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A Guild-en Tribute

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Death Becomes Them : A Guild-en Tribute

Introduction:
"The Guild has presented you with a dedication quiz in rememberance of those celebrities who tragically passed away, some in unusual circumstances and some in the prime of their career. All are sadly missed."


1. During the 20th Century, there were only two Olympic athletes who passed away during an Olympic event. The first occurred during the 1912 Summer Games. What was the name of the marathon runner who tragically passed away while competing in his event?
    Jim Thorpe
    Francisco Lazaro
    Jeff Farrell
    Knud Enemark


2. In 1932, 24 year-old actress Peg Entwhistle decided that she'd suffered enough rejection and disappointment in Hollywood and set her sights on a very unique...and headline-grabbing...form of suicide. Climbing to the top of the nine-year-old Hollywoodland sign in Beachwood Canyon, she scaled a maintenance ladder that had been left next to one of the letters on the sign and then dived off the top of the letter, to her death, below. From which letter in the "Hollywoodland" sign did Peg Entwhistle famously jump?
    O
    H
    L
    Y


3. Which of the following celebrities did NOT die in a bathtub in France?
    Jim Morrison, rock star, the Doors
    Felix Faure, French president
    Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary figure
    Claude Francois, French singer and songwriter


4. Englishman Henry Higgins, also known as Enrique Higgins, Enrique Caņadas, and El Ingles, made a name for himself in Spain in the late 1960s as a bullfighter. How did he die?
    In a hang gliding accident
    In an automobile accident
    Gored by a bull
    Fell off a horse


5. Aeschylus may have been one of the great Greek tragedians, but his death was decidedly comedic. According to legend, what caused his fatal clunk to the noggin?
    His own discus hit him.
    An angry spectator pegged him with rotten fruit.
    He stood up too quickly under a table.
    An eagle dropped a turtle on his head.


6. Actress Merle Oberon was of mixed Indian (Sinhalese) and British parentage. She suffered a great deal of ridicule as a child for being biracial, as an adult, she passed off her noticeably dark-skinned mother, who lived with her, as her maid. What was her official cause of death?
    She was terminally ill with cancer.
    She committed suicide.
    She suffered a stroke.
    She died in a car accident.


7. American writer Sherwood Anderson died in 1941 of peritonitis after swallowing a toothpick. Where was he when he had his fatal accident?
    Pool side at the Beverley Wiltshire Hotel
    Aboard an ocean liner bound for Brazil
    In an air raid shalter in London
    At home in Troutdale, Virginia


8. In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes died because of a fatal heart attack. What was Frank doing at the time of his death?
    Attempting to stud out Swift Kiss
    Racing his horse Swift Kiss
    Being kicked by his horse Swift Kiss after grooming him
    Accidentally ingesting a horse tranquilizer


9. The second half of the twentieth century saw not one but two American world champion boxers fighting under the name of Davey Moore. Each suffered a sudden, tragic death at a young age. The featherweight died at 30 from brain injuries suffered in a bout with Sugar Ramos. The middleweight died at 29 in a freak car accident. What happened?
    Riding on the running board of a friend's car, he fell off on the highway.
    A poorly secured prefabricated house slipped off its truck on the highway and crushed his car.
    His car crushed him against his garage door.
    While being taken to the hospital after a bout, his ambulance crashed into a tree.


10. All of these celebrities had accidents involving trees. Which one of them did NOT die from arboreal injuries?
    Jim Croce
    Michael Kennedy
    Keith Richards
    Sonny Bono


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