The Dead Famous Quiz.

Question 1 of 10:

Which writer choked to death on the lid of his eye medication bottle, thinking it was a sleeping pill?

a) Graham Greene (0)

b) Tennessee Williams (1)

c) C.S. Lewis (0)

d) Ian Fleming (0)

Which former world leader allowed himself to die after refusing to continue his treatment for cancer?

a) Joseph Stalin (0)

b) Francois Mitterrand (1)

c) Shah of Iran (0)

d) Richard Nixon (0)

Which of these rock ‘n’ roll singers was NOT in the plane crash that killed the other three?

a) Buddy Holly (0)

b) Del Shannon (1)

c) The Big Bopper (0)

d) Ritchie Valens (0)

Which famous artist survived being shot but later died during routine surgery on his gall bladder?

a) Jackson Pollock (0)

b) Pablo Picasso (0)

c) Andy Warhol (1)

d) Francis Bacon (0)

Which actor recorded an anti-smoking ad to be shown after his death from lung cancer in 1985?

a) Roy Castle (0)

b) George Peppard (0)

c) Yul Brynner (1)

d) John Wayne (0)

Which king of England was murdered with a red hot poker?

a) Henry VIII (0)

b) Edward II (1)

c) George IV (0)

d) Harold II (0)

Which famous criminal was treated for terminal illness in prison but did not die until 8 years after release?

a) Bugsy Siegel (0)

b) Al Capone (1)

c) Reggie Kray (0)

d) Ed Gein (0)

Which philosopher was forced to drink poison after being found guilty of corrupting his city's youth?

a) Plato (0)

b) Socrates (1)

c) Jean Paul Sartre (0)

d) Heidegger (0)

Which horror writer died after being found unconscious in a gutter, and is now thought to have died of rabies?

a) Bram Stoker (0)

b) Robert Bloch (0)

c) HP Lovecraft (0)

d) Edgar Allan Poe (1)

Which singer was shot dead by his own father in 1984?

a) Otis Redding (0)

b) Marvin Gaye (1)

c) Muddy Waters (0)

d) Eddie Cochran (0)