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  What do the following people all have in common?

Jane Austen
Aubrey Beardsley
Emily Brontë
Anton Chekhov
Frédéric Chopin
Alfred Jarry
Franz Kafka
John Keats
D.H. Lawrence
George Orwell
Alexander Pope
Henry David Thoreau

VotesAnswer
15They all died of tuberculosis
7They are all novelists
2They are all poets
1They are all composers
1They are all satirists
1They are all philosophers
0They are all illustrators

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Galomorro Gold Star Survey CreatorGold Qualifier
posted 4-Apr-2008 10:18pm  

All are novelists.
southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 4-Apr-2008 10:56pm  

They all wrote stuff.
LindaH Survey Central Gold SubscriberGold Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 4-Apr-2008 11:04pm  

They are all mentioned in this survey.
kcthedog Survey Central Gold SubscriberBronze Star Survey Creator
posted 5-Apr-2008 12:49am  

Every one of thier names had a vowel in it!
icurok Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 5-Apr-2008 3:41am  

Well... Chopin wasn't a satirist, Chekhov wasn't an illustrator, Brontë wasn't a philosopher, Orwell wasn't a poet and Austen wasn't a novelist (meow).

So they all died of TB
Melf Survey Central SubscriberBronze Star Survey CreatorGold Qualifier
posted 5-Apr-2008 6:21am  

Satirists?
bill Survey Central Gold SubscriberTriple Gold Star Survey CreatorThis user is on the site NOW (7 minutes and 54 seconds ago)
posted 5-Apr-2008 6:24am  

I'm going with TB because the other answers don't fit.
cloudhugger Survey Central SubscriberGold Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 5-Apr-2008 8:41am  

I don't know
cloudhugger Survey Central SubscriberGold Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 5-Apr-2008 8:44am  

That is what I was thinking...TB must be it.
Crayons Double Gold Star Survey CreatorGold Qualifier
posted 5-Apr-2008 1:41pm  

I don't know the names of any of these individuals and I really don't feel like looking them all up.
Biggles
posted 5-Apr-2008 1:58pm  

Well, I know that they aren't all novelists, illustrators, composers, satirists, philosophers or poets by trade. So I'm going to assume that they all died of TB.
Biggles
posted 5-Apr-2008 2:10pm  

Hmm, maybe Wikipedia is letting me down, but it suggests that Austen died of Addisons or Hodgkin's lymphoma *wry smile*
they Survey Central SubscriberHappy Birthday to Me
posted 5-Apr-2008 8:03pm  

They must have all died of tuberculosis?
Zang Survey Central Subscriber
(reply to Biggles) posted 6-Apr-2008 9:05am  

> Hmm, maybe Wikipedia is letting me down, but it
> suggests that Austen died of Addisons or Hodgkin's
> lymphoma *wry smile*

That was my source. At the bottom of the page, there's a link to Deaths by tuberculosis.
LJD Bronze Star Survey CreatorGold Qualifier
posted 6-Apr-2008 9:28am  

I haven't a clue....
Biggles
(reply to Zang) posted 6-Apr-2008 1:03pm  

"Deaths by tuberculosis" doesn't seem to exist. There is a List of TB victims but Jane Austen isn't on it.
thecomic22
posted 6-Apr-2008 2:19pm  

They were all well known for something?
JessicaWoman99 Silver Star Survey Creator
posted 6-Apr-2008 8:25pm  

I have no clue they are poets
Irene007 Survey Central Gold SubscriberBronze Star Survey Creator
posted 7-Apr-2008 3:53pm  

They all died of tuberculosis?
Iseult Silver Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 7-Apr-2008 5:22pm  

They all died of TB.
RGirl
posted 7-Apr-2008 7:56pm  

By elimination I guess they all died of TB.
Enigma
posted 9-Apr-2008 12:59am  

They are all dead aren't they?
kirst
posted 10-Apr-2008 5:58pm  

Guessing TB as the rest of the options seem unlikely.
Zang Survey Central Subscriber
(reply to Biggles) posted 10-Apr-2008 11:22pm  

It was there when I posted that link. Ah...wikipedia...such a vibrant source of information! *grin*
they Survey Central SubscriberHappy Birthday to Me
(reply to Zang, Biggles) posted 12-Apr-2008 2:18am  

Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 19-Apr-2008 12:47pm  

I will guess that they all died of tuberculosis, as none of the other descriptions applies to all of them.
Biggles
(reply to Zang) posted 19-Apr-2008 5:51pm  

I like Wikipedia - very helpful for minor bits of research *smile*
Biggles
(reply to they) posted 19-Apr-2008 5:52pm  

Ah, I wonder why I couldn't find that before...*wry smile*
they Survey Central SubscriberHappy Birthday to Me
(reply to Biggles) posted 20-Apr-2008 12:33pm  

I dunno... I think the link changed or something.

I remember that I knew why it changed at the time I sent you that. I don't remember now.
Zang Survey Central Subscriber
(reply to they) posted 27-Apr-2008 10:46pm  

Yeah, I noticed it came back later...



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