Which unsolved case features a man found dead on a beach with a Rubaiyat verse, with his wife denying involvement?

• A. Somerton Man
• B. Zodiac Man
• C. Beachside Mystery
• D. The Rubaiyat Case

Answer: (A)

Recognize the famous unresolved case that pairs a man found dead on a beach with a Rubaiyat verse: the Somerton Man case from Australia, 1948. A body was found on Somerton Beach with no identifying papers, and a copy of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam was found in his pocket, along with a torn slip reading tamam shud, meaning "finished" or "ended." This cryptic clue sparked decades of investigation, including rumors about a wife who denied involvement, and the case remains unsolved. The other options don’t fit this distinctive combination: the Zodiac case centers on taunting letters from a killer in California, not a Rubaiyat clue; the Beachside Mystery and The Rubaiyat Case aren’t the well-known descriptors for this beach death linked to the Rubaiyat.