What Extreme Way Did You Die in a Past Life?

By: Ian Fortey
Estimated Completion Time
5 min
What Extreme Way Did You Die in a Past Life?
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About This Quiz

There's something really appealing about the idea of living through a series of past lives. That your soul, the very energy that makes you who and what you are, can never truly come to an end no matter what happens to you. When your body passes on from this world, your energy gets recycled, and you get to start all over again in a new time and a new place. Maybe you'll learn new lessons or maybe, maybe not. But each life necessarily comes with a brand new death as well. There's probably no chance it's ever an enviable and pleasurable experience for you, but most of us hope it will at least be peaceful. But that's not always in the cards now, is it?

If you're living past lives, you're dying past deaths, and at some point in time, one of those deaths is going to be more extreme than the others. That's just how odds work. We can't all just overdose on pizza and good times. So when it comes to how you went out way back when in a past life, let's take a look and see what over-the-top, extreme way took you out of play. Take the quiz and find out.

Let's focus on life for a moment. What makes you happiest in life right now?
Having fun
Traveling
Getting out in nature
Just spending time at home

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Do you feel like you're a risk taker?
Absolutely!
I'll take a calculated risk sometimes.
Maybe sometimes, but it's not how I'd define myself.
Not at all

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When the weekend comes around, and you have some spare time, what are you most likely to be doing with it?
Doing something fun and active
Taking a road trip
Going hiking
Watching Netflix

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The mind is an unpredictable thing. Do you ever have any issues with nightmares?
I guess every once in a while.
Not really
Rarely
Very much

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A lot of people claim to have been royalty or historical figures in past lives. What about you?
I don't think I was anyone too significant.
I feel like I was someone important.
I have no idea.
I think I was just an average person.

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If you could be reincarnated as an animal, what would you want to come back as?
A mountain lion
An eagle
A wolf
A shark

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If you stumbled upon a time-traveling DeLorean, what time would you travel to?
Heck, now's fine.
The '30s
10,000 years ago
The 1300s

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Do you remember anything from a past life you may have lived?
I'm not even sure I believe in past lives.
Not a thing
I get feelings sometimes.
I remember a lot.

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If more people are alive today than have ever lived on the planet at one time before, then not everyone could have had a past life, right?
If you say so
Makes sense.
Wait, what?
Couldn't they have just lived further back in the past or something? I'm confused.

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Everyone is afraid of something to a greater or lesser degree. What chills you to your core?
Losing my freedom
Failure
Spiders and stuff like that
Being alone

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Do you know how sometimes you're positive you've experienced a particular event before? How often do you get deja-vu?
I get a quick feeling sometimes but not too often.
Very rarely
Happens now and then
All the time

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Would you ever pay a psychic to read you?
I don't know if I'd pay for it, but it could be a fun experience.
Nope
Sure, why not?
I would and have!

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When's the last time you read your horoscope?
I can't recall ever reading my horoscope.
It's been a while.
Maybe a couple of weeks?
This morning!

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In this life, have you ever had what you'd consider a near-death experience?
More than my fair share
I was in an accident once.
Close calls but not a near-death one
Nothing I can think of.

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If you could go back in time and meet anyone from history, who would it be?
Columbus
Isaac Newton
Elvis
Jesus

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Do you feel like you've lived your life the best way you could?
I like to think so.
I'm pretty sure I'm a good person if nothing else.
That's not for me to decide.
I have a few regrets.

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Time to get grim and prophetic. How do you think you're going to die in this life?
Don't know, don't want to know.
I plan to live forever this time.
Probably something sudden and weird.
In my sleep when I'm old and grey.

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Do you have any plans for what should happen after you pass away?
I'd like to be cremated.
I want to be turned into a diamond or shot into space.
Scatter me over the ocean!
Just a regular funeral is fine.

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Do you like to be the center of attention or are you more reserved?
I'd rather be noticed than overlooked.
Front and center sounds good to me.
Depends on the situation.
I'm happy taking the back seat.

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If you have a big trip planned, what would be the most fun way to get where you're going?
Train
Flying
Road trip
Boat

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If you're in Las Vegas and you have $100 worth of chips to spend, what are you playing?
Roulette
Poker
Black Jack
Slot machines

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If you had a chance to build yourself a dream home, where would you most like it to be?
In the mountains
Right in the city
A cabin in the woods
In the countryside

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Have you ever had a run in with the cops?
I have issues with speeding.
Maybe once or twice
I've had parking tickets.
Never!

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If you had to pick one extreme activity to try out, which one would it be?
Mountain climbing
BASE jumping
White water rafting
Street luge

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Have you ever been so frightened by something you were actually frozen with fear?
Never
I tend to move faster when I'm scared, not the other way around.
I've been terrified but not frozen.
Yes!

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Do you feel more comfortable being with a group of people or being on your own?
Maybe not a group, but a friend or two is cool.
I love a crowd.
I like my alone time.
I'm comfortable with my family, but maybe not strangers.

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Do you ever get accused of acting without thinking?
Oh, yeah
Not usually
More often than I'd like
Nope

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How good are you at learning from your mistakes so that you don't repeat them?
Not the best
Pretty good
I think I manage alright.
Sometimes it takes me a while.

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Everyone has friends, but do you have anyone you'd consider an enemy?
I hope not.
Maybe
I think so.
Of course not

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Who had the best last words?
"Drink to me." - Pablo Picasso
"It is very beautiful over there." - Thomas Edison
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." - Major General John Sedgwick
"Tomorrow I shall no longer be here." - Nostradamus

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