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Seven Ate Nine

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"Eating your own kind is taboo. That doesn't mean that it doesn't happen. The following incidents certainly did not involve a vegetarian, unless they were the victim."

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1. Victor Biaka-Boda was a witch doctor and a member of the Rassemblement Democratique Africain Party in Cote d'Ivoire. Not long after he'd been elected into which Senate did word filter through that he had supposedly been eaten by his constituents?
    Dutch
    Spanish
    French
    German


2. A West African society that practises cannibalism in the belief that it strengthens their tribe members and engenders loyalty is named after which big cat?

    Tiger
    Leopard
    Lion
    Cheetah


3. In 1809 a revenge attack was launched upon the convict ship 'Boyd' by Maori warriors, which produced one of the bloodiest examples of cannibalism in New Zealand's history. What event triggered this reprisal?
    A trade deal that went sour
    The rape of several tribal women
    The flogging of a young tribal chief
    Theft of a religious artefact


4. Which of the following do scientists consider is the "best" evidence that cannibalism took place at Cowboy Wash (Colorado) during the 12th century?
    Chopped and blackened bones
    Signs of defleshing
    Detection of myoglobin in preserved coprolite (human faeces)
    Fragmentation of long bones


5. Herman Melville gained inspiration for parts of which story from the account of Owen Coffin and his ill-fated journey on board the ship "Essex"?
    Moby Dick
    Redbum: His First Voyage
    Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative)
    Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas


6. The Chijon Family were a South Korean gang that targeted which socio-economic group for its victims?

    The homeless
    Volvo drivers
    The unemployed
    The wealthy


7. Joshua Milton Blahyi, a Liberian warlord and tribal priest who practised human sacrifice and cannibalism to increase his power, was better known by what sobriquet?
    General Electric
    General Ledger
    General Screw Loose
    General Butt Naked


8. The Dayak people had a long held tradition of headhunting that had been curtailed until the eruption of a violent ethnic war during the 1990s. The Dayak are indigenous to which part of Asia?

    Burma
    Timor
    Cambodia
    Borneo


9. The Suangi are members of certain tribes in New Guinea who feed on the internal organs of their victims. What position do the suangi hold within the hierarchy of these tribes?

    Witches
    Hunter-Gatherers
    Chieftains
    Warriors


10. A bridge over the opening of New York harbour bears the name of which Italian explorer who was killed and eaten by a cannibal tribe in the Lesser Antilles?
    Carlo Amoretti
    Umberto Nobile
    Giovanni da Verrazzano
    Marco Polo


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