Some sample questions from this category:
* This man's epitaph reads (in part): 'Blessed be the man that spares these stones And cursed be he who moves these bones.'
* 'Here lies an honest lawyer - That is Strange.'
* 'She did it the hard way.'
* This funny man suggested this epitaph for himself - but never actually used it: 'All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.'
* 'A gentle man and a gentleman.'
* 'I never met a man I didn't like.'
* This isn't an epitaph, but the pithy comment applies, anyway: 'Here lies my wife Let her lie Now she's at peace ... And so am I.'
* 'You who are a passerby As you are now, so once was I As I am now, you too shall be Prepare for Death and follow me.'
* "The South! The poor South! God knows what will become of her"?
* "This is it! I'm going. I'm going"?
* "I'm grateful for my family taking care of me and the rest of the world can kiss my ass."
* "I am not going. Do with me what you like. I am not going. Come on! Come on! Take action! Let's go"?
* "I've always loved my wife, my children, and my grandchildren, and I've always loved my country. I want to go. God, take me"?
* Whose last words, according to the legend, were 'Don't disturb my circles!'?
* What were the last words of Hamlet?
* On whose grave there's a following epitaph: 'Good frend for Jesus sake forbeare, To digg the dust encloased heare! Blest be the man that spares thes stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.'
* Whose last words were: 'I have a terrific headache'?
* On whose grave is the following epitaph: 'STA SOL NE MOEARE' (Stand, Sun, move not)
* Which is the epitaph of Edgar Allan Poe?
* 'I have lived as a philosopher and die as a Christian.' Whose last words were those?
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