Mount Vernon Cemetery (Philadelphia) - Quiz
Mount Vernon Cemetery Philadelphia
  • 1. Who was a stage, screen, and radio actor buried at Mount Vernon Cemetery?
A) John Barrymore
B) John Drew
C) Charles Albert Fechter
D) Maurice Barrymore
  • 2. Which professional baseball player is buried at Mount Vernon Cemetery?
A) Jake Virtue
B) Charlie Householder
C) Henry Myers
D) All of the above
  • 3. What was the profession of Peter Stephen Du Ponceau?
A) Linguist, philosopher and jurist
B) Stained glass artist
C) Stage actor
D) Union Army officer
  • 4. Who served as a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress?
A) Christian Febiger
B) Jonathan Bayard Smith
C) Peter Stephen Du Ponceau
D) William Churchill Houston
  • 5. Which individual was an actress, writer, producer, and therapist?
A) Judy Lewis
B) Louise Drew
C) Louisa Lane Drew
D) Georgiana Drew
  • 6. Who was a stained glass artist buried at this location?
A) Maria Louise Sanford
B) Samuel Jaudon
C) Lawrence Johnson
D) Lawrence Saint
  • 7. Which individual was a founder of the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry?
A) John Carson
B) Samuel Jaudon
C) William M. Ireland
D) Pelatiah Webster
  • 8. Who was a Union Army officer during the U.S. Civil War buried here?
A) George C. Burling
B) John P. Van Leer
C) Both George C. Burling and John P. Van Leer
D) Alfred J. Sellers
  • 9. What was Pelatiah Webster known for writing?
A) Newspaper columns on baseball
B) Short essays on finances and the government of the United States
C) Biographies of actors
D) Plays for the stage
  • 10. Who was a Major League Baseball co-owner and general manager buried at Mount Vernon?
A) Bill Sharsig
B) Henry Myers
C) Charlie Householder
D) Horace Phillips
  • 11. Which person was an American Revolutionary War commander?
A) Christian Febiger
B) William Churchill Houston
C) John Carson
D) Jonathan Bayard Smith
  • 12. What was the profession of Lawrence Johnson?
A) Printing stereotyper and type-founder
B) Educator
C) Banker and businessman
D) Physician
  • 13. Which of these individuals was a stage actress and comedian?
A) Georgiana Drew
B) Louise Drew
C) Louisa Lane Drew
D) Judy Lewis
  • 14. Who was a Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental Congress buried here?
A) Jonathan Bayard Smith
B) Peter Stephen Du Ponceau
C) William Churchill Houston
D) Pelatiah Webster
  • 15. What was Maria Louise Sanford's profession?
A) Physician
B) Stained glass artist
C) Actress
D) Educator
  • 16. In what year was Mount Vernon Cemetery established?
A) 1856
B) 1858
C) 1864
D) 1968
  • 17. What is the approximate number of graves in Mount Vernon Cemetery?
A) 50,000
B) 33,000
C) 10,000
D) 2,500
  • 18. How many acres is Mount Vernon Cemetery?
A) 27
B) 10
C) 50
D) 100
  • 19. What is the location of Mount Vernon Cemetery?
A) Calvary Cemetery
B) Arch Street
C) 3499 West Lehigh Avenue
D) Glenwood Avenue
  • 20. The Gardel Memorial was commissioned to honor whom?
A) John Barrymore
B) Joseph Dinsmore Murphy
C) Robert Ralston
D) Julia Hawks Gardel
  • 21. What architectural shape is the Gardel Memorial?
A) Mausoleum
B) Vault
C) Obelisk
D) Pyramid
  • 22. Who sculpted the Gardel Memorial?
A) Joseph Dinsmore Murphy
B) John Notman
C) John Drew Barrymore
D) Guillaume Geefs
  • 23. Which cemetery is located directly across Ridge Avenue from Mount Vernon?
A) Glenwood Cemetery
B) Laurel Hill Cemetery
C) Mount Peace Cemetery
D) Calvary Cemetery
  • 24. In what year were 2,500 bodies reinterred from the Second Presbyterian Church burial ground?
A) 1856
B) 1973
C) 1864
D) 1867
  • 25. What phrase is engraved on John Barrymore's headstone?
A) Faith and Hope
B) In Memory of Love
C) Rest in Peace
D) Alas poor Yorick
  • 26. In what year did Joseph Dinsmore Murphy take over ownership of the cemetery?
A) 2020
B) 1980
C) 1968
D) 1973
  • 27. When were the last plots sold in Mount Vernon Cemetery?
A) 1968
B) 1973
C) 1867
D) 2021
  • 28. What action did a Philadelphia judge take regarding the cemetery in 2021?
A) Placed it in conservatorship
B) Sold it to the city
C) Reopened it to the public
D) Ordered it demolished
  • 29. Which organization petitioned to be appointed conservator of the cemetery in 2020?
A) The Oddfellows
B) Philadelphia Community Development Coalition
C) The Barrymore Estate
D) The Second Presbyterian Church
  • 30. For what price was the cemetery listed on Zillow in July 2024?
A) $2 million
B) $36,000
C) $27 million
D) $1 million
  • 31. Where was John Barrymore originally interred?
A) Mount Vernon Cemetery
B) Laurel Hill Cemetery
C) Glenwood Cemetery
D) Calvary Cemetery
  • 32. What was the name of the estate from which Mount Vernon Cemetery was formed?
A) The Gardel Seminary
B) Lehigh Estate
C) The Drew Estate
D) Mount Peace
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