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Famous Burial Locations Trivia Quiz

Here are ten people who shook the world in life, but where are they in death?

A multiple-choice quiz by mikew41. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
mikew41

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
302,755

Updated
Jul 23 22

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Karl Marx was a German economic theorist who died in 1883, whose political ideas would change the world in the 20th century, long after his death. Where is he buried? Hint

Trier, Germany

Unmarked grave, Ukraine

Kremlin, Moscow

Highgate, London

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Question 2 of 10

2. Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor became King Edward VIII of Great Britain on the death of his father George V. He was never crowned king and abdicated due to his love for an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson. He was made Governor of the Bahamas but due to his proclaimed admiration of the Nazi government in Germany, was ostracized from the royal family and spent the years up to his death in Paris. Where is he buried? Hint

Sacre Coeur, Paris

Durban, South Africa

Nassau, Bahamas

Frogmore, England

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which US president is buried at the Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee? Hint

William McKinley

Andrew Jackson

John Quincy Adams

Millard Fillmore

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which extremely rich victim of the Titanic disaster is buried in Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan? Hint

John Jacob Astor IV

Benjamin Guggenheim

Isidor Strauss

Archibald Butt

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Question 5 of 10

5. Charlie Chaplin was born in England in 1889 but became the biggest star of silent films and was known at one time as the funniest man in the world. He died in 1977 and is buried where? Hint

Paris, France

Lambeth, England

Vevey, Switzerland

Palm Springs, USA

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Question 6 of 10

6. Simon Bolivar was a South American revolutionary who was instrumental in gaining freedom for Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia from Spain. Which country is he buried in? Hint

Columbia

Venezuela

Ecuador

Bolivia

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Question 7 of 10

7. Sir Francis Drake is one of the best known seafarers of the Elizabethan age. He sailed round the world, defeated the Spanish Armada and crossed the Atlantic and captured many Spanish ships laden with gold and silver. Where is his grave? Hint

St Paul's Cathedral, London

Off the coast of Panama

Westwood Ho, Plymouth

Jamestown, Virginia

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Question 8 of 10

8. Captain Manfred von Richthofen was known as the Red Baron and claimed 80 enemy planes before his death on April 21 1918. Where is his grave today? Hint

Wiesbaden, Germany

Bertangles, France

Berlin, Germany

Breslau, Poland

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Question 9 of 10

9. Thomas Alva Edison was one of the world's greatest inventors. He registered over 1,000 patents including the phonograph and electric light bulb. Life today would not be the same if he had never existed. In which US state is he buried? Hint

Ohio

New Jersey

Connecticut

California

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Question 10 of 10

10. Paul Tibbets was the pilot of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. He died in 2007, and his ashes were scattered where? Hint

The Pacific Ocean

Quincy, Illinois

Over Hiroshima

The English Channel

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Karl Marx was a German economic theorist who died in 1883, whose political ideas would change the world in the 20th century, long after his death. Where is he buried?

Answer: Highgate, London

Due to his support of revolutionaries and socialist pamphlets, Marx had to leave Germany, Belgium and then France. He settled in London where the authorities were more tolerant. He continued to write and study in London until his death in March 1883.

Answer: Frogmore, England

The mainstream royal family never spoke to Edward again and the Queen Mother was said to have blamed Edward for the death of her husband George VI due to the stresses of kingship. They did allow him to be buried in the royal plot at Frogmore, Windsor in 1972.

3. Which US president is buried at the Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee?

Answer: Andrew Jackson

President Jackson is buried on the estate he owned in Tennessee. The property was opened as a museum in 1899, and over a quarter of a million people visit each year.

4. Which extremely rich victim of the Titanic disaster is buried in Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan?

Answer: John Jacob Astor IV

A brave gentleman to the end, he was last seen in a deckchair smoking a cigar after going to his cabin to change. He could so easily have bought his own life as he was worth in excess of $37 billion (in terms of the purchasing power of the early 2000s).

5. Charlie Chaplin was born in England in 1889 but became the biggest star of silent films and was known at one time as the funniest man in the world. He died in 1977 and is buried where?

Answer: Vevey, Switzerland

Mr Chaplin died on Christmas Day 1977 but the following March his body was stolen and held for ransom. The grave robbers were caught and his body recovered weeks later. It was then re-interred under a two metre thick concrete block.

6. Simon Bolivar was a South American revolutionary who was instrumental in gaining freedom for Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia from Spain. Which country is he buried in?

Answer: Venezuela

He was known as "The Liberator" and was President of Peru, Colombia, and Bolivia at the same time. After leading the independence struggle for so long, he declared himself Dictator of most of South America but could not maintain power. Resigning in 1830 he planned to go into exile in Europe but died of TB before making the journey. What a guy!

Answer: Off the coast of Panama

Drake was chasing some more Spanish treasure ships when he died of dysentery at Puerto Bello, Panama, in 1596 age 56. His crew made a lead coffin and buried him at sea nearby.

8. Captain Manfred von Richthofen was known as the Red Baron and claimed 80 enemy planes before his death on April 21 1918. Where is his grave today?

Answer: Wiesbaden, Germany

Richthofen was shot while crossing enemy territory and managed a hasty landing in a field near Vaux-sur-Somme before dying in the cockpit of his plane. He was buried at nearby Bertangles but exhumed after the war and re-interred in the German Military Cemetery at Fricourt some miles away.

In 1925 his remains were moved to Berlin at his brother's expense and then again in 1975 to the family burial plot at Wiesbaden.

Answer: New Jersey

Though born in Ohio, Edison travelled to New York and then settled in New Jersey where he died at Glenmont on October 18, 1931. On the evening of his burial, people, corporations and whole communities dimmed their lights as a mark of respect.

10. Paul Tibbets was the pilot of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. He died in 2007, and his ashes were scattered where?

Answer: The English Channel

The Enola Gay was named after his mother, Enola Gay Tibbets. On his death, Paul Tibbetts requested to be cremated and scattered over the English Channel. There was to be no headstone or memorial in case anti-nuclear demonstrators hijacked the site.

Source: Author mikew41

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