Remains to Be Seen
The frozen body of an unknown climber known as Green Boots is a landmark on this, the world’s tallest mountain.
What is Mt Everest?
Facing execution by this device, George Appel said to observers “Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel.”
What is an electric chair?
Jerome Moody died this way at a party thrown to celebrate the lifeguards of New Orleans.
What is drowning?
Bela Lugosi was buried wearing a black cape he first wore in this 1931 movie role.
Who is Dracula?
After dying during the birth of her fourteenth child, her husband (the Mughal emperor) commissioned this 42-acre complex to serve as her mausoleum.
What is the Taj Mahal?
Visitors of Florence’s Institute and Museum of the History of Science can see this heretical astronomer’s middle finger.
Who is Galileo?
When asked by her sister if she wanted anything, this English novelist replied, “I want nothing but death.”
Who is Jane Austen?
Robert Williams was the first person ever to be terminated by one of these at a Ford plant in Michigan.
What is a robot?
To protect him in the afterlife, the First Emperor of this country was buried with a life-size Terracotta Army of 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots, and 270 horses.
What is China?
The King of Rock n Roll is buried here – the second most visited house in America.
What is Graceland?
A stuffed St Bernard credited with saving over forty lives is honored in the Natural History Museum in this country’s capital.
What is Switzerland?
Facing a firing squad in this state, James W Rodgers last request was, “Bring me a bullet-proof vest.”
What is Utah?
The Great Molasses Flood in this New England city killed 21 people.
What is Boston?
A Bible, a red guitar, and some marijuana were reportedly buried with this reggae legend.
Who is Bob Marley?
Among the elites interred here are Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton, Aphra Behn, and Mary, Queen of Scots.
What is Westminster Abbey?
This publicly displayed Soviet leader’s body is re-embalmed every two years and maintained around the clock by a team of scientists.
Who is Lenin?
This German philosopher last words were, “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough!”
Who is Karl Marx?
David Grundman was crushed by one of these desert giants after shooting it with a shotgun.
What is a cactus?
Doritos were sprinkled in Arch West’s grave to commemorate the role he played in developing the snack as Vice President of Marketing for this company.
What is Frito-Lay?
Voodoo Queen Mary Laveau’s Tomb seen here is an example of the above ground-tombs found in this below sea level city.
What is New Orleans?
Bushman, the World’s Most Famous Gorilla, has been on display at this city’s Field Museum since 1951.
What is Chicago?
When asked by his wife where he wanted to be buried this actor/golfer/comedian replied, “Surprise me!”
Who is Bob Hope?
This Russian mystic is rumored to have survived consuming food and wine laced with cyanide, multiple gunshot wounds and beatings, before being bound and tossed into a freezing river.
Who is Rasputin?
His tombstone reads, “The Best is Yet to Come.” Beneath it is his body, a bottle of Jack Daniels, a pack of Camels, a lighter, and 10 dimes.
Who is Frank Sinatra?
When this Georgia city’s airport expanded during WWII, the Dotson family refused to move their family cemetery which is now incorporated into the runway.
What is Savannah?