Graceland Quiz - See How Much You Know About Elvis' Beloved Home

Answer a series of forehead-slapping anecdotal factoids. It's up to you to weigh each fact in each anecdotal factoid. They're tricky. One might seem like total B.S. until it's revealed to be strangely and disturbingly "True." Another anecdotal factoid might seem to contain all solid and verifiable facts until it's revealed to be yet one more big fat garden variety "Bald-Faced Lie." And here's the trickiest part: an anecdotal factoid might even be "Half-True"; in other words, a mishmosh of truths and bald-faced lies, where you don't know where one ends and the other begins, much like the usual slop served by Madison Avenue, Washington D.C., and the Internet in its entirety.

Category: A Hunk A Hunka House Quiz

Decide for yourself, and mark "T" for "Truth", "F" for "Bald-Faced Lie" or "TF" for "Half-Truth" in the blank slot next to each factoid.

The answers will be revealed on the next page.

1) __ The multiple rooms at the posh "Graceland Suite" at Graceland's Heartbreak Hotel are scaled-down versions of rooms in Graceland including Elvis's "jungle room" den, TV room, living room, and billiards room.

2) __ 85% of Graceland is currently owned by "American Idol" co-creator and panelist Simon Cowell.

3) __ Jesse Garon Presley, Elvis's stillborn identical twin brother is buried in the crypt next to Elvis at Graceland's Memorial Garden.

4) __ From 1998 to 1999, Elvis's daughter Lisa Marie closed Graceland to tourists after deciding to move into the mansion full-time with then husband, actor Nicholas Cage. Other than Graceland's curator, Cage was the only non-family member allowed inside the mansion's upstairs bedrooms.

5) __ In 1976, a very drunk Jerry Lee Lewis was arrested outside Graceland. At the time, he was waving around and gun and demanding to see Elvis.

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Here are the answers for A Hunk A Hunka House Quiz

Answers:

A reminder: "T" is for "Truth", "F" is for "Bald-Faced Lie" or "TF" is for "Half-Truth".

1) T: It's true that the Heartbreak Hotel's "Graceland Suite" has scaled-down versions of rooms in Graceland including Elvis's "jungle room" den, TV room, living room, and billiards room.

2) F: It's false that 85% of Graceland is owned by "American Idol" co-creator and panelist Simon Cowell. Lisa Marie actually sold 85% of Elvis Presley Enterprises, a company that represents intellectual property pertaining to Elvis. The purchaser was media mogul Robert F.X. Sillerman, who also owns the show "American Idol." As for the Graceland mansion and surrounding property, Lisa Marie is still the sole owner.

3) F: It's false that Elvis's stillborn identical twin brother is buried in the crypt next to Elvis at Graceland's Memorial Garden. There is, however, a marker dedication to Jesse Garon in the Memorial Garden. In truth, his remains still lie in an unmarked grave at a cemetery in Tupelo, Mississippi.

4) TF: This anecdote is both true and false. It's false that Lisa Marie closed Graceland to tourists after deciding to move in with husband Nicholas Cage. It's true that, other than Graceland's curator, Elvis fan Cage was the only non-family member allowed inside the mansion's upstairs bedrooms.

5) T: It's true that Jerry Lee Lewis was arrested outside Graceland, waving around and gun and demanding to see Elvis. Earlier that evening, he had also been arrested for DUI in Memphis.

SOURCES:

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060225/NEWS/602250339/1178

http://www.elvis.com/epheartbreakhotel/

http://www.elvis.com/elvisology/faq/faq.asp?qid=11

http://www.elvis.com/elvisology/faq/faq.asp?qid=24