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In the Cheating Death quiz, you’ll try to match up the famous corpse with the object that might have prevented his or her death. And while I don’t like to get preachy, please do all that you can to ensure that no one who’s had too much to drink gets behind the wheel this New Year’s Eve. Cheating death is tough to do, so don’t put anyone (including yourself) in that situation.
2009 promises great things, so let’s enjoy it together. Happy New Year!
Take the quiz: Cheating Death
100 percent! I guess I have read too much about weird deaths.
posted by stacy on 12-31-2008 at 12:54 pm
I only got 70% :( deaths between 1776 & 1920 seemed to elude me…
posted by JKirchartz on 12-31-2008 at 2:04 pm
Sandy, don’t worry about sounding preachy. Its an important message that needs to be said somewhere other than PSAs, especially today. I’m glad that you care about your readers!
posted by rb on 12-31-2008 at 2:12 pm
Rather proud of myself a 100% but I feel I may have cheated death a time or two myself. A Happy and Safe New Years to one and all.
posted by Kev in Ga on 12-31-2008 at 3:39 pm
Something about Virginia Woolf stepping into the river with a stone in her pocket and a life vest on makes me giggle. Morbidly, I admit.
posted by Allison on 12-31-2008 at 6:19 pm
Steve Irwin answer is wrong. A ray could enter a shark proof cage. It would not have saved him.
posted by stephen on 12-31-2008 at 11:57 pm