Super Quiz - October 21, 2011

Subject: UNUSUAL DEATHS

(e.g.., He was killed by a U.S. vice president in a duel. Answer: Alexander Hamilton.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Bruce Lee's son Brandon was shot and killed by a ____.
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2. Steve Irwin ("The Crocodile Hunter") died when he was impaled by a ___.
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3. Harry Houdini died of a ruptured appendix after being ____.
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GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Tom and Eileen Lonergan are presumed dead after being stranded by ____.
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5. This golfer died either of hypoxia when his airplane lost cabin pressure or when the plane crashed to the earth.
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6. Dancer Isadora Duncan died of a broken neck when her scarf ____.
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PH.D. LEVEL

7. Ray Chapman, shortstop for the Cleveland Indians, was killed when ____.
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8. Jimi Heselden, owner of the Segway company, was killed when he ____.
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9. He was stabbed to death by a woman while in his bathtub.
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ANSWERS:

1. Prop gun during the making of a movie.
2. Stingray barb.
3. Punched in the stomach.
4. The group's scuba-diving boat.
5. Payne Stewart.
6. Caught on the wheel of a car.
7. Hit in the temple by a pitched ball.
8. Accidentally drove off a cliff on a Segway.
9. Jean-Paul Marat.