1 Allegedly. In La Moneda
2 Bubblegum king
3 Bang-Bang Club Member
4 Live on TV
5 From the letter “H”
6 Analyze this!
7 Escaping the gallows by a matter of hours
8 After smashing in his lover’s head with a hammer
9 941 others followed him
10 At 4.48am?
11 After Auschwitz
12 Harakiri at Ichigaya
13 He watched his Rome burn
14 He just went outside and never came back
15 She left the gas on
16 25 years after leaving Hell
17 Death by typecasting or the curse?
18 After killing more than 250
19 Before being fired from a cannon
20 And how he suffered for his sanity
21 With her pockets full of stones
22 From Steve McQueen

8 After smashing in his lover’s head with a hammer
Halliwell re Orton. And a Mr Price who used to live up the road from me. Do I get 2 points?
15 She left the gas on
Syvia "happy bunny" Plath
18 After killing more than 250
Harold "world's worst serial killer-or is it best?"Shipman
20 And how he suffered for his sanity
The painter Vincent Van Go, he loved color and he let it show

8 After smashing in his lover’s head with a hammer
Halliwell re Orton. And a Mr Price who used to live up the road from me. Do I get 2 points?
Correct. Kenneth Halliwell and Joe Orton. I've actually been to the fabled Islington flat! I'm sorry to hear about your neighbours, but not sure I can give you a bonus point here. But see below.

15 She left the gas on
Syvia "happy bunny" Plath
Correct. Put her head in the oven. As did Halliwell's dad, but you wouldn't have got a bonus point for that either.

18 After killing more than 250
Harold "world's worst serial killer-or is it best?" Shipman
Correct. You have to admire his professionalism, and as a doctor, he probably helped the NHS meet a lot of their budget targets.

20 And how he suffered for his sanity
The painter Vincent Van Go, he loved color and he let it show
Correct. And it was worth it, just to have such a lovely song written about him by Don Mclean from Crackerjack...

Bonus point for anyone who can name the (80s Indie) song written about the death of Orton and Halliwell.

14 Captain Oates?

9 Jim Jones?

14 Captain Oates?
Correct. Antarctic explorer whose famous last words were meant to be; "I am just going outside and may be some time."
Although I've always thought the rest of them probably ate him.

13 Nero

5 Bobby Sands?

'God Snaps His Fingers' by erm...erm...

Correct.
Took 941 of his followers along with him to heaven, after a mass suicide at the modestly named Jonestown.

12. Mishima?

Correct. Roman emperor. As alluded to in No More Heroes. Took his own life after trying to flee Rome.

21. Virginia Woolf :wub:

Ah, this isn't who I meant. You'll get a bonus point for the H-Block prisoner and Republican hunger striker - well done, but this question is still open.

Dunno. Thinking about this, there may be at least two of these. There was quite a vogue for Joe O in the 80s.

4 isn't a reference to Richie whatsisname from the Manics..? :ohdear:

Correct. Yukio M. After a failed Japanese coup attempt in 1970.

Correct. Drowned herself in the River Ouse, Sussex after stocking up on ballast.

No. This is one more famous for the manner of the suicide than the victim.

:angry: :rant: :lol:
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They weren't all famous people, then. Some are merely famous suicides by people otherwise unknown?

They're all famous, but this one only really became famous because of how he killed himself.

He set fire to himself!!?!

No. Not any of them crazy peaceniks.
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The Auschwitz one...erm, Primo Levi killed himself, I think...not sure...
Be nice! :(

Is 4 Budd Dwight, as immortalised in Budd by Rapeman?

9 - Jim Jones?

11 - Primo Levi?

15 - Sylvia Plath

I just said Primo Levi! REF!!!!

Oops - I just saw that 2 of mine had already been answered. If only the quizmaster could be prevailed upon to update the main list as he goes along as per this text book example:

http://z1.invisionfree.com/forums/thefall/...showtopic=21186

these embarassing mishaps could be avoided!

Correct. Auschwitz survivor, later took his own life.

Is one of them Guy Debord???

These ones are left - sorry Capp, I was in the kitchen and did not know we'd reached a new page.
Still unanswered...

1 Allegedly. In La Moneda
2 Bubblegum king
3 Bang-Bang Club Member
4 Live on TV
5 From the letter “H”
6 Analyze this!
7 Escaping the gallows by a matter of hours
10 At 4.48am?
16 25 years after leaving Hell
17 Death by typecasting or the curse?
19 Before being fired from a cannon
22 From Steve McQueen

Capp almost got 4 right...

Guy de Boring. Non?

5, there was a film called 'H' where the guy takes an overdose at the end.
Good film.

Non.

Oh yeah - Budd Dwyer.

I bought a live Rapeman video from Camden Market in the 80s which had this footage added at the start as an unlisted bonus. The blood gushing from his neck is unreal.

No. These all really lived and died...

I just watched his suicide. Jesus fucking christ!!

[QUOTE=Cappuccino and a slice of quiche,Sep 27 2008, 07:27 AM]
Capp almost got 4 right... [/QUOTE]

Oh yeah - Budd Dwyer.

I bought a live Rapeman video from Camden Market in the 80s which had this footage added at the start as an unlisted bonus. The blood gushing from his neck is unreal. [/QUOTE]

Correct. Scandal immersed US politician who blew his brains out during a live press conference in 1987.
Rapeman put the footage right at the start of a video??!? How thoughtful of them! You can find the footage quite easily on the net, if anyone else has ever wondered what someone blowing their brains out actually looks like.
An American newsreader, Christine Chubbuck, did the same thing in the early 70s...

10, heiny Himmler?
took a cyanide capsule in the morning, then the american guards grabbed his tongue and all sorts of nasty things, to try and stop him from swallowing.

Next week's quiz is on public beheadings, with direct links, you'll love it.