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One Dying and a Burying

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One Dying and a Burying game quiz
"For many years now, certain important and renowned people have been honoured after death via a State Funeral. Let's have a quick look at some of these ceremonies, from around the world."

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1. Which word, sometimes used for the bier upon which a coffin (or body) lies in state, derives from the Italian for "scaffolding"?
    Palanquin
    Lectern
    Dais
    Catafalque


2. The State Funeral of a military officer, including the President of the United States, can include a riderless horse, with riding boots facing the rear in the stirrups. One of the most famous of these horses was "Black Jack" who attended the funeral processions of three American Presidents. Which of these was NOT one of those three?
    John F. Kennedy
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    Herbert Hoover
    Ronald Reagan


3. During the five or six days of mourning which accompany a State Funeral in Canada, the national flag is flown at half mast from which particular building on Parliament Hill?
    Peace Tower
    The Capitol
    It's not a building at all, it's a flag pole in the 'Garden Square'
    The roof of the Chamber of the House


4. In New Zealand, a State Funeral was given to the victims of a disaster which happened on 24th December 1953. What was this disaster?
    The worst snowfall and hailstorm ever recorded in the Southern hemisphere
    A volcanic eruption of Mount Ruapehu
    Tangiwai rail crash
    Pounamu flash flood on the Waikato River


5. During a State Funeral procession, you may well see 'limbers and caissons' - what are these?
    Two wheeled carts, originally for moving large guns and ammunition
    The helmet or hat and gauntlets of the deceased, atop the coffin
    The hood, saddle and side cloths which caparison a horse
    Outriders forming a mounted escort for the procession


6. Guido de Marco served as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1990, and also as President of his home country from 1999 - 2004. When he died he was accorded the honour of a State Funeral. Where was his home country?
    Malta
    The Philippines
    Italy
    Mexico


7. In 2002, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was given a Ceremonial Funeral rather than an actual State Funeral, in London. What is the major difference between a State and a Ceremonial Funeral in the UK?
    A Ceremonial Funeral has a shorter Lying in State
    A State Funeral requires an Act of Parliament
    A State Funeral must be voted for by referendum
    A Ceremonial Funeral is followed by cremation whilst a State Funeral is followed by burial


8. Someone who dies whilst they are "An Taoiseach" is offered a State Funeral in their home country. Who or what is An Taoiseach?
    A recipient of the An Taoiseach medal is a National Hero in Laos
    The First Minister of the Scottish Parliament
    The Head of Government in the Republic of Ireland
    Chief Advisor to the Dalai Lama


9. Australian Clive James wrote a poem entitled "State Funeral". Whose death did it commemorate?
    Peter Brock
    Steve Irwin
    Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
    Joh Bjelke-Petersen


10. Which of these people was NOT given a State Funeral in the UK?
    Florence Nightingale
    Charles Darwin
    Winston Churchill
    Isaac Newton


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