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Round 3 -Death

Q1
How did Henry II, Count of Champagne die: A) Blew his nose on a handkerchief that he hadn't realised had rat poison on it B) Was eaten by a bear that he was keeping as a pet or C) Tripped over his dwarf jester and fell out of the window?
Q2
Which entertainer died in 1999 after falling off the roof while trying to fix his TV aerial to watch the football?
Q3
Which of these things caused the Greek philosopher Chrysippus to die: A) Laughing too hard at a donkey eating figs B) Stabbed himself after the shame of losing an arm wrestling match to a servant or C) Severe heat stroke after giving a lengthy public monologue?
Q4
Whose last words, quite famously, were allegedly: "either those curtains go or I do", though some historians claim it was the wallpaper rather than the curtains?
Q5
Which well-known American author famously said, in 1897, "The report of my death was an exaggeration"?
Q6
What is the alliterative alter ego of the comic book character Deadpool?
Q7
The 16th century Austrian mayor Hans Steininger died by breaking his neck after tripping over his own what?
Q8
In 1871, Clement Vallandigham, a famous American lawyer known for his dramatic courtroom demonstrations, was defending a client accused of murder. To illustrate his theory that the deceased had accidentally shot himself, Vallandigham brought a similar firearm into the courtroom and, while demonstrating what he thought happened, inadvertently discharged the weapon, killing himself. Was the defendent found Guilty or Not Guilty?
Q9
London in 1814, nine people died when the containers holding 230,000 imperial gallons of a certain product burst and flooded the immediate vicinity. What was that product?
Q10
Lawyer Garry Hoy from Toronto, Canada, died in 1993, while demonstrating to some visitors that which object in his office could not be broken?