Quiz: Arlington National Cemetery

November 20, 2009

Approximately how many people are buried in Arlington National Cemetery?
1. 50,000
2. 100,000
3. 300,000
4. 500,000
Who once lived in Arlington House, the mansion around which Arlington National Cemetery was built in 1864?
1. Robert E. Lee
2. Jefferson Davis
3. J.E.B. Stuart
4. Stonewall Jackson
Who was the first person to light the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame?
1. Robert F. Kennedy
2. Ted Kennedy
3. Jacqueline Kennedy
4. Lyndon Johnson
True or false: Only U.S. citizens are buried at the cemetery.
1. True
2. False
Soldiers from which three wars are interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns?
1. WWI, WWII, and Korea
2. The Civil War, WWI, and WWII
3. WWI, WWII, and Vietnam
4. WWII, Korea, and Vietnam
How many steps do guards at the tomb take before turning and stopping?
1. 10
2. 14
3. 21
4. 24
The mast of which ill-fated ship is part of a memorial at the cemetery?
1. RMS Titanic
2. USS Maine
3. RMS Lusitania
4. USS Arizona
True or false: Arlington National Cemetery is the largest national cemetery in the United States.
1. True
2. False
Which of these notable people is not buried at Arlington National Cemetery?
1. Actor Lee Marvin
2. Nurse Clara Barton
3. Boxer Joe Louis
4. Activist Medgar Evers
Who is the only U.S. president aside from Kennedy buried in the cemetery?
1. Ulysses S. Grant
2. Teddy Roosevelt
3. William Taft
4. Dwight Eisenhower