The Weird Author Deaths quiz

How did the French playwright Moliere die on February 17, 1673

Three-time Nobel Prize nominee Yukio Mishima died how?

Tennessee Williams, famous for penning A Streetcar Named Desire, met his end by:

Ancient Chinese poet Li Po died while doing what?

Sir (Saint) Thomas More, Chancellor of England and author of Utopia did what as his last act?

Greek playwright Aeschylus died at the mercy of what kind of bird?

Sir Francis Bacon died as a result of what kind of food reaction?

Mark Twain believed he had ESP. He believed (and was proven correct) that what act had happened on the day of his birth and would repeat on the day of his death?

Playwright and Shakespearean contemporary Christopher Marlowe was killed in a brawl over a bar tab. Where was he stabbed?

Percy Bysshe Shelley died an unfortunate death at sea. After his body washed ashore, he was cremated. According to legend, what part of his body refused to burn?

Historians theorize that which of the following caused might have caused Jane Austen's early death?

With what was Roald Dahl buried?

Daniel Dafoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, died while doing what?

In a truly romantic gesture, whose last words were "You are wonderful" to his wife?

Who, while dying but still very much alive, read of his own death in a magazine and replied, "I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers."