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Quiz about Bizarre Bequests and Weird Wills

Bizarre Bequests and Weird Wills Quiz

Everybody dies, most people leave wills, but only a rare few leave such unfathomable and/or riotously funny post mortem requests. See if you can figure out the truth about these bizarre bequests and weird wills.

A multiple-choice quiz by skbirrell. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
skbirrell

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
316,040

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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494

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Leona Helmsley, the renowned hotelier who died of congestive heart failure at the age of 87, left 10 million dollars to two of her four grandchildren, nothing to the other two, and 12 million to which furry family member? Hint

Her Maltese dog, Trouble

Her horse, Georgette

Her French poodle, Vicki

Her cat, Monsieur

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Question 2 of 10

2. Actor Jack Benny left a sum of money to a florist with the request that the money be used for what? Hint

To heap Benny's grave with lilies every Sunday.

To send his wife a single long stemmed rose every day.

To create a flower arrangement named after him.

To line his crypt with dried gardenias.

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Question 3 of 10

3. Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw left a large part of his wealth to the creation of what? Hint

A new drama school in his hometown of Dublin.

A phonetic alphabet.

A Socialist Confederacy.

Nothing, Shaw died broke.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Poet Heinrich Heine left his estate to his wife on what condition? Hint

That she never leave the home they shared together.

That she travel the world.

That she remarry.

That she open a school for orphans.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who left specific instructions to his wife that she hold a seance every Halloween so he could contact her? Hint

King James V

Aaron Spelling

Harry Houdini

Gene Roddenberry

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Question 6 of 10

6. Frederic Baur, creator of Pringles, had his ashes interred in an empty Pringle container

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. Iowa attorney T.M. Zink left 35,000 dollars in a trust fund for 75 years with the stipulation the money go towards what? Hint

A "White's Only" Library

A "Homosexual" Library

A "Protestant" Library

A "Womanless" Library

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 2000, an 83-year old Danish woman left her entire fortune of sixty-seven thousand Euros to whom? Hint

A rat that lived in her basement.

A white rhino.

Six chimpanzees.

Her 160 cats.

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Question 9 of 10

9. English philosopher Jeremy Bentham had his body preserved and put on display at University College London.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Mark Gruenwald, executive editor of Marvel Comics requested that what be done with his ashes? Hint

Scattered on every continent.

Blended with the inks of a special edition release of 'Squadron Supreme.'

Taken to space on Apollo 13.

Gruenwald was not cremated.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Her Maltese dog, Trouble

Does this seem strange to you? It shouldn't. There's a reason Leona Helmsley has been dubbed "the Queen of Mean." Though Leona's will stated that the dog receive 12 million dollars a judge reduced the sum to two million after Trouble's caretaker testified that that would be more than enough money to support the dog's lavish lifestyle until the end of its life.

2. Actor Jack Benny left a sum of money to a florist with the request that the money be used for what?

Answer: To send his wife a single long stemmed rose every day.

Benny's wife of 47 years, Mary Livingstone, outlived him by nine years. That adds up to more than 3,000 roses!

3. Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw left a large part of his wealth to the creation of what?

Answer: A phonetic alphabet.

Shaw found the English alphabet to be difficult and cumbersome. His famous play, 'Androcles and the Lion' was eventually released in the 55-letter Shavian Alphabet.

4. Poet Heinrich Heine left his estate to his wife on what condition?

Answer: That she remarry.

Hein wrote many love poems to his wife, but left the request that she remarry so that 'there would be at least one man to regret [Hein's] death'.

5. Who left specific instructions to his wife that she hold a seance every Halloween so he could contact her?

Answer: Harry Houdini

Houdini had always been an outspoken detractor of mysticism, but that didn't mean he was adverse to the idea of a little proof! His wife stopped the tradition after 10 years without contact from her husband's spirit.

6. Frederic Baur, creator of Pringles, had his ashes interred in an empty Pringle container

Answer: True

Baur's children were initially wary, but following his death in 2008 they duly purchased a container of original Pringle's from a pharmacy and kept in line with their father's wishes.

7. Iowa attorney T.M. Zink left 35,000 dollars in a trust fund for 75 years with the stipulation the money go towards what?

Answer: A "Womanless" Library

Zink's daughter was left five million dollars in the same estate. However she successfully contested the will and the library was never built.

8. In 2000, an 83-year old Danish woman left her entire fortune of sixty-seven thousand Euros to whom?

Answer: Six chimpanzees.

Jimmy, Trunte, Fifi, Trine, Grinni, and Gigi, residents of the Copenhagen Zoo, received the woman's sixty-seven thousand Euro fortune. Danish law demanded that the will was read to the recipients in full. According to their lawyer, they accepted their good fortune with more grace than many humans manage.

9. English philosopher Jeremy Bentham had his body preserved and put on display at University College London.

Answer: True

Bentham is on display in a glass case. According to the University College in London, Bentham was considered "present but not voting," in elections at the ground breaking school's 100th and 150th anniversaries.

10. Mark Gruenwald, executive editor of Marvel Comics requested that what be done with his ashes?

Answer: Blended with the inks of a special edition release of 'Squadron Supreme.'

'Squadron Supreme' was a 12-issue mini series authored by Gruenwald. After his death 4,000 special issues were produced with his own very special ink.

Source: Author skbirrell

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