saved by an inch
1. In 1912, a former US President was shot twice in the chest just before a speech and survived only because his speaking notes were in his chest pocket. He even kept on giving his speech. which president?
2. One of the most famous escapes in cinematic history, whose likeness was replaced by Raquel Welch’s poster from the film one million years BC?
3. While on tour in 1959, Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on the flight for another musician and went on the tour bus instead. To whom did he hand over his seat?
4. What other famous actor was supposed to go to Sharon Tate’s house the night she was killed by the Manson gang but got bail at the last minute for another engagement?
5. Who famously escaped from Agra in 1666 by bribing prison guards and dressing up as Niraji Raoji, although legend has it that he fled in large fruit and sweet baskets?
6. Which bestselling book and well-received film described the captivity of Henri Charriere and his subsequent escape from Devil’s Island, a penal colony in French Guiana?
7. Which famous actress had a cold and had a high temperature and missed a flight with her husband in 1958. The plane in his name crashed and everyone on board died?
8. Who escaped in the guise of a Pathan from 38/2 Elgin Road in the early hours of January 17, 1941?
9. The British Prime Minister became a celebrity after escaping from a prison camp in 1899 while reporting on the Boer War?
10. Imagination. In what task does the hero replace his friend, Abbe Faria, in the burial sack and survives when the sack is thrown into the sea?
Answer
1. Theodore Roosevelt.
2. Rita Hayworth, in The Shawshank Redemption.
3. JP Richardson, The Big Bopper. The plane crashes and kills Buddy Holly, Big Bopper and Richie Vallance – ‘The Day Music Died’.
4. Steve McQueen, he was also on the list of people targeted by Charles Manson.
5. Shivaji, Aurangzeb had placed him under house arrest.
6. papillonThe 1973 film starred Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.
7. Elizabeth Taylor. The plane was named ‘The Liz’ by her husband Mike Todd.
8. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, on his way to the Soviet Union.
9. Winston Churchill.
10. Edmund Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo.
Joy Bhattacharya is a Quiz Master; Twitter: @joybhattacharj