Q 01/05

Which Beatle did a rumour sweeping US campuses in 1969 claim had died and been replaced by a double?

A) John Lennon

B) Paul McCartney

C) George Harrison

D) Ringo Starr

Answer · why

B) Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney was said to have died in a 1966 car crash, with clues supposedly hidden in album covers and lyrics. The rumour faded after Life magazin...

Q 02/05

Which 'Golden Girls' star outlived her three co-stars and died on New Year's Eve 2021, aged 99?

A) Bea Arthur

B) Rue McClanahan

C) Betty White

D) Estelle Getty

Answer · why

C) Betty White

Betty White died on December 31, 2021, less than three weeks before her 100th birthday. A film to mark the milestone in cinemas had already been annou...

Q 03/05

Which 'Charlie's Angels' star died in June 2009, just hours before Michael Jackson on the same day?

A) Farrah Fawcett

B) Kate Jackson

C) Jaclyn Smith

D) Drew Barrymore

Answer · why

A) Farrah Fawcett

Farrah Fawcett died at 62 in Santa Monica on June 25, 2009. News of her death was largely overshadowed by coverage of the pop star's, which came a few...

Q 04/05

Which famous American, long rumoured to have been cryonically frozen, was actually cremated in 1966?

A) Howard Hughes

B) Ted Williams

C) Hugh Hefner

D) Walt Disney

Answer · why

D) Walt Disney

Walt Disney was cremated two days after dying of lung cancer, and his ashes were interred at Forest Lawn in Glendale. His daughter Diane said there wa...

Q 05/05

Which singer's death in August 1977 led to decades of reported 'sightings' of him alive and well?

A) Bing Crosby

B) Roy Orbison

C) Elvis Presley

D) Jerry Lee Lewis

Answer · why

C) Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, and 'Elvis sightings' became both a running joke and a sincere belief for some fans. Bing Crosby, another giant...