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Idioms in the Funeral Trade Trivia Quiz

Every profession has its own idioms and sayings. These expressions are used in the funeral industry. I'll tell you the expression, and you tell me what it translates to, for those of us not in the trade!

A multiple-choice quiz by skunkee. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
skunkee

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
175,369

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What are you if you have 'Passed into the arms of God'?

Answer: (One Word - 4 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is a 'Slumber Room'? Hint

The room in which the deceased's body is laid out for viewing.

The showing room for caskets.

Where the distraught family members to seek some privacy.

Where occupied caskets are kept in the winter, when the ground is too frozen for burial.

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Question 3 of 10

3. When somebody has been 'Temporarily Preserved' have they been embalmed?

Yes

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Question 4 of 10

4. Where is 'Babyland', in the funeral business? Hint

A place at a Funeral Home with supervised child care.

The place in Heaven reserved for children.

Where children's coffins are displayed for sale.

A special part of the cemetery.

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is an 'Interment Space'? Hint

A casket

A crematorium

An urn

A grave

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Question 6 of 10

6. Are 'Cremains' cremated remains?

Yes

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Question 7 of 10

7. Is 'Grief Therapy' a counselling service offered to the family of the deceased? Hint

yes

depends on the funeral home

only on Sundays

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'Burn and scatter' is an euphemism for a funeral service which involves scattering ashes.

Yes

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Question 9 of 10

9. Do most cemeteries with the word 'lawn' in their names allow headstones?

Yes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who might be a customer in a 'Pre-need Sale'? Hint

Someone looking after their own future needs.

All of these.

Parents arranging for the future needs of their family.

Children looking after the future needs of their parents.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What are you if you have 'Passed into the arms of God'?

Answer: dead

Also used to mean dead are just plain 'passed', 'expired', 'gone to meet his or her maker', 'in a happier place', and countless other ones.

2. What is a 'Slumber Room'?

Answer: The room in which the deceased's body is laid out for viewing.

This is the room where people go to 'view' the deceased the night before the actual funeral. I suppose some people find this comforting, but I've always thought it a bit barbaric.

3. When somebody has been 'Temporarily Preserved' have they been embalmed?

Answer: Yes

Embalming can also be referred to as 'sanitary, or hygienic treatment'.

4. Where is 'Babyland', in the funeral business?

Answer: A special part of the cemetery.

Reserved for infants and very young children, this is the saddest part of a cemetery.

5. What is an 'Interment Space'?

Answer: A grave

People don't dig graves anymore, they create 'openings in the interment spaces'. Bodies are transported to the 'Interment Space' in a 'Casket Coach', or a hearse.

6. Are 'Cremains' cremated remains?

Answer: Yes

These are also more commonly referred to as 'ashes'.

7. Is 'Grief Therapy' a counselling service offered to the family of the deceased?

Answer: depends on the funeral home

'Grief Therapy' can also be referred to as the viewing of your loved one before the funeral, which takes place in the 'Slumber Room'. Some funeral homes do have trained counsellors to provide legitimate grief therapy, so the expression may or may not refer to a counselling session.

8. 'Burn and scatter' is an euphemism for a funeral service which involves scattering ashes.

Answer: Yes

The scattering of 'cremains' at sea is sometimes less delicately referred to as a 'bake and shake'.

9. Do most cemeteries with the word 'lawn' in their names allow headstones?

Answer: No

This type of cemetery uses ground markers instead. This makes upkeep of the grounds easier, and less time-consuming. However as with most rules, there are exceptions.

10. Who might be a customer in a 'Pre-need Sale'?

Answer: All of these.

A 'Pre-Need Sale' is simply a funeral service that's sold before anyone is actually dead.

Source: Author skunkee

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