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Unusual deaths of famous people

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11 questions
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Learn about the strange and unusual ways some famous people have died in this quiz.
1

How did Keith Relf, the lead singer of the Yardbirds, die?

Electrocuted by a guitar

Car accident on tour

Fell whilst rock-climbing

Hit by a car in a hurricaine

55% got this right

His guitar was not correctly earthed.
2

Bobby Leach was a famous stuntman who was well known for going over Niagra Falls in a barrel. What did he die of?

Slipping on orange peel

A failed stunt attempt in a car

Food poisoning

Tightrope walking over Niagara Falls

Hard  26% got this right

He slipped on an orange peel and broke his leg. The leg became infected and led to his death.
3

What caused Attila the Hun's death?

A nosebleed

Assassination by a bow and arrow

Falling off a cow

Struck by lightning

Hard  25% got this right

He died on his wedding night from a nosebleed. Attila reportedly drank a large amount of alcohol and choked on his blood
4

Steve Peregrin Took, the original percussionist for T. Rex, died from what?

Choking on a cocktail cherry

Banging his head on his mic

Dancing too long

Falling over his drums

39% got this right

5

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, died of what?

Drowning in a barrel of wine

A falcon attacking him

Jousting

Someone shooting an apple on his head

Hard  25% got this right

He was drowned in Malmsey wine, according to legend. His choice of execution method was supposed to be a final favour.
6

What did Sandy Denny of Fairport Convention die of?

Throwing herself down some stairs

Drowned after drinking too much

Slipped on some loose rocks whilst rock climbing

Strangled herself with her scarf

Hard  16% got this right

She used to throw herself off bar stools and down stairs as a party trick.
7

How did Mike Edwards of ELO die?

He was hit by a hale bale

He died of meditating in an Ashram

He was crushed by his cello case

He was electocuted

Hard  27% got this right

He died on the road near his home in Devon when a bale of hay rolled down a hillside and crushed his car.
8

How did Jack Daniel, the founder of the famous Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery, die?

Blood poisoning after an injury to his toe

Eaten by a lion

Falling into a whiskey vat

Whiskey overdose

39% got this right

The injury occurred when he kicked a safe in frustration because he couldn’t remember the combination.
9

How did Francis Bacon, the English philosopher and statesman, die?

Pneumonia from a scientific experiment

Food poisoning due to contaminated meat

Infection from a rat bite

Injuries from a carriage crash

Hard  29% got this right

He died of getting a chill and then pneumonia after conducting an experiment to determine if snow could preserve meat.
10

What did Grigori Rasputin die of?

Drowning

Poisoning

Shooting

Strangulation

47% got this right

Rasputin's murder involved poisoning, shooting, AND drowning - he just wouldn't die.
11

How did John Sedgwick, a military officer and Union Army general during the American Civil War, die?

An ironic accident on the battlefield

Assassination by a political rival

Drowning in a river

Poisoning

37% got this right

He was shot and killed after famously stating, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."