They Died the Same Day

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1. On October 31, 1993, twenty-three year old actor River Phoenix died of a drug overdose. What European film director of the 1960 film "La Dolce Vita" passed away the same day? Francois Truffaut Ingmar Bergman Federico Fellini Rainer Werner Fassbinder

2. John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. What two authors' deaths were overshadowed by the events of that day? J.R.R. Tolkein & Fritz Leiber Aldous Huxley & C.S.Lewis John Steinbeck & J.D. Salinger D.H. Lawrence & Rudyard Kipling

3. Orville Wright, who with his brother Wilbur, is credited with the first heavier than air flight, died January 30, 1948. Which world leader was assassinated the same day? Leon Trotsky Indira Gandhi Benigno Aquino Mohandes Gandhi

4. American film director Elia Kazan died on September 23, 2003. American athlete Althea Gibson also passed away that day. Althea Gibson is known as "the Jackie Robinson" of what sport? Tennis Track and Field Figure Skating Football (Soccer)

5. Cartoonist Charles Schulz died February 12, 2000. Which legendary American Football coach who helmed the Dallas Cowboys for 29 years passed away the same day? Tom Landry Chuck Noll Jimmy Johnson Tex Schramm

6. American puppeteer Jim Henson died on May 16, 1990. What legendary sweet member of the notorious "Rat Pack" passed away on the same day? Peter Lawford Frank Sinatra Sammy Davis Jr. Dean Martin

7. The second President of the United States John Adams died on July 4, 1826. Which other American Founding Father died that same day? Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson John Hancock George Washington

8. Soviet leader Josef Stalin died March 5, 1953. Which Russian composer of "Peter and the Wolf" passed away on the same day? Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Sergei Rachmaninoff Peter Tchaikovsky Sergei Prokofiev

9. Television legend Milton Berle and British actor Dudley Moore died March 27, 2002. Which movie director famous for the 1954 film "Sabrina" passed away the same day? Billy Wilder William Wyler Sidney Lumet David Lean

10. Actor Yul Brynner died on October 10, 1985. What actor/director famous for playing the role of Harry Lime in the 1948 movie "The Third Man" passed away on the same day? Orson Welles Alfred Hitchcock Otto Preminger John Huston