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Famous Epitaphs Trivia Quiz

It's never too late to be clever.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
44,828

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1894

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This man's epitaph reads (in part): 'Blessed be the man that spares these stones And cursed be he who moves these bones.' Hint

Dickens

Chaucer

Shakespeare

Milton

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'Here lies an honest lawyer - That is Strange.' Hint

Blackstone

Clarence Darrow

John Strange

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'Quoth the raven: nevermore.' Hint

T.S. Eliot

John Donne

Edgar Allan Poe

Robert Frost

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'She did it the hard way.' Hint

Bette Davis

Barbara Stanwyck

Marilyn Monroe

Joan Crawford

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Question 5 of 10

5. This funny man suggested this epitaph for himself - but never actually used it: 'All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.' Hint

Buster Keaton

Fatty Arbuckle

W.C. Fields

Groucho Marx

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'That's all folks!' Hint

Mel Blanc

Stan Laurel

Lou Costello

Charlie Chaplin

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'A gentle man and a gentleman.' Hint

Babe Ruth

Wilt Chamberlain

Vince Lombardi

Jack Dempsey

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'I never met a man I didn't like.' Hint

Mae West

Jean Harlow

John Wayne

Will Rogers

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Question 9 of 10

9. 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.' Hint

Ludwig Van Beethoven

August Strindberg

John Dryden

Ernest Hemingway

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Question 10 of 10

10. '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.' Hint

Charles Darwin

Sigmund Freud

Copernicus

Anonymous

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This man's epitaph reads (in part): 'Blessed be the man that spares these stones And cursed be he who moves these bones.'

Answer: Shakespeare

2. 'Here lies an honest lawyer - That is Strange.'

Answer: John Strange

John Strange was apparently an English attorney some centuries ago. I guess the pun was irresistible.

3. 'Quoth the raven: nevermore.'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

4. 'She did it the hard way.'

Answer: Bette Davis

She must have been a helluva woman.

5. This funny man suggested this epitaph for himself - but never actually used it: 'All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.'

Answer: W.C. Fields

6. 'That's all folks!'

Answer: Mel Blanc

He did countless voices ... including Bugs Bunny.

7. 'A gentle man and a gentleman.'

Answer: Jack Dempsey

Unusual for a boxer.

8. 'I never met a man I didn't like.'

Answer: Will Rogers

Famous comment of his.

9. 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.'

Answer: John Dryden

Nice turn of phrase.

10. '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.'

Answer: Anonymous

There are many variations for this piece of cleverness. Author unknown.

Source: Author robert362

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