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Can you match the dead person with the object that would have been most likely to prevent that person’s death? Find out.

Feel free to post your scores in the comments, along with which one(s) might’ve stumped you.
80%. I switched Jack Daniels and Aeschylus. :(
posted by Shane on 3-20-2007 at 8:36 am
80%. I messed up Al Capone and Virginia Woolf. I’ll admit, though, I was only certain on three.
posted by Andrew on 3-20-2007 at 8:56 am
100%!!!!!!
Man, do I know my deaths!
Kinda creepy, now that I think about it…..
Oh well, it’s good to get an A+ on anything!
posted by Lance on 3-20-2007 at 9:45 am
Yeah, I only really knew about 3 for certain, but still I got 70%!
People I got wrong were Aeschylus (1), Jack Daniel (6), and Thomas Jefferson (9).
posted by Ryan on 3-20-2007 at 4:03 pm