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1. We're in Alexandria, Egypt, in search of an elusive burial site of a great leader and warrior. Which of the following individuals had a tombstone that said:
'A tomb now suffices for him
For whom the world was not enough'?
2. We arrive at Los Angeles International Airport, and from there we drive across the desert for several hours until we reach Fort Sumner, where we are looking for a legendary bad boy. Which Old West figure has an epitaph that reads:
'Truth and History. 21 Men. The Boy Bandit King - He died as he lived.'?
3. We take the train to Illinois to visit the gravesite of one of the most infamous men of the 20th century. Which notorious gangster's epitaph says:
'My Jesus Mercy'?
4. It's an hour's drive from Midlothian, Illinois to the O'Hare airport. We are taking the next flight to Poland so that we can visit the man who is entombed in St. John's Cathedral in the town of Frombork. Can you name the scientist whose grave inscription says:
'Stand, Sun, move not'?
5. We take the red eye from Warsaw to San Francisco, and then make the drive south to Colma, California to visit the burial site of an Old West hero and his wife. Which famous lawman's epitaph reads:
'...that nothing's so sacred as honor
and nothing's so loyal as love.'?
6. We decide to go on horseback (well, I'm going on horseback...you can have the stinky old burro) for a LONG ride out to South Dakota so that we can experience what the life of a famous outlaw might be like. Who is buried below the tombstone that reads:
'Pard, we will meet again in the
Happy Hunting Ground
To part no more,
Goodbye.'?
7. We travel from South Dakota to Maryland by helicopter to "meet" a legendary author. Whose epitaph reads:
'Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."'?
8. We rent a snazzy sportscar for the drive north from Baltimore to Old Bennington Cemetery in Vermont to see the burial site of a world famous New Englander and his wife. Which writer's epitaph reads:
'I had A Lover's Quarrel With The World'?
9. From Boston we hop on a ship for a transatlantic voyage to Great Britain. Once there, we head on over to Oxford to visit the gravesite of a world famous academian and author. Whose epitaph reads:
'Man must endure his going hence.'?
10. 'Here lies the worst king and the most miserable man in the kingdom.' Whose epitaph might this be?
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