in Birmingham UK, she was accidentally exposed to the deadly smallpox virus. The disease ran its full course.

8. On January 15 1919, in Boston, Mass., 15 people and several horses were killed. More than 150 people were injured. How?

Answer: They drowned in a flood of molasses

A tank that held about 8.7 million litres of molasses collapsed. This sent a wave of molasses down the streets at over 50 kph. Many people were smothered by the sticky mess, and many horses, dogs and cats, drowned along with them. According to reports, on a warm day, the area around Commercial street still smells like molasses.

9. Jim Creighton, a professional baseball player, died in 1862 as a direct result of his sport. How did he die?

Answer: His appendix burst after a home run swing

Jim Creighton was killed after a particularly violent swing of his bat supposedly burst his appendix. Although he finished the game (in pain) he was dead by the end of the day.

10. Clement Laird Vallandigham was a lawyer in Ohio. He died while representing a client in the courtroom. How did he die?

Answer: Fatally shot himself while demonstrating how the victim accidentally shot himself

Clement Vallandigham was trying to get his client acquitted of murder. He reenacted the scene to prove that the supposed murder victim had accidentally shot himself. He was using what he thought was an unloaded gun ... but it was loaded. His reenactment was so good that his client was acquitted. Unfortunately, Clement Vallandigham died of his self-inflicted wound.

Source: Author hazelpethig

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