Another One Bites the Crust Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cockroaches

The man won the contest, the prize of which was a python, but died a short time later because his airway was blocked. No other contestants suffered any ill effects.

Answer: Drinking a large quantity of carrot juice in a short span of time

Some have questioned the truth of this story, but its inclusion on some reputable health websites has been cited as verification. It is said this man drank ten gallons of carrot juice over the course of the same number of days, when ten pints would have been ideal.

Answer: Christy Brown

The 1989 movie, which brought Daniel Day-Lewis his first Academy Award, was based on Brown's autobiography, written in 1954, like all of his works using only one toe of his left foot. Crippled with cerebral palsy, this was the only part of his body over which Brown had control. His death in 1981 was not portrayed in the film.

Answer: Baseball player

Jimmie Foxx had a career that spanned 20 years and four major league baseball teams. From 1925 to 1935 he played for the Philadelphia Athletics, followed by shorter stints with the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and finally the Philadelphia Phillies. He retired in 1945, having hit 534 career home runs.

Answer: Starvation

Goedel became paranoid, thinking someone was trying to poison him and would only eat food that his wife had tasted first. When she had to be hospitalised for an illness, he stopped eating and starved to death at the age of 71, in January 1978.

Answer: Jim Jones

Over 900 members of the Peoples Temple, led by Rev. Jim Jones, drank poisoned grape Flavor Aid (or Kool-Aid) at his instigation. Jones himself died of a gunshot wound, probably self-inflicted. Hours before the so-called Jonestown Massacre, congressman Leo Ryan was gunned down at Port Kaituma airstrip, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple. Ryan was on a mission to help potential defectors from the cult. Odell Rhodes was a survivor of Jonestown. David Koresh later led the Branch Davidians to their end in Waco, Texas.

Answer: Plotting to kill Hitler

Rommel was one of the officers implicated in the failed July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Because of his status, and hitherto stellar war record, Rommel was allowed to take his own life, and his death was reported as having been due to wounds he had received in an earlier strafing incident.

Answer: Acute alcohol poisoning

The 33 year old Scott died after a night of heavy drinking in what was classified as "death by misadventure" by the authorities. His ashes were returned to Fremantle, Australia to be buried with family members. The band finished the album "Back in Black" that they had been working on at the time of his death, and released it as a tribute to Scott.

Answer: Zachary Taylor

Nicknamed "Old Rough and Ready", Taylor began his career in the US Army in 1808 and took part in many campaigns, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War in the 1840s, when he rose to the rank of major-general. His death was officially listed as having been caused by gastroenteritis. Suspicions that he had been poisoned were dispelled when his remains were exhumed and tested in 1991, though as late as 2010 some theorists maintained that the tests were flawed.

Answer: Plastic bottle cap

The cap was said to be similar to those found on eye drop or nasal spray containers. In a later report, the same doctor stated that though the cause of death was asphyxia due to the blockage caused by the cap, it appeared that Williams had been using that object to assist in the taking of some form of barbiturates. Williams, whose work included "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" had been a known user of both drugs and alcohol at the time of his death in February 1983.