Year this famous/infamous person died Quiz

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Untimely Deaths Quiz

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Created May 16, 2012 in History
Featured Aug 15, 2012
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	Pogues:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 04:05 GMT		5 points
	Buddy Holly...who I consider one of the greatest rock 'n' rollers of all time...I call him the True King of Rock 'n' Roll. I collect his music, can listen to his singing for hours on end...and I get the year of his death wrong. hangs head in shame

	Beatlezfann:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 04:18 GMT		11 points
	@Pogues: Just to think he was only 22, quite the untimely death!

	arilicious:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 04:24 GMT		0 points
	Is it a bit sad that I knew all of the more recent celebrity deaths from the past like 40 years, but barely knew the political ones from before the 20th century?

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	ryry97:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 09:36 GMT		15 points
	Amelia Earhart went missing. She's still alive because her disappearance hasn't been explained. She's on some island with Tupac, Elvis, John Wilkes Booth, and JFK.

	WyattsTorch:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 12:15 GMT		10 points
	C'mon...we all know Earhart is living on the island from LOST.

	cuendillar:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 12:20 GMT		14 points
	It might be worthwhile to point out which Charles I it is. Quite a few European countries has had a king of that name.

	defineexistence:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 12:56 GMT		12 points
	Whitney's death being so early in 2012 made me think she died in late 2011. If only the Osama question came up first.

	cmkeller:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 14:01 GMT		20 points
	Goering's, Hussein's and Bin Laden's deaths weren't untimely, they were long overdue.

	eab21:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 15:41 GMT		6 points
	Fun fact: My grandfather was one of only 4 Nuremberg prison guards to be at the scene when Goering committed suicide in his cell.

	TwilightSucks931:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 16:03 GMT		-1 points
	I only got Marilyn and JFK because of Mad Men. My main problem was that I knew what decade these people died in, but not the exact year.

	spomensti:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 16:37 GMT		-1 points
	Great puzzle, really enjoyed. I dont like when there isnt enough time, but this had waaaay too much time for a clickable.I was done with 100% (some names I didnt recogonize, but figured out) and I still had 4:44 left.

	hodgetiger:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 16:39 GMT		2 points
	@Pogues: I guess it doesn't matter any more!

	deacontaylor:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 17:38 GMT		2 points
	no idea who spencer perceval was but the rest were ok. still only got 17 though

	fnurt:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 22:23 GMT		6 points
	eab21: My grandfather was also one of Goering's guards at Nuremberg (although I don't know that he was "on the scene"). Either it's a really funny coincidence that both of us frequent the same website, or maybe Goering just had a lot of guards.

	sammyhain:	Aug 15th, 2012 at 23:13 GMT		1 point
	Is there such thing as a timely death?

	eab21:	Aug 16th, 2012 at 01:33 GMT		4 points
	@fnurt: That is a coincidence! According to my grandfather's letter home after the incident, there were two guards at Goering's cell and 10 others in the block. Goering took the poison capsule when the two cell guards changed. Those new guards and two others from the block (one of them being my grandfather) were the first ones "at the scene." Maybe your grandfather was one of the guards being switched out?

	Mikline:	Aug 16th, 2012 at 02:52 GMT		3 points
	What level of fame must one reach for their death to be considered an assassination rather than simple murder?

	lexmith:	Aug 16th, 2012 at 18:18 GMT		2 points
	@deacontaytor: Spencer Perceval was a British Prime Minister whose only claim to fame is that he is the only one who was assassinated in office.

	Tom_Tildrum:	Aug 27th, 2012 at 16:42 GMT		1 point
	This is one of those quizzes where it helps to cycle through all the questions first.

	hellofromUK:	Nov 12th, 2012 at 14:19 GMT		2 points
	After pondering the deaths of Michael Jackson, Elvis and Hendrix, it asked Franz Ferdinand. I thought Oh My God has the whole band died?

	Sparky:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 19:20 GMT		1 point
	I'm rather fond of Spencer Perceval - nice to see him on these quizzes. I think he was ahead of his time- to quote wikipedia "Perceval was opposed to Catholic emancipation and reform of Parliament; he supported the war against Napoleon and the abolition of the slave trade. He was opposed to hunting, gambling and adultery, did not drink as much as most Members of Parliament, gave generously to charity, and enjoyed spending time with his twelve children."

	a_trivial_mind:	Nov 15th, 2012 at 23:53 GMT		1 point
	It must be a sign of aging...I couldn't get some of the more recent years correct, no problem with "ancient" history!

	serf_in_USA:	Mar 9th, 2013 at 19:09 GMT		1 point
	A very fun test.

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