Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31372003-20170501165406/@comment-31372003-20170505005041

Old trick question. It's a tomb. No one is burried there. Marx is the one that made the question popular in the 1940's, but its origins are older than that.

"On his radio and television show  You Bet Your Life, comedian  Groucho Marx often asked contestants, "Who was buried in Grant's Tomb?" The riddle is based on the use of the word "buried." The correct answer is "no one," since Grant and his wife are entombed in sarcophagi above ground in an atrium rather than being buried in the ground. However, Marx often accepted the answer "Grant," nonetheless, and awarded a consolation prize to those who gave it. He used the question, among several other comically simple ones, to ensure that everyone won a prize on the show." From wikipedia: Grant's Tomb