• 1. 
    Which Russian poet was fatally wounded in a duel with his brother-in-law, who had attempted to seduce the poet's wife?

  • Ivan Turgenev
  • Aleksandr Pushkin
  • Nikolay Gogol
  • Mikhail Bulgakov
  • 2. 
    Which Russian poet was killed in a duel with military officer N.S. Martynov?

  • Mikhail Lermontov
  • Mikhail Lomonosov
  • Osip Mandelshtam
  • Bella Akhmadulina
  • 3. 
    Which English playwright killed actor Gabriel Spencer in a sword fight?

  • Edmund Spenser
  • William Shakespeare
  • Ben Jonson
  • Christopher Marlowe
  • 4. 
    In 1937 which American aviator disappeared while attempting to circumnavigate the globe in flight?

  • Amelia Earhart
  • Jacqueline Cochran
  • Howard Hughes
  • Bessie Coleman
  • 5. 
    Which American actress was found dead at age 36 as a result of barbiturate poisoning, ostensibly self-administered?

  • Judy Garland
  • Grace Kelly
  • Carole Lombard
  • Marilyn Monroe
  • 6. 
    Which author was born less than two weeks after Halley’s Comet appeared in the sky in 1835 and died of a heart attack the day after Halley’s Comet returned in 1910?

  • James Fenimore Cooper
  • Herman Melville
  • Mark Twain
  • Walt Whitman
  • 7. 
    Which controversial Russian figure’s assassins attempted to murder him with a combination of poison, gunshots, and drowning?

  • Grigori Rasputin
  • Joseph Stalin
  • Nicholas II
  • Vladimir Lenin
  • 8. 
    Which king of Sweden died, likely from a stroke, on February 12, 1771, after consuming a particularly enormous meal that included lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers, champagne, and a type of sweet bun that he liked served in hot milk?

  • Charles XIII
  • Adolf Frederick
  • Oscar I
  • Gustav IV Adolf
  • 9. 
    On November 21, 1718, Lieutenant Robert Maynard of the HMS Pearl launched a surprise attack and killed which pirate leader?

  • Calico Jack
  • Captain Kidd
  • Blackbeard
  • Henry Morgan
  • 10. 
    Whose death was caused by the tooth of a decapitated rival?

  • Sigurd the Mighty’s
  • Rollo of Normandy’s
  • Ragnar Lothbrok’s
  • Erik the Red’s
  • 11. 
    Which pope was long rumoured to have choked to death on a fly that had been floating in his wine?

  • Lucius
  • Innocent II
  • Adrian IV
  • Clement III
  • 12. 
    Which Greek king was killed by infected monkey bites?

  • Alexander
  • George II
  • Constantine I
  • Paul
  • 13. 
    Which dictator was killed by 23 wounds to his chest?

  • Trajan
  • Agrippa
  • Nero
  • Julius Caesar
  • 14. 
    Who was the “Maid of Orléans,” who was burned at the stake as a 19-year-old?

  • Thérèse of Lisieux
  • Rita of Cascia
  • Boudica
  • Joan of Arc
  • 15. 
    Which Korean empress was assassinated by a group of Japanese ronin for her attempts to block Japanese influence in Korea?

  • Myeongseong
  • Deokhye
  • Sunjeong
  • Ingyeong
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