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Test yourself! Take this How Did They Die? Quiz | Death Becomes Them

Guess how these famous, infamous, or not so famous people checked out.

A multiple-choice quiz by boonedog. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
boonedog

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
39,318

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
3310

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 198 (14/15), Guest 76 (0/15), Guest 87 (6/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Boxer Stanley Ketchel is regarded as one of the best middleweights in history. How did he meet an untimely end? Hint

Died in the ring against heavyweight champ Jack Johnson.

Shot by jealous husband while enjoying breakfast with a lady.

Killed in World War One.

Died on the Titanic.

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Question 2 of 15

2. How did the actor William Holden exit the stage? Hint

Flying his private plane.

Bled to death after a drunken fall.

Taking cancer treatments in Costa Rica.

Heart attack while playing King Lear on stage.

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Question 3 of 15

3. Everyone knows Pat Garret killed Billy the Kid, but how did Garret ride off into the sunset? Hint

Trampled by a herd of cattle.

Hung for cattle theft.

Shotgunned while taking a leak.

Killed by the Kids friends in a saloon in El Paso.

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Question 4 of 15

4. Actor Oliver Reed died during the filming of "Gladiator". How? Hint

Crushed in an onset accident.

Drunk fell down the stairway of castle set and broke his neck.

Stroke during big arena scene.

Heart attack after arm wrestling British sailors and drinking lots of rum.

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Question 5 of 15

5. Audie Murphy was America's most decorated soldier in World War Two. How did fate eventually claim him? Hint

Airplane crash

Wife shot him

Killed himself

Killed in Korea

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Question 6 of 15

6. John and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, but how did their older sister, Kathleen, die well before them? Hint

Plane wreck in the Alps.

Car accident in Ireland.

Boating accident off Boston.

Drowned near St Thomas while snorkling.

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Question 7 of 15

7. How did Joe Kennedy Jr. die? Hint

Drowned in Amazon during Peace Corps mission.

Died as an infant.

Killed in World War Two bombing raid.

Plane wreck in South America.

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Question 8 of 15

8. Sean Flynn, son of actor Errol Flynn, was a well known war reporter during the Vietnam War. How did he meet his end? Hint

Drug overdose.

Disappeared into Cambodia.

Killed during Tet offensive.

Helicopter crash near China Beach.

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Question 9 of 15

9. How did the great Sioux chief Sitting Bull exit this world? Hint

Died of typhoid in exile in Florida.

Died after heavy night of drinking.

Shot dead by Sioux reservation police.

Killed at the Battle of Wounded Knee.

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Question 10 of 15

10. How did the famous Apache Chief Geronimo give up the ghost? Hint

Killed in a skirmish with Mexican troops.

Murdered in drunken quarrel with his young wife.

Died in Flordia prision of scarlet fever.

Pneumonia after drunkenly laying in a water puddle on a cold night.

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Question 11 of 15

11. How did Vic Morrow, the actor famous for the show Combat, meet his end? Hint

Accidently shot by Lee Marvin while making "The Big Red One".

Plane wreck in the Hollywood Hills

Decapitated by helicopter while filming the "Twilight Zone" movie.

Drowned while saving costar on set of unreleased movie "The Last Gamble".

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Question 12 of 15

12. Don Knotts, famous for "Three's Company" and earlier big hits, died how? Hint

Killed by police while robbing minimarket at gunpoint.

Died in a barroom brawl with Hells Angels over woman

Died of lung cancer

Killed by mafia over unpaid gambling debts

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Question 13 of 15

13. Duane Allman and Barry Oakley, among the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band, died the same way. Almost a year apart and near the same place. How? Hint

Johns Hopkins hospital of brain cancer

Overdoses in Atlanta recording studios

Motorcycle wrecks.

Plane wrecks in the Mississppi Delta

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Question 14 of 15

14. Ricky Nelson, singer and actor, met his death , how? Hint

Drug overdose in Sunset Strip motel

Died after plane caught on fire

Drowned off the south of France while scuba diving

Wrecked car going almost 130 mph

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Question 15 of 15

15. How did Wyatt Earp go to the happy hunting ground? Hint

Of cancer near Tempe, Arizona, in 1895

Died in Kodiak, Alaska, of fever during the Gold Rush in 1909

Of old age near Hollywood in 1929

In Mexico of malaria in 1899

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Boxer Stanley Ketchel is regarded as one of the best middleweights in history. How did he meet an untimely end?

Answer: Shot by jealous husband while enjoying breakfast with a lady.

Ketchel was quite the ladies' man.

2. How did the actor William Holden exit the stage?

Answer: Bled to death after a drunken fall.

If Holden would have called a doctor he might have survived the head injuries.

3. Everyone knows Pat Garret killed Billy the Kid, but how did Garret ride off into the sunset?

Answer: Shotgunned while taking a leak.

Garret met a violent end just like Billy.

4. Actor Oliver Reed died during the filming of "Gladiator". How?

Answer: Heart attack after arm wrestling British sailors and drinking lots of rum.

Computer animation was used to finish his role in the movie.

5. Audie Murphy was America's most decorated soldier in World War Two. How did fate eventually claim him?

Answer: Airplane crash

Murphy was also an actor best know for "To Hell and Back", his autobiographical film.

6. John and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, but how did their older sister, Kathleen, die well before them?

Answer: Plane wreck in the Alps.

Kathleen's husband, William Cavendish, was killed in action in the British Army during World War Two.

7. How did Joe Kennedy Jr. die?

Answer: Killed in World War Two bombing raid.

Planes and Kennedys are not a good mix.

8. Sean Flynn, son of actor Errol Flynn, was a well known war reporter during the Vietnam War. How did he meet his end?

Answer: Disappeared into Cambodia.

Michael Herr's excellent book, Dispatches, details osme of Flynn's expierences.

9. How did the great Sioux chief Sitting Bull exit this world?

Answer: Shot dead by Sioux reservation police.

Sitting Bull died at the hands of his people after years of fighting the United States?

10. How did the famous Apache Chief Geronimo give up the ghost?

Answer: Pneumonia after drunkenly laying in a water puddle on a cold night.

Old Geronimo made money selling autographs and appearing at wild west shows in his golden years.

11. How did Vic Morrow, the actor famous for the show Combat, meet his end?

Answer: Decapitated by helicopter while filming the "Twilight Zone" movie.

Morrow was killed while making the Vietnam jungle scene in the "Twilight Zone".

12. Don Knotts, famous for "Three's Company" and earlier big hits, died how?

Answer: Died of lung cancer

Don Knotts died of lung cancer on February 24, 2006.

13. Duane Allman and Barry Oakley, among the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band, died the same way. Almost a year apart and near the same place. How?

Answer: Motorcycle wrecks.

Duane was hit by a peach truck, the band named their next alblum 'Eat A Peach'.

14. Ricky Nelson, singer and actor, met his death , how?

Answer: Died after plane caught on fire

The fire caused the cabin to fill with smoke and the pilots tried to force a landing. In the course of the attempted landing, the plane struck several obstacles. Seven people on board were killed, including Nelson.

15. How did Wyatt Earp go to the happy hunting ground?

Answer: Of old age near Hollywood in 1929

Earp actually lived to see the first Hollywood version of his life to hit the big screen.

Source: Author boonedog

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