They Didn't Rest in Peace

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1. In 525 BC the Persians, under the leadership of Cambyses II, conquered Egypt. Not content with defeating and imprisoning Pharaoh Psamtik III, Cambyses ordered the previous pharaoh's mummy dragged from its tomb and burned in his presence. What was name of the Egyptian ruler who suffered this misfortune? Ramesses II Amasis II Tutankhamun Senusret III

2. Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 BC, but he wasn't buried there. After a bit of travelling, his corpse ended up in Alexandria, Egypt. Which Roman emperor is charged with robbing his tomb and stealing his armor? Augustus Caligula Nero Caracalla

3. It wasn't only kings and pharaohs who had to worry about being mistreated after death. Which pope was disinterred, put on trial, found guilty, and finally had his corpse mutilated and thrown into the Tiber River? Formosus Steven VI Alexander VI Sergius III

4. The great German poet Friedrich Schiller's remains were exhumed and buried next to his friend Johann Wolfgang von Goethe following his death. True False

5. Which Victorian poet had his wife exhumed so he could retrieve a manuscript of love poems he had placed in her coffin? Robert Browning Dante Gabriel Rossetti Matthew Arnold William Wordsworth

6. John Paul Jones, the great naval hero of the American Revolution, died penniless in Paris on July 18, 1792. In 1905, it was decided to return his remains to the United States. Unfortunately, Jones was buried in an unmarked grave. How were his remains identified? Dental records An inscription on his coffin His face was still identifiable He was wrapped in an American flag

7. When this American president died suddenly after a short time in office, there were rumors that he had been poisoned with arsenic by his political enemies. In 1991, his remains were exhumed and tests were done to prove or disprove this. Who was this man? Millard Fillmore Zachary Taylor William Henry Harrison Calvin Coolidge

8. Another President had the misfortune of discovering that his father's body had been stolen by grave robbers and sold to a medical school for dissection. Which President was it? James Knox Polk Rutherford B. Hayes Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Harrison

9. We have all heard of "the day the music died." On February 3, 1959, a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa claimed the lives of some of the country's most popular young musicians. Which victim was exhumed and autopsied 48 years later? Roger Peterson, the pilot Buddy Holly J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson Richie Valens

10. In 1978 what famous movie star's body was stolen and held for ransom by two auto mechanics? Clark Gable Errol Flynn Charlie Chaplin Marilyn Monroe