Statistics for Unusual Deaths from History

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Question	Answer	% Correct
The first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, reportedly died after taking pills that were said to be an elixir of immortality. What were the pills made from?	Mercury	61%
Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev and Vladislav Volkov are the only humans to have died where?	In space	45%
Sir William Payne-Gallwey, an English politician, died after falling on what kind of root vegetable?	Turnip	39%
Aeschylus, the ancient Greek tragedian, died after an eagle (or some kind of bird of prey) dropped what on his head?	A tortoise	29%
The last caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, Al-Musta'sim, was intentionally trampled to death by horses after being wrapped in what?	A rug	23%
Philip, co-king of France (alongside his father), died are being flung from his horse after it tripped. What did the horse trip on?	A black pig	16%
Henry I of England supposedly died after eating too many of which species of fish?	Lamprey	16%
Alexander, King of Greece from 1917 to 1920, died of sepsis after being bitten. What kind of animal bit him?	Monkey	13%
The stuntman Bobby Leach died after slipping on what?	Orange peel	10%
Hans Staininger, burgomaster (chief magistrate) of Braunau, died after tripping on what?	His own beard	3%