DIFFICULT QUIZ

Here are ten word scrambles about this picture of the entrance gate:

 

1. lgacrei                                                               6. ioreanm  

2. konloryb                                                            7. ilcrec  

3. dveuerr                                                              8. atrgieln  

4. orenwoged                                                        9. iprerpeotn  

5. todanrm                                                             10. tarhceitc

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See if you can complete a few short answer questions:

 

1. How did the land look after the Glacier receded?  

2. How long ago was this landscape shaped?  

3. What kind of shape were used for family plots at Greenwood Cemetery?  

4. What were the names of some of the roads and paths in Greenwood Cemetery?  

5. Who did David Bates Douglass ride on horseback with to find the perfect land for Greenwood Cemetery?

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True or False?

1. When the glacier began to receded it left behind hills and ponds. 

2. The Pierrepont monument was designed by a famous church architect.  

3. Greenwood Cemetery is in the Bronx .  

4. This land has been shaped 10,000 years earlier.  

5. People staying in the east caused a substantial drop in real estate prices, creating a unique opportunity to buy land for Brooklyn’s rural cemetery.  

6. Moraine is a growth of plants and trees.  

7. Land was purchased from an old Brooklyn family named the Deans.  

8. The land was chosen because of its proximity to New Jersey.  

9. The land had a variety of prized hills, glacial ponds, forests, dells and valleys. 

10. Henry Pierrepont was the first president of Greenwood Cemetery.

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See if you can match the left column with the correct answer on the right:

1. Recede

 

A. An old Brooklyn family that sold their land to Greenwood Cemetery.

2. Circular

 

B. Not active, quiet

3. Verdure

 

C. An open view of all direction.

4. Bergens

 

D. 1st president of Greenwood Cemetery.

5. Henry Pierrepont

 

E. To go or move back.  

6. David Douglass

 

F. One of the many shapes of family plots.

7. Dormant

 

G. Massive rock grave, sand left by a glacier.

8. Panoramic

 

H. The growth of plants.  

9. Glacier

 

I. Came up with the idea of Greenwood Cemetery .

10. Moraine

 

J. A large mass of ice and snow that moves slowly.

 

 

 

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