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