Can you name the famous people who have a connection with these hotels?

Hotel	Person	Clue
Kempinski Hotel Adlon, Berlin (2002)		Singer dangles baby over balcony railing
Chelsea Hotel, New York (1978)		Punk bassist kills girlfriend*
The Mayflower, Washington, D.C. (1933)		President composes “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Lorraine Motel, Memphis (1968)		Civil rights activist/clergyman assassinated
The Ritz-Carlton, Sydney (1997)		Australian rock singer dies in 'unusual' circumstances
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles (1968)		Presidential candidate assassinated
Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal (1969)		Couple record 'Give Peace a Chance'
Landmark Hotel, Hollywood (1970)		Iconic singer dies of heroin overdose
Hotel Mark Twain, San Francisco (1949)		Blues singer gets 'busted' for narcotics
Savoy, London (1900-01)		French artist paints great works of art
Chateau Marmont Hotel, Hollywood (1982)		Comedian/actor dies of drug overdose
Palace Station Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (2007)		Sportstar/actor steals sporting memorabilia
Desert Holiday Inn, Las Vegas (1966)		Tycoon becomes a recluse
Chateau Marmont Hotel, Hollywood (1970s)		Rock band rides motorcycles through the lobby
The Flint, Michigan Holiday Inn (1967)		Drummer drives Lincoln Continental limousine into swimming pool
Barrett Hotel, New York (1888)		Playwright (The Iceman Cometh) is born
Hotel Ritz Paris, Paris (1997)		Royalty spends her final evening
The Watergate, Washington DC (1972)		President gets implicated in wiretap
Hilton Washington Embassy Row, Washington D.C (1981)		President survives assassination attempt
Sunset Tower Hotel, Hollywood		'Cowboy' actor brings cow to his room*

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Famous Hotel Happenings Quiz

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	elephant_stone:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 04:20 GMT		15 points
	Eugene O'Neill also died in a hotel room. His last words were "I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room - and God damn it - died in a hotel room."

	codejlandt:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 04:22 GMT		5 points
	Great quiz! What about Agatha Christie? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie#Disappearance and http://www.famoushotels.org/article/43. Also, Fatty Arbuckle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Arbuckle#The_scandal.

	glueyourfingers:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 04:31 GMT		2 points
	Five globes for including Keith Moon.

	extranail09:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 04:34 GMT		5 points
	Sid Vicious was a bassist, not a singer.

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	smooph:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 05:06 GMT		3 points
	You could argue that he sang My Way... (although, he was known as a bassist primarily, yes...)

	D1989:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 05:24 GMT		30 points
	I remember that O.J. Simpson hotel fiasco. Easily the most controversial moment in his life.

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	wrink1117:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 06:10 GMT		7 points
	no year for the great john wayne?

	ICole1987:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 06:24 GMT		12 points
	Janice Joplin? I believe you mean Janet Jopler or Jackie Jormp-Jomp.

	jimmyk83:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 06:50 GMT		7 points
	Keith Moon is a legend. Kudos for includinga question relating to asphyxiwanking, probably the first ive seen on sporcle.

	doogie:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 07:20 GMT		4 points
	I found it frustrating that "Franklin Delano Roosevelt" didn't work, but "FDR" did. (And I presume Franklin Roosevelt" since that was what appeared in the box.) So I later typed "RFK" for that answer, but only "Robert Kennedy" worked. Either abbreviations in common use are consistently accepted, or they're not. Don't mean to grouse, it's otherwise a neat quiz.

	Big_E:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 09:49 GMT		21 points
	Why not just use last names then? Rather than being cute and complaining the full name or nickname did not work, try "Roosevelt", "Kennedy" and "Jackson"...last names always work.

	WyvernSabres:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 10:28 GMT		1 point
	It's astonishing that fewer than 90% have got the Watergate one!

	Calimero:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 11:49 GMT		-3 points
	Yep, doesn't accept Lady Di or Lady Diana.

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	barnztormre:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 13:09 GMT		7 points
	I wasted about a minute trying to spell Toulouse-Lautrec, and it was the wrong answer anyway. Oh well

	volkstraum:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 13:24 GMT		5 points
	I also tried Lautrec, because his work is more associated with French cabarets and hotels, whereas Monet makes me think of, well, lillies.

	Flick:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 13:34 GMT		1 point
	TonyT074: Marilyn Monroe reportedly visited in 1949 and there is a room (No 3) filled with related paraphernalia, but to avoid controversy I have now used one of Booster_Gold's suggestions.

	Spoik:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 13:48 GMT		0 points
	Last names don't always work, Spencer was not accepted for Lady Diana Spencer

	Deek11:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 14:04 GMT		-3 points
	i wrote OJ, assumed that would count

	benwc97:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 14:56 GMT		16 points
	Good quiz. But "blues singer" is a bit of a red herring; it would be much more accurate to describe Billie Holiday as a jazz singer (even though her songs have the word "blues" in some of them I think it's more along the lines of the state of sadness than blues music)

	Spelvout:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 14:57 GMT		-2 points
	Good quiz, nice idea! But why arent John Lennon and Yoko Ono on it, with their bed-in (bed peace, hair peace) Vietnam-war protest at the Amsterdam Hilton?

	lichenboy:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 15:11 GMT		6 points
	Let's see - singer, heroin overdose, 1970: Morrison? nope. Hendrix? nope. Must be Joplin...

	shampoowoody:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 15:17 GMT		-4 points
	jim morrison died in a club, not in a hotel. his body was brought back to the hotel where he was staying after he was found dead in the club bathroom, where his body was then found by the police i also believe mama cass elliot was also found dead in a hotel, but research never mentioned the name of it

	kidcanada:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 15:34 GMT		12 points
	I was looking for "Edgewater Hotel, Seattle - rock band has erotic encounter with woman and fish"

	Adverb:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 15:48 GMT		3 points
	Sporcle accepts "FDR" and "MLK," but not "RFK." Funny.

	Linus1985:	Apr 8th, 2011 at 16:22 GMT		-2 points
	Great Quiz. Loved it really. Maybe an idea for a sequel: 1889 in Geneva, Empress Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary died at the BEau Rivage Hotel in Geneva after being stabbed by an anarchist in front of the hotel. 98 years later, 1987, the German politician Uwe Barschel died in the bathroom of his suite in the same hotel. Until today it is noch clear, if he killed himself or was killed.