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Xenophon PCDGS
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One I can recall being told to me by a teacher at my secondary school more than 60 years ago. Pope Adrian IV (the only Englishman to be made a pope) died after choking to death on an insect that was in some water in a jug that he was drinking.
martinsh
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Not in the top 3 but in the "long list" of 25. None of the other guesses so far are even that close
PS I was expecting people to guess three names each
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SuspectUsual
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To go with my previous wrong guess then…..
The Princes in the Tower
Somerton man
The Princes in the Tower
Somerton man
martinsh
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JFK is in the 25 but not top 3
martinsh
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Both in the top 25 but not top 3.
Clue : two of the 3 are 19th century, the other is a LOT further back in history
Xenophon PCDGS
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Frederick Barbarossa
Archduchess Mathilda of Austria
Jeremiah Haralson
Archduchess Mathilda of Austria
Jeremiah Haralson
martinsh
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Nope - none in the list.
martinsh
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martinsh
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In the 25 but not top 3.
DaleCooper
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Rasputin
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
martinsh
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Rasputin is correct (no 2 in list). Lincoln is not in the list at all.
Remaining person is American
Edgar Allan Poe?
DaleCooper
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Davy Crockett
martinsh
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Is correct ! Mr Poe was no 3 in the list
Since you have guessed 2 of the 3, I declare you the winner. Your turn to confuse medical science.
For anyone who wants the whole list it is here
25 of the Most Mysterious Deaths in History
We may never know what really happened.
www.mentalfloss.com
DaleCooper
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Ingersoll
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John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer?
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Timex
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Not only do I not know the answer I couldn't even find the answer with t'internet. If ignorance is bliss then on this question I have reached nirvana
Xenophon PCDGS
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Same applies here....glad to see that I am not the only one to set "University Challenge-type" problems to solve.Not only do I not know the answer I couldn't even find the answer with t'internet. If ignorance is bliss then on this question I have reached nirvana