Multiple choice general knowledge history

What was the name of the cult that committed a mass suicide in 1997 believing that a spacecraft coming behind the Halley’s Comet would lead them to deliverance?

  1. The Order of the Solar Temple

  2. The Armageddon Followers

  3. The Newborns

  4. Heaven’s Gate

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Heaven's Gate was the cult that committed mass suicide in 1997, believing their souls would be transported to an alien spacecraft following the Hale-Bopp Comet (not Halley's Comet as the question incorrectly states). 39 members died in this event.