ORIGINAL NAMES
BORN NORMA JEANE MORTENSON, SHE BECAME A HOLLYWOOD ICON
WHO IS MARILYN MONROE ?
WHO IS CATHERINE THE GREAT ?
FOR A PRE-FUNERAL VIEWING, YOU MAY LIE IN REPOSE; IF YOUR BODY IS IN THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA, IT'S CALLED DOING THIS
WHAT IS LYING IN STATE ?
THIS WORD FOR NOISE FROM A STORM ENDS WITH ANOTHER SOUND YOU MAKE WITH YOUR HANDS
WHAT IS THUNDERCLAP ?
YER PIE HOLE, OR THE RIVER'S END FLOWING INTO THE SEA
WHAT'S A MOUTH ?
THIS SINGER WAS BORN STEVELAND MORRIS
WHO IS STEVIE WONDER ?
WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND -- IN 1541 THIS CONQUEROR WAS MURDERED AT HIS PALACE IN LIMA
WHO IS FRANCISCO PIZARRO ?
THIS 4-LETTER TERM DESCRIBES A PERSON WHO PREPARES BODIES FOR BURIAL OR CREMATION
WHAT IS AN "UNDERTAKER"?
WHAT IS TIDDLYWINKS ?
A SEASONING, OR A TERM FOR AN OLD SAILOR, MATEY
WHAT IS SALT ?
WRITER & DIRECTOR ALLAN KONIGSBERG
WHO IS WOODY ALLEN ?
AFTER HE WAS BANISHED FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, HE FOUNDED THE COLONY OF RHODE ISLAND
WHO IS ROGER WILLIAMS?
IN POE'S "LENORE" LET THIS "FUNERAL SONG BE SUNG... FOR HER, THE DOUBLY DEAD IN THAT SHE DIED SO YOUNG"
WHAT IS A DIRGE ?
IT'S THE "LOYAL" TERM FOR THOSE WHO MANAGE THE OPERATIONS OF A SCHOOL OR OTHER INSTITUTION
WHAT IS TRUSTEE ?
A SECTION OR WRITTEN WORK, OR A VOYAGE BY WATER FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER
WHAT IS A PASSAGE ?
LEGENDARY POP STAR REGINALD DWIGHT
WHO IS ELTON JOHN ?
HE WAS BORN JULY 6, 1832 IN VIENNA.
HE WAS EXECUTED JUNE 19, 1867 IN MEXICO.
WHO IS MAXIMILIAN ?
4-LETTER WORD FOR A STAND OR A PEDESTAL SUPPORTING A COFFIN AT A FUNERAL
WHAT IS A BIER ?
10-LETTER BORDER BEYOND WHICH TREES DO NOT GROW IN POLAR AREAS
WHAT IS THE TREE LINE ?
A EUROPEAN PLANT OF THE MUSTARD FAMILY, OR A SHY PERSON WHO STAYS ON THE SIDE AT A DANCE
WHAT IS A WALLFLOWER ?
MUSICIAN RICHARD STARKEY
WHO IS RINGO STARR ?
ROME'S GREATEST ORATOR, HE WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE TRIUMVIRATE OF CAESAR, CRASSUS & POMPEY BUT DECLINED
WHO IS CICERO ?
THE "OLD GUARD" OR 3rd INFANTRY, THE OLDEST ACTIVE U.S. ARMY REGIMENT, SERVES AS THIS TYPE OF "GUARD" AT MILITARY FUNERALS
WHAT IS THE HONOR GUARD ?
IT'S WHAT THE BRITS CALL MOLASSES
WHAT IS TREACLE ?
A MARTINI-MAKING ACCESSORY, OR A MEMBER OF A CELIBATE RELIGIOUS GROUP
WHAT IS A SHAKER ?