Kick The Bucket Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tuberculosis

John Keats was born on October 31, 1795 and died on February 23, 1821 at the age of 25. Although tuberculosis took this poet so soon, many of his works are still remembered today. Keats is considered one of the greatest Romantics in the history of poetry.

Answer: The Mouse and the Motorcycle

"The Mouse and the Motorcycle" was written by Beverly Cleary. Other famous works by Roald Dahl include: "James and the Giant Peach", "George's Marvelous Medicine", "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", and many many more. Dahl was born in Wales in 1916, and died in 1990 at the age of 74.

Answer: Jane Eyre

Charlotte was born April 21, 1816 in Yorkshire, England. Charlotte was the first born of the three Bronte sisters that lived into adulthood, and she also lived the longest. It is unknown whether Charlotte died of tuberculosis or typhus. Charlotte was pregnant at the time of her death. "Jane Eyre", was penned under the name Currer Bell. Emily Bronte wrote "Wuthering Heights" and Anne wrote "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall". All three sisters combined to publish a book of poems titled "Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell".

Answer: Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy also wrote "Anna Karenina" and "A Confession". Tolstoy died of pneumonia on November 20, 1910 at the age of 82. Vladimir Nabokov wrote "Lolita", and Dostoevsky wrote "Crime and Punishment".

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen

Andersen died of liver cancer in Copenhagen, Denmark on August 4, 1875. Andersen published a collection of nine stories titled, "Fairy Tales Told for Children, First Collection" in 1835. The "First Collection" includes such stories as "The Princess and the Pea", "Little Claus and Big Claus", and "The Tinderbox".

Answer: Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell died at the age of 48. High Gravitt, the man who struck her with his car as she crossed the street served 11 months of an 18 month sentence for the accident. The accident was ruled "involuntary manslaughter", although Gravitt was drunk and speeding at the time of the collision.

Answer: John F. Kennedy

JFK, in addition to being a U.S. Congressman and Senator of Massachusetts, was also was a decorated war hero, and an author. "Profiles in Courage" (published 1956), is a collection of biographies and accounts of bravery of eight historical U.S. Senators. John F. Kennedy "kicked the bucket" after being shot by an assassin on November 22, 1963.
In his 2008 autobiography Ted Sorenson, JFK's speechwriter, acknowledged that he wrote the first draft of most chapters.

Answer: Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens died of a stroke in 1870 at the age of 58. Some of Dickens' notable works include "A Tale of Two Cities", "A Christmas Carol", "Great Expectations", "David Copperfield", and "Little Dorrit".

Answer: Frankenstein

"Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus", was written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and was published in 1818. In the original book the monster is just referred to as "monster", "demon", and "it". One obvious reason for the fact that many people incorrectly referring to the monster as Frankenstein, could be that the doctor's name is Victor Frankenstein, and thus the monster would be known as "Frankenstein's Monster". Mary Shelley died in 1851, at the age of 53, after showing signs of illness for almost twelve years.

Answer: Peggy Parish

Margaret "Peggy" Parish was born in South Carolina in 1927. Upon her sudden death in 1988, Peggy's nephew Herman Parish took over writing the books about that crazy maid Amelia Bedelia who takes everything literally.