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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?
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?
3. Which of the following celebrities did NOT die in a bathtub in France?
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?
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?
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?
7. American writer Sherwood Anderson died in 1941 of peritonitis after swallowing a toothpick. Where was he when he had his fatal accident?
8. In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes died because of a fatal heart attack. What was Frank doing at the time of his death?
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?
10. All of these celebrities had accidents involving trees. Which one of them did NOT die from arboreal injuries?
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