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They Died the Same Day Trivia Quiz

Inspired by the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, these questions are about people who died on the same day.

A multiple-choice quiz by Robert907. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Robert907

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
350,024

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

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? Hint

Ingmar Bergman

Federico Fellini

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Francois Truffaut

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Question 2 of 10

2. John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. What two authors' deaths were overshadowed by the events of that day? Hint

J.R.R. Tolkein & Fritz Leiber

Aldous Huxley & C.S.Lewis

John Steinbeck & J.D. Salinger

D.H. Lawrence & Rudyard Kipling

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Question 3 of 10

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? Hint

Leon Trotsky

Mohandas Gandhi

Benigno Aquino

Indira Gandhi

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Question 4 of 10

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? Hint

Tennis

Track and Field

Figure Skating

Football (Soccer)

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Question 5 of 10

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? Hint

Tom Landry

Chuck Noll

Jimmy Johnson

Tex Schramm

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Question 6 of 10

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? Hint

Sammy Davis Jr.

Dean Martin

Frank Sinatra

Peter Lawford

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Question 7 of 10

7. The second President of the United States John Adams died on July 4, 1826. Which other American Founding Father died that same day? Hint

George Washington

Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Jefferson

John Hancock

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Question 8 of 10

8. Soviet leader Josef Stalin died March 5, 1953. Which Russian composer of "Peter and the Wolf" passed away on the same day? Hint

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Sergei Prokofiev

Peter Tchaikovsky

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Question 9 of 10

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? Hint

David Lean

Sidney Lumet

Billy Wilder

William Wyler

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Question 10 of 10

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? Hint

Otto Preminger

Orson Welles

Alfred Hitchcock

John Huston

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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?

Answer: Federico Fellini

Fellini died from complications from a stroke. Contemporary film makers such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese and David Cronenberg list Fellini as a major influence. Phoenix had complied a very impressive collection of film performances before he died at far too young of an age. "Stand by Me" and "Running on Empty" serve as stark reminders of what could have been.

2. John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. What two authors' deaths were overshadowed by the events of that day?

Answer: Aldous Huxley & C.S.Lewis

Huxley is best remembered for the novel "Brave New World". C.S. Lewis, a close friend of the "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkein, will be forever tied to "The Chronicles of Narnia".

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?

Answer: Mohandas Gandhi

Also known as Mahatma, Mohandas Gandhi was a leader in Indian independence and most famous for his belief in non-violent civil disobedience.

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?

Answer: Tennis

Gibson was the first person of color to be a star in tennis. She won five Grand Slam singles and six doubles titles. Althea also became the first African American woman to join the Ladies' Professional Golf Association Tour in 1964.

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?

Answer: Tom Landry

Landry won five NFC championships and two Super Bowls with the Cowboys. Schulz wrote the "Peanuts" comic strip that still runs all over the world in reprints. His creations Charlie Brown and Snoopy live on in American culture.

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?

Answer: Sammy Davis Jr.

In 1972, Sammy Davis Jr. had a hit with the song "The Candy Man" that rejuvenated his successful career in Las Vegas. Henson was the genius behind "The Muppets".

7. The second President of the United States John Adams died on July 4, 1826. Which other American Founding Father died that same day?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Both Adams and Jefferson died on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams died while his son John Quincy Adams was President.

8. Soviet leader Josef Stalin died March 5, 1953. Which Russian composer of "Peter and the Wolf" passed away on the same day?

Answer: Sergei Prokofiev

Regarded as one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century, Prokofiev's career spanned pre-revolutionary Russian to the censorship of the Stalin era. A long stretch of time in the 1920's and 30's spent abroad ended in his return to the Soviet Union in 1936.

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?

Answer: Billy Wilder

Wilder directed a long list of classic movies including "Some Like It Hot", "The Seven Year Itch" and "The Apartment". Moore is best remembered for the movies "Arthur" and "10". Milton Berle was the first major star of American television whose show became "must see TV" for a generation of viewers.

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?

Answer: Orson Welles

Orson Welles is best remembered for directing the movie "Citizen Kane" and staging the 1938 radio version of "War of the Worlds" that fooled many into believing an actual alien invasion was occuring. Yul Brynner will forever be associated with "The King and I" and "The Magnificent Seven".

Source: Author Robert907

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