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SPLS Trivia Night
SPLS Trivia Night
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1
How many fountains are there on Stanford’s campus?
19
25
15
30
2
Which Latin phrase refers to “the thing speaks for itself” in tort law?
Habeas corpus
Res ipsa loquitur
Mens rea
Amicus curiae
3
What legal doctrine was overturned in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
Substantive due process
Separate but equal
Strict scrutiny
Judicial review
4
Which tech company was famously started by two Stanford students in their dorm room?
Apple
Facebook
Netflix
Google
5
What is the name of Stanford's famous main quad statue?
The Thinkers
Monument to Balzac
The Gates of Hell
The Burghers of Calais
6
Which superhero once worked as a lawyer in their civilian identity?
She-Hulk
Wonder Woman
Captain America
Iron Man
7
The Stanford Law Review was first published in what year?
1969
1948
1905
1923
8
What legal principle allows courts to follow decisions from previous cases?
Stare Decisis
Legal Synchrony
Jurisprudential Continuity
Precedent Preference
9
Which president served the shortest term in U.S. history? (only 31 days!)
Millard Fillmore
James Garfield
Zachary Taylor
William Henry Harrison
10
Which state has the strictest seat belt laws in the United States?
Washington
Texas
California
New York
11
Which Stanford Law graduate became the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Elena Kagan
Amy Coney Barrett
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sandra Day O'Connor
12
The “exclusionary rule,” preventing illegally obtained evidence from being used in court, was established in what case?
Terry v. Ohio
Mapp v. Ohio
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
13
Which Stanford building houses the largest archive of materials on U.S. political history in the western United States?
Hoover Institution
Robert Crown Law Library
Encina Hall
Green Library
14
What Supreme Court case addressed the question of whether the burning of an American flag constitutes protected speech?
Snyder v. Phelps (2011)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Miller v. California (1973)
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Which U.S. Supreme Court Justice delivered the keynote speech at Stanford Law’s centennial celebration in 1993?
Sandra Day O’Connor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
William Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia
16
What is the legal term for a court order requiring a person to do or refrain from doing a specific act?
Subpoena
Mandamus
Writ
Habeas Corpus
17
Who was the U.S. president whose image was featured on the $100,000 bill in 1934?
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
18
Which U.S. state was the first to grant women the right to serve on juries?
New York
Massachusetts
Virginia
Wyoming
19
Who was the only U.S. president to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after leaving office?
Woodrow Wilson
John Quincy Adams
William Howard Taft
Thomas Jefferson
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Which U.S. President is buried on Stanford’s campus?
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Lyndon B. Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt