Some sample questions from this category:
* We begin with a Viking king who ruled England from 1016 to 1035. Canute, famous for trying to hold back the tide, could not hold back death either, and his bones rest in a mortuary chest in what cathedral?
* Genghis Khan, conqueror of most of Asia and founder of the Mongol dynasty, is buried where?
* Only one U.S. President is buried in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. He was interred in 1924 and quotes from his speeches cover the walls surrounding his tomb. Who was he?
* Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, is buried where?
* She is buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York - the same place as Frederick Douglass, whom she knew and worked with in life. Her epitaph reads 'Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality.' Who is this famous civil rights pioneer?
* Shaka Zulu united hundreds of disparate Nguni-Bantu peoples under Zulu rule, creating an imperial military machine which dominated southern Africa for nearly half a century. In what city is he buried?
* The body of Joseph Stalin, notorious Soviet dictator, was originally displayed alongside that of his mentor V.I. Lenin. By 1961, however, Stalin had fallen into disfavor with the current government, and his body was moved to what nearby location?
* Salah al-Din Yusuf, known in the West as Saladin, recaptured Jerusalem from European crusaders in 1187. When he died in 1193, he was buried in Damascus, Syria, near what mosque?
* The Mughal emperor Shah Jahan is most famous for constructing a truly glorious tomb for his beloved wife. Where is he himself buried?
* How many years did it take to build Newgrange?
* The builders of Newgrange constructed it with such skill that the chamber deep in its bowels was lit by the morning sun on one day of the year. What day was it?
* The great Irish hero Cuchulainn is reputed to have what connection with Newgrange?
* What does The Netherlands Carillon, dedicated to the cemetery in 1960, commemorate?
* Which regiment of the US Army performs the function of The Honor Guard at Arlington?
* Arlington Cemetery lies in the former grounds of the estate of which famous general of the American Civil War?
* In what year was Arlington Cemetery established?
* By the end of the American Civil War, how many graves were in Arlington Cemetery?
* In general, for the internment of which dead military personnel is Arlington Cemetery reserved?
* On November 11th, 1921, which famous person was interred at Arlington?
* Which crucial battle in WW2 is immortalized in a famous bronze statue of US Marines raising the flag on The Marine Corps Memorial?
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