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Quiz about One Bullet Away
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One Bullet Away Trivia Quiz


Killed by the bullet. Ten men throughout the ages who have been done in by the gun.

A multiple-choice quiz by Mazdaleine. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Mazdaleine
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
319,347
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
452
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Question 1 of 10
1. Matthew Mechtel died in a shop building in Page (ND) in 2008. Who discovered him?
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Question 2 of 10
2. Lead Guitarist and Vocalist of death metal band 'Dissection' Jon Nodtveidt was found dead in his apartment by self inflicted gunshot. What country did he come from? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. American Politician Forrest Howard Anderson committed suicide on the 20th of July in 1989. Which of these states was he governor of? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This American novelist committed suicide just two weeks after learning his book 'Leaving Las Vegas' was to be made into a movie. What was his name?
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Question 5 of 10
5. Carlos Roberto Reina died of a self inflicted gunshot. From 1994 to 1998, Reina held an important position in the Liberal Party of Honduras. What was it? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. John F Kennedy was assassinated on November the twenty second, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. What did the F in his name stand for? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Alfred of Edinburgh committed suicide on the twenty second of January in 1899. What was his official title from his birth up until the death of his grand-uncle in 1893?
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Question 8 of 10
8. John P Slough, the Chief Justice of the New Mexican Supreme Court was shot in 1867 by who? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Sixteenth President of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while attending which of these productions at Ford's Theatre in 1865? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. John Lennon, one of the founding members of legendary rock group 'The Beatles' was assassinated outside the Dakota Building in 1980. How many children did he leave behind? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Matthew Mechtel died in a shop building in Page (ND) in 2008. Who discovered him?

Answer: His father

Mechtel had been the republican nominee for the US House of Representatives for 2006. He was also chairman of 'The Northern Crops Council'. He died at just thirty nine years of age of a self-inflicted wound. Though he was known to have been having personal and professional difficulties leading up to the time of his death, there has been no explanation for his suicide.
2. Lead Guitarist and Vocalist of death metal band 'Dissection' Jon Nodtveidt was found dead in his apartment by self inflicted gunshot. What country did he come from?

Answer: Sweden

Nodtveidt was convicted of being an accessory to murder and jailed in 1997. He was released in 2004, when he restarted his band 'Dissection.' Nodtveit was also a journalist for 'Metal Zone,' the magazine that followed the black-metal scene.
3. American Politician Forrest Howard Anderson committed suicide on the 20th of July in 1989. Which of these states was he governor of?

Answer: Montana

Anderson was the democratic governor of Montana for four years. From 1969 to 1973. He also held the post of Associate Justice on the Montana Supreme Court from 1953 to 1956. He was eighty six when he died.
4. This American novelist committed suicide just two weeks after learning his book 'Leaving Las Vegas' was to be made into a movie. What was his name?

Answer: John O'Brien

John O'Brien's only known pen name was Carroll Mine. Under this name, he wrote an episode of the 'Rugrats' entitled 'Toys in the Attic'. O'Brien wrote two other books, one of which was unfinished at his time of death and had to be completed by his sister before publication.
5. Carlos Roberto Reina died of a self inflicted gunshot. From 1994 to 1998, Reina held an important position in the Liberal Party of Honduras. What was it?

Answer: President

When Reina came into office, he had a very difficult economy to deal with. There was significant foreign debt, which took almost 40% off the Honduran exports. It is believed that his suicide was prompted by a unendurable illness that he had been suffering from for some time.
6. John F Kennedy was assassinated on November the twenty second, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. What did the F in his name stand for?

Answer: Fitzgerald

JFK was the thirty fifth president of the United States of America. Though JFK served in the US Navy from 1941 to 1945, he originally volunteered to go into the US Army, but was refused because he had back troubles. He was in a limousine with his wife and two associates when he was shot.
7. Alfred of Edinburgh committed suicide on the twenty second of January in 1899. What was his official title from his birth up until the death of his grand-uncle in 1893?

Answer: His Royal Highness Prince of Edinburgh

Prince Alfred of Edinburgh was the grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of England, and Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine. He was just twenty four when he shot himself. He died on the 6th February 1899 at the Sanatorium Martinnsbrunn in Tyrol.
8. John P Slough, the Chief Justice of the New Mexican Supreme Court was shot in 1867 by who?

Answer: William Rynerson

After being heavily involved in the Civil War, Slough was elected chief justice of New Mexico Supreme Court. William Rynerson along with many others believed he should be removed from the post. Rynerson hated him so much, he assassinated him after a heated argument in Santa Fe.
9. Sixteenth President of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while attending which of these productions at Ford's Theatre in 1865?

Answer: Our American Cousin

President Lincoln was with his wife and two guest when John Booth stormed into his box and shot him. President Lincoln had four children, Robert, Edward, William and Thomas. Tragically though, only Robert survived into adulthood.
10. John Lennon, one of the founding members of legendary rock group 'The Beatles' was assassinated outside the Dakota Building in 1980. How many children did he leave behind?

Answer: Two

Lennon had two children, Sean and Julian. Julian was the son of Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of Lennon, whom he left in 1968 for Yoko Ono, with whom he had his second son, Sean. Both Lennon's sons went on to have recording careers after his death.
Source: Author Mazdaleine

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