Quiz about US Presidential Burial Sites II
Quiz about US Presidential Burial Sites II

U.S. Presidential Burial Sites II Quiz


The second installment in this series. Most US Presidential Trivia fans know where our presidents came from. Do you know where they ended up?

A multiple-choice quiz by Elder1954. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Elder1954
Time
4 mins
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303,866
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Jul 23 22
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1. Two of our presidents are buried in Quincy, MA. What is their connection to each other? Hint

No connection other than both buried there
Uncle and nephew
Father and son
Grandfather and grandson

2. Ulysses Grant was born in Ohio, went to West Point, moved to Illinois, traveled extensively during the America Civil War, lived in Washington, D.C. as president, and took a world tour after leaving office. He is entombed in the largest mausoleum in North America. Where in the world is it? Hint

New York City
Gettysburg, PA
Arlington National Cemetery, VA
Columbus, OH

3. Millard Fillmore is buried in the same city that a later president was assassinated in. Where would that be? Hint

Washington, D. C.
Dallas, TX
Buffalo, NY
Chicago, IL

4. In my first quiz in this series we learned that Andrew Jackson and James Polk were both buried in the same state capital city. One other president (also from this state) was buried in the same state. Who? Hint

Thomas Jefferson
Franklin Roosevelt
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Johnson

5. Franklin Pierce is buried in a city in New Hampshire that shares its name with another city in a different state that played an important role in the American Revolution. Which city would that be? Hint

Boston, NH
Valley Forge, NH
Philadelphia, NH
Concord, NH

6. Grover Cleveland spent most of his life and political career in the state of New York, including serving as governor of that state. Yet he is buried where you might expect that Woodrow Wilson would have been buried, but wasn't. Where would that be? Hint

Trenton, NJ
New York City, NY
Wilson Creek, AR
Princeton, NJ

7. The only president from Iowa is buried there in West Branch. Who is it? Hint

Ronald Reagan
Herbert Hoover
Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge

8. The second president to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, VA overshadows the first to be buried there by popular memory, not necessarily by accomplishment. He was also elected to the presidency directly from the Senate. Who is he? Hint

Gerald Ford
Harry Truman
John Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower

9. Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt were distantly related. They were both from New York. Both served as governor of New York. They both are buried in New York. Where? Hint

TR in Albany and FDR in NYC
TR in Watertown and FDR in Syracuse
TR in Buffalo and FDR in Albany
TR in Oyster Bay and FDR in Hyde Park

10. Abraham Lincoln is buried in Springfield, IL. That is well known and there is no need to try to get tricky with a question about that. However, in 1901, his son, Robert Todd Lincoln, had the body exhumed and re-interred under several feet of concrete. Why? Hint

To minimize the risk of the body being stolen
To make sure the body was actually his father's
To protect the body from ground water
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth


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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Two of our presidents are buried in Quincy, MA. What is their connection to each other?

Answer: Father and son

John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams are both buried in Quincy, MA. They were the first father and son to be elected to the presidency. (I have read that George H. W. Bush would, on occasion, jokingly refer to George W. Bush as "Quincy" in reference to this.) Quincy, MA is sometimes called "The City of Presidents" as it is the only city in the US in which two presidents were born and are buried.
2. Ulysses Grant was born in Ohio, went to West Point, moved to Illinois, traveled extensively during the America Civil War, lived in Washington, D.C. as president, and took a world tour after leaving office. He is entombed in the largest mausoleum in North America. Where in the world is it?

Answer: New York City

Late in life, the Grants moved to NYC. At the time of his death, he was nearly bankrupt. The outpouring of respect, admiration, and donations from veterans of the Civil War paid for his great mausoleum in New York's Riverside Park. By the latter part of the 20th Century the tomb had fallen into a state of disrepair. It was restored and rededicated in 1997.
3. Millard Fillmore is buried in the same city that a later president was assassinated in. Where would that be?

Answer: Buffalo, NY

Fillmore died at his home in Buffalo in 1874 and is buried Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo. Soul/Rock/Funk singer Rick James, who died in 2004, is also buried in this cemetery.

In 1901, William McKinley was shot in Buffalo while attending the Pan-American Exposition.
4. In my first quiz in this series we learned that Andrew Jackson and James Polk were both buried in the same state capital city. One other president (also from this state) was buried in the same state. Who?

Answer: Andrew Johnson

For many years, Andrew Johnson was the answer to the question "Who is the only president to be impeached?", though he no longer holds that distinction. After leaving the presidency, Johnson returned to Tennessee and was re-elected to the US Senate in 1874. He died in 1875 and is buried in Greenville, TN.

Greeneville is in eastern Tennessee and was chosen as the capitol city of the never-admitted state of Franklin.
5. Franklin Pierce is buried in a city in New Hampshire that shares its name with another city in a different state that played an important role in the American Revolution. Which city would that be?

Answer: Concord, NH

Franklin Pierce was the 14th president, in 1852, and is generally considered one of our less effective presidents. He was from New Hampshire but showed strong southern sympathies which damaged his ability to work with the northern majority. When he failed to be renominated by the Democrats in 1856, he reportedly said, "There is nothing left to do but get drunk." He died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1869 and was buried in Concord, NH.

Concord. MA is, of course, where the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired.
6. Grover Cleveland spent most of his life and political career in the state of New York, including serving as governor of that state. Yet he is buried where you might expect that Woodrow Wilson would have been buried, but wasn't. Where would that be?

Answer: Princeton, NJ

Grover Cleveland is, of course, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. Most of his political career was spent in New York, but he was born in New Jersey and returned there after leaving the White House. He is buried in the Princeton Cemetery which is operated by the Nassau Presbyterian Church.
7. The only president from Iowa is buried there in West Branch. Who is it?

Answer: Herbert Hoover

Hoover was a professional engineer and served as Commerce Secretary under Harding and Coolidge. When he was elected in 1928, he had never held elective office before.

West Branch is in eastern Iowa and is home to the Herbert Hoover National Historical Site, run by the National Park Service and Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, run by the National Archives and Records Administration. The library also holds the documentary legacy of Rose Wilder Lane and her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder.
8. The second president to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery, VA overshadows the first to be buried there by popular memory, not necessarily by accomplishment. He was also elected to the presidency directly from the Senate. Who is he?

Answer: John Kennedy

Taft was the first president to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery and JFK was the second. JFK's grave is marked with an "eternal flame" and is the most often-visited grave site in Arlington other than those of the Unknown Soldiers.
9. Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt were distantly related. They were both from New York. Both served as governor of New York. They both are buried in New York. Where?

Answer: TR in Oyster Bay and FDR in Hyde Park

TR was uncle to Eleanor Roosevelt (her maiden name also) and gave her away at the marriage of FDR and Eleanor (they were cousins). Homes of both presidents are run by the National Park Service and open to the public. Oyster Bay is on Long Island and Hyde Park is north of NYC on the Hudson River.
10. Abraham Lincoln is buried in Springfield, IL. That is well known and there is no need to try to get tricky with a question about that. However, in 1901, his son, Robert Todd Lincoln, had the body exhumed and re-interred under several feet of concrete. Why?

Answer: To minimize the risk of the body being stolen

Over the years, there had been several attempts to "kidnap" Lincoln's corpse with the intent of holding it for ransom. The re-internment was to minimize this from occurring. The Lincoln Tomb is found in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield. The recently constructed Lincoln Library and Museum are found in downtown Springfield.
Source: Author Elder1954

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