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Answers
These are the answers to the epitaph riddle game from my post on September 2nd. Maybe it was too long or too tedious for many people to play, as Nicole is the only one to attempt an answer.
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Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth. — (Benito Mussolini)
That’s all folks! — (Mel Blanc)
Here lies one whose name was writ in water. — (Keats)
A tomb now suffices for him whom the world was not enough — (Alexander the Great)
Called Back — (Emily Dickinson)
I had A Lover’s Quarrel With The World — (Robert Frost)
The Stone the Builders Rejected — (Jack London)
61/61 Against all Odds — (Roger Maris)
NORTON I EMPEROR Of the United States and Protector of Mexico — (Joshua A. Norton)
Where fierce indignation can no longer tear his heart — (Jonathan Swift)
Reader, I am to let thee know,
Donne’s body only lies below;
For could the grave his soul comprise,
Earth would be richer than the skies. — (John Donne)
And alien tears will fill for him
Pity’s long broken urn,
For his mourners will be outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn. — (Oscar Wilde)
“… On the whole I would rather be living in Philadelphia.” — (W.C. Fields)
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea… — (Dylan Thomas)
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Winners:
Nicole, 3pts.
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Overall riddle game totals:
Nicole, 3pts.
Jo, 1pt.
Alan, 1pt.
“jl”, 1pt.
