Burying the Infamous Famous Trivia Quiz

Answer: Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the last of the remaining ancient wonders of the world. For almost 4,000 years it was the tallest and largest structure in the world. It is also called the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops, named for the pharaoh buried within its walls. Built around 2560BC it remains one of the most breathtaking architectural edifices on the planet.

Answer: Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal and its marble-domed roof-top is one of the most recognizable buildings in the world. It is also one of the most beautiful, remarkable, and romantic buildings in Asia. Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan lost his third, and most favorite, wife in 1631 during the birth of their 14th child. Grief stricken, he immediately began building the Taj Mahal. It took over 20 years to complete the mausoleum which now houses the body of his Persian princess, Mumtaz Mahal, and his own body that was interred there in 1658.

Answer: Atlantic Ocean

Neil Armstrong was born in Ohio in 1930. He is best remembered as the first man to walk upon the surface of the moon. On July 20th 1969, the Apollo 11 mission touched down on the moon surface. Neil Armstrong and his comrade Buzz Aldrin took the first steps on the moon surface and planted an American flag. Armstrong passed away in August of 2012 following complications with heart surgery.

As per his request, he was afforded a military honors at-sea burial aboard the USS Philippine Sea. His ashes were scattered across the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer: St. Georges Chapel, Windsor

Windsor Castle remains one of the favorite residences of Queen Elizabeth II. St. Georges Chapel is the religious center of the castle complex. As a choir boy I once had the honor of singing evensong in the chapel which houses the Royal Order of the Garter.

The chapel is also the final resting place of many members of the royal family. Notably King Henry VIII and one of his wives Jane Seymour is buried there. Also interred in the chapel are the remains of Henry VI, Edward IV, Charles I and George VI.

Answer: Chapelle Saint Hubert--Amboise, France

Chateau d'Amboise in France has a rich history as a favored residence of many Queens and Kings of France from Louis XI to Francis I. It was King Francis I in 1516 that invited Leonardo da Vinci to come live in Amboise. The artist lived and worked at the Clos Palace until his death in 1519. According to his will he was buried in the cloisters of the Saint Florentin church. Years later the church was looted and thrown into ruins.

Many hundreds of years later, the grounds were excavated and an anonymous skeleton was discovered. Nearby there was an inscription with the letters LEONADO.

It was determined that these must be the bones of Leonardo da Vinci and thus he was reburied in the Chapel of Saint Hubert. Today a plaque and gravestone commemorates the great artist.

Answer: Red Square, Moscow

Having visited the Lenin mausoleum and seen personally the embalmed body of the once great Russian premiere -- I can say it is spooky. Vladimir Lenin was a successful politician and statesman who governed the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 until his death in 1923. During his tenure the Russian Empire was replaced by a stronger Soviet Union. Lenin saw Russia successfully navigate World War I, revolution and civil war.

Answer: The Pantheon--Paris, France

Born in Warsaw, Poland, in November of 1867, Marie Curie, would become known as one of the greatest scientists the world has ever seen. Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and continues to be the only woman to have ever won two Nobel prizes.

Moreover, she is the only scientist to win a Nobel prize in two different categories -- physics and chemistry. Her work was largely focused on research into radioactivity. Ultimately this work would lead to her demise when she died of aplastic anemia.

A final honor came in 2005 when she became the first and only woman to be entombed in the famed Pantheon in Paris, France. King Louis XV commissioned the Pantheon as a church in the neoclassical style dedicated to St. Genevieve. It was completed in 1790 and is located in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Notable persons buried within the Pantheon walls include people such as Voltaire, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Emile Zola, Louis Braille, and Soufflot the Pantheon's architect.

Answer: Oak Ridge Cemetery--Springfield, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln served his country as President from 1861 until 1865. This was a significant period in America's history due to the Civil War between the Confederacy and Union forces. In April of 1865, Lincoln was murdered by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play in Washington DC.

His body was transferred by train across country where he was laid to rest in the Oak Ridge Cemetery in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. His wife and two of his children are also laid to rest in the same place.

Many prominent Illinois politicians are also buried at Oak Ridge. It is the second most visited cemetery in the United States, second only to Arlington Cemetery, where incidentally Lincoln's son, Robert Todd, is buried.

Answer: Xi'an

Emperor Zheng was King of the Qin from 247 BC until he became Emperor of China in 220 BC. He is best remembered for uniting much of China and building elaborate road systems along with the early work on the Great Wall of China. He is also known for his obsessive quest for immortality. Near Xi'an he had his own mausoleum built years before his death complete with a massive terracotta army that would accompany him into the afterlife.

In 1974, farmers digging for a well uncovered the terracotta army -- numbering over 10,000 pieces of art.

The burial mound of Emperor Qin has yet to be excavated due to large traces of mercury streams located within the burial ground complex.

Answer: Hanging precariously against sheer mountain faces

The practice of hanging coffins from mountainsides or deposited in caves high above the ground is a practice rooted in a variety of different Asian cultures. People and tribes found in China, Indonesia, and the Philippines have been conducting this ritual for hundreds of years.

Some of the oldest hanging coffins are found in the Wuyi Mountains and date back almost 3,000 years. As one Chinese researcher stated: it makes more sense to bury a person close to God 5000 feet off the ground rather than further away ten feet beneath one's feet.