# Who is buried in Grant's tomb? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 28, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128 "2010-11-28T01:30:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128/81 "2010-12-02T08:40:38Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > None, it’s a hole, though I think the question makes more sense if you specify three dimensions. Could it also depend on what the hole was in? If I take, say, a runway that is 18 inches thick, and carve a 12 inch cubed hole in it, then no matter how much dirt I put in it, you still quite identifiably have a 12 inch cubed hole in the runway, just one that is full of dirt. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128/82 "2010-12-02T10:23:28Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > Shouldn’t the answer, currently, be The black man? 😃 Nice one. > [@Jragon](#): > > None, it’s a hole, though I think the question makes more sense if you specify three dimensions. I took it to mean a diameter of 4 feet. > [@Raguleader](#): > > Could it also depend on what the hole was in? > > If I take, say, a runway that is 18 inches thick, and carve a 12 inch cubed hole in it, then no matter how much dirt I put in it, you still quite identifiably have a 12 inch cubed hole in the runway, just one that is full of dirt. I think a hole is by definition empty. So if you take a chunk out of asphalt and fill it with dirt, I wouldn’t call it a hole. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128/83 "2010-12-02T14:12:12Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > The First Lord of the Treasury is the Cabinet position the resident of 10 Downing St has, right? I have a recollection that I’ve been told that the Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on Breed’s Hill. You are correct on both counts. > [@](#): > > However, none of those are riddles in which the answers are easy but require sideways thinking to realize. They require knowledge about world traditions, history, and literature that are not contained in the question and not easily inferred. Which is what I want for my list – trivia that “everybody knows” but is factually incorrect. ETA: Another geography riddle. I walk 100 feet south, 100 feet east, and 100 feet north. I wind up back where I started. I am NOT in the Arctic. Where am I? ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128/84 "2010-12-02T14:20:56Z")
You are slightly over 100 feet North of the South Pole. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128/85 "2010-12-02T15:10:09Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > You are slightly over 100 feet North of the South Pole. Among other possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128/86 "2010-12-02T18:07:42Z")
Actually, an infinite number of possibilities\*, starting infinitesimally more than 100’ North of the pole (and you end up making a _huge_ number of circles around the pole while stepping out those 100’ East,) and ending roughly 130’ North of it. Which is why I didn’t give an exact number 🙂 - Well, mathematically speaking, assuming there are no restrictions on the radius of your circle aroun the pole, on your step size, etc… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128/87 "2010-12-02T20:09:44Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > ETA: Another geography riddle. > > I walk 100 feet south, 100 feet east, and 100 feet north. I wind up back where I started. I am NOT in the Arctic. Where am I? Post #76. ETA: I mean, read post #76; not that that’s where you’d be at the end of the riddle. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128/88 "2010-12-02T22:37:54Z")
Slim Pickens rides into town on a Sunday. Three days later he leaves on Monday. How is this possible? Monday is the name of his horse. Farmer Joe and Farmer Fred each have some sheep. Farmer Fred has more sheep than Farmer Joe. Farmer Fred says : "Joe, if you give me one of your sheep, I will have twice as many sheep as you. " “No, Fred, give me one of your sheep and we will have the same number.” How many sheep does each farmer have? Fred has 7 Joe has 5. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128/89 "2010-12-02T23:15:36Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > Actually, an infinite number of possibilities\*, starting infinitesimally more than 100’ North of the pole (and you end up making a _huge_ number of circles around the pole while stepping out those 100’ East,) and ending roughly 130’ North of it. Why 130’ north of it? If my thinking is correct, the possibilities end roughly 116’ north of the south pole [specifically, 100’ north of the southern circle of latitude with circumference 100’, which is roughly [by ignoring the negligible curvature of the Earth at this distance] 100’/(2π) ~= 16’ north of the south pole]. ---
**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128/90 "2010-12-03T03:55:59Z")
Here’s one too tough for a ten year old but interesting. William is two hours older than Joseph, but William’s 40th birthday was twelve days before Joseph’s 40th birthday. How did this happen? ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128/91 "2010-12-03T04:07:15Z")
> [@Lubricious\_Integument](#): > > Here’s one too tough for a ten year old but interesting. > > William is two hours older than Joseph, but William’s 40th birthday was twelve days before Joseph’s 40th birthday. How did this happen? Some Julian to Gregorian calendar shift business, I presume. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128/92 "2010-12-03T04:41:16Z")
Here’s one a 10 year old might get. What do you call a female pig? A sow. What do you call a male deer? A buck. What do you have if you have 50 female pigs and 50 male deer? One hundred sows and bucks. (100 thousand bucks) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128.md?page=4)