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Luck or Fate? Trivia Quiz

Life is a game of inches. Sometimes a few seconds or a slight turn of chance makes all the difference.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
77,988

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1755

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Question 1 of 10

1. Elizabeth Taylor's husband, Mike Todd, was killed in a plane crash. Liz was supposed to be on board, but didn't make the flight? Why? Hint

Movie production ran overtime

Illness

Missed connecting flights

Argument with her husband

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Question 2 of 10

2. Buddy Holly died in a plane crash, as did the 'Big Bopper.' Who gave up his seat on the doomed plane to J.P. Richardson (the Bopper)? Hint

Bobby Vee

Waylon Jennings

Johnny Cash

Roger Peterson

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Question 3 of 10

3. Buddy Holly also died in a plane crash, as did the 'Big Bopper.' How did Richie Valens 'win' his seat on the plane? Hint

Cut cards

Flipped a coin

Rolled dice

Raced

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Question 4 of 10

4. John Wilkes Booth's conspiracy wasn't only against Lincoln: other political figures were also targets. Which individual was an intended target, but was spared any attack on his person? Hint

William Seward

Andrew Johnson

Stephen Douglas

Charles Sumner

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Question 5 of 10

5. Gordon Lightfoot immortalized the shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Where did the ship go down? Hint

Gulf of Mexico area

Great Lakes region

North Atlantic vicinity

Caribbean Sea

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which notorious killer was caught partly as a result of a parking ticket? Hint

Charles Manson

Richard Speck

Jeffrey Dahmer

David Berkowitz

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Question 7 of 10

7. Jayne Mansfield was killed in a car crash on her way to a dinner club engagement. For whom was she substituting? Hint

Gene Tierney

Mamie Van Doren

Virginia Mayo

Terry Moore

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Question 8 of 10

8. Christa McAuliffe was tragically killed when 'Challenger' exploded. Who was the alternate that would have been on board if McAuliffe had been unable to go? Hint

Cathy Sloane

Jane Ross

Barbara Morgan

Mary Lane

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Question 9 of 10

9. Ennis Cosby was killed within 15 miles of downtown L.A. What was he doing at the time? Hint

Hitchhiking

Jogging

Partying

Changing a tire

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Question 10 of 10

10. The C.E.O. of this company did not perish along with countless employees of his company on September 11 because he stopped off at his daughter's school. Hint

Dean Witter

Invesco

Morgan Stanley

Cantor Fitzgerald

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Elizabeth Taylor's husband, Mike Todd, was killed in a plane crash. Liz was supposed to be on board, but didn't make the flight? Why?

Answer: Illness

She was running a high fever, so she couldn't make the trip. But for that...

2. Buddy Holly died in a plane crash, as did the 'Big Bopper.' Who gave up his seat on the doomed plane to J.P. Richardson (the Bopper)?

Answer: Waylon Jennings

Jennings made a joke: 'I hope your plane crashes.' Unfortunate choice of words. Vee filled in for Holly after the crash. Peterson was the pilot.

3. Buddy Holly also died in a plane crash, as did the 'Big Bopper.' How did Richie Valens 'win' his seat on the plane?

Answer: Flipped a coin

It was a flip of a coin. The 'winner' got the plane.

4. John Wilkes Booth's conspiracy wasn't only against Lincoln: other political figures were also targets. Which individual was an intended target, but was spared any attack on his person?

Answer: Andrew Johnson

Seward was knifed repeatedly, but managed to survive. The intended attacker of Johnson, however, got drunk, lost his nerve, or both.

5. Gordon Lightfoot immortalized the shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Where did the ship go down?

Answer: Great Lakes region

It was about 16 or 17 miles from Whitefish point when it went under--probably only a few minutes travel time.

6. Which notorious killer was caught partly as a result of a parking ticket?

Answer: David Berkowitz

'Son of Sam' was tracked down as a result of a parking ticket that he received at the scene of a shooting. Would a dime in the meter have kept him at large a while longer?

7. Jayne Mansfield was killed in a car crash on her way to a dinner club engagement. For whom was she substituting?

Answer: Mamie Van Doren

Van Doren had to bow out; Mansfield filled in. If not for that ...

8. Christa McAuliffe was tragically killed when 'Challenger' exploded. Who was the alternate that would have been on board if McAuliffe had been unable to go?

Answer: Barbara Morgan

As close as a close call can possibly be.

9. Ennis Cosby was killed within 15 miles of downtown L.A. What was he doing at the time?

Answer: Changing a tire

Ennis Cosby, the son of Bill Cosby, was murdered in 1997.

10. The C.E.O. of this company did not perish along with countless employees of his company on September 11 because he stopped off at his daughter's school.

Answer: Cantor Fitzgerald

What kind of 'survivor guilt' do you have when hundreds of your co-workers are gone?

Source: Author robert362

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