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Law is a complex and dynamic field that affects virtually every aspect of our lives. From criminal law to civil law, from constitutional law to international law, the laws that govern society are constantly evolving and adapting to the changing needs and values of society. Understanding the laws that shape our world is essential to participating in society and making informed decisions about the issues that affect us.
Law trivia questions provide a fun and engaging way to test your knowledge of the legal system and the laws that govern our world. Whether you are a law student, a lawyer, or just someone interested in learning more about the law, law trivia is a great way to expand your knowledge and challenge yourself. From the basics of the legal system to more complex legal concepts, law trivia covers a wide range of topics and provides a wealth of information about the legal system.
Here are some examples of law trivia questions: What is the difference between criminal law and civil law? What is the purpose of the U.S. Constitution? What is the difference between a federal court and a state court? How does the legal system in the United States compare to the legal systems in other countries? These questions and others like them offer a glimpse into the fascinating and complex world of law.
1. Known in the U.S. as the Intolerable Acts and in the UK as the Coercive Acts, this series of restrictive laws was passed in response to what iconic, rebellious American event that occurred on December 16, 1773?
Answer: Boston Tea Party
2. Many people think her lawsuit was frivolous, but Stella Liebeck needed skin grafts for the third-degree burns the drive-thru disaster caused. She just wanted McDonald’s to pay $20,000 to cover her medical bills. When they said no, the case picked up steam. Which menu item was involved in the famous 1994 product liability suit?
Answer: Coffee
3. In 2011, Mattel was forced to pay more than $80 million to MGA Entertainment after losing a lawsuit begun in 2006 over what brand of pouty-lipped dolls?
Answer: Bratz
4. What short-lived New York City-based tech startup launched in 2016 as a musical talent booking app, yet is better remembered for its ill-fated promotional music festival in Great Exuma, Bahamas that led to numerous lawsuits and federal fraud charges against CEO Billy McFarland?
Answer: Fyre
5. State laws allowing homeschooled students to participate in extracurricular activities like athletics have been nicknamed after what homeschooled NFL quarterback?
Answer: Tim Tebow
6. In San Francisco, it is illegal to walk your elephant down Market Street unless they are wearing what? Other pets wear them sometimes.
Answer: A leash
7. What “A” proceeding is a lawsuit arising in relation to a bankruptcy case via a complaint to the court, creating a trial within a bankruptcy? It’s also a word more generally used as a synonym for an opponent.
Answer: Adversary Proceeding
8. Named for Judiciary Chairman Andrew Volstead, the 1919 Volstead Act overrode President Woodrow Wilson’s veto to what national act that was later repealed by the 21st amendment?
Answer: Prohibition
9. Although Washington has had a locally elected mayor and a 13-member council since 1973, technically what political body maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws?
Answer: Congress
10. The Laws of the Game of the Football Association and supposedly Australian rules football's rules are at least somewhat based on a set of 1863 guidelines created at what English university located on the River Cam?
Answer: Cambridge
11. As dramatized in the 2016 film "Loving," the 1967 Supreme Court case that prohibited laws banning interracial marriage was instigated by the Lovings, a couple who sought to have their marriage recognized by what state?
Answer: Virginia
12. In what country were the first modern large-scale environmental laws enacted in 1863? The Alkali Acts regulated pollution from industry producing soda-ash.
Answer: Britain
13. In Baldwin Park, California it is illegal to ride a bicycle in what thing that you may find in people's backyards?
Answer: Swimming Pool
14. Maybe because they were written with goose quills or bound in goose skin, the Grey Goose Laws are a medieval set of statutes from what island country that gave us the word for "geyser"?
Answer: Iceland
15. Paternity laws became more widespread across America after what famed silent film comedian and director was declared the legally responsible father of Joan Barry’s daughter in a 1945 case, despite a negative blood test?
Answer: Charlie Chaplin
16. In 1701, Massachusetts passed laws for ship quarantine and patient isolation for the management of what disease, a now eradicated virus also known as variola?
Answer: Smallpox
17. Portland can only expand to a certain size because of Oregon's UGB laws. That stands for Urban Growth what?
Answer: Boundary
18. Which type of democracy is when people living in a small area (like a village) get together to talk about what laws they want (or don’t want)? (Hint: It’s sometimes called “pure” democracy, and it would never work for big countries, which need elected representatives to do the deciding.)
Answer: Direct
19. What New England state was the first in the U.S. to have a commissioner of insurance, with the first commissioner appointed in 1851? Other states had already passed laws regulating insurance companies.
Answer: New Hampshire
20. The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is a bipartisan, independent commission that, among other important duties, develops guidance for compliance with election laws, and acts as a national clearinghouse for information about election administration. What act of Congress created the EAC?
Answer: Help America Vote Act
21. Taking your Christmas lights down by February 2 is a must to avoid a $250 fine in what Southern California city that's home to MLB's Padres?
Answer: San Diego
22. In a bid to move away from environmentally unfriendly petroleum, automakers like Toyota changed up the coating they used to cover the wires in their cars' circuitry. The plan kind of backfired, however, when drivers started filing class action lawsuits claiming that the new coating was attracting rodents. What was the plant-based coating made of that apparently turned wires into a tasty tofu treat for mice?
Answer: Soybean
23. Also known as the notoriety for-profit law, Son of “who” laws try to prevent people from making money from any publicity they may get from the crimes they commit—think a Netflix special about a murder. The term comes, in fact, from a serial killer—real name David Berkowitz—who wanted to sell the exclusive rights to his highly publicized story in the ‘70s.
Answer: Sam
24. What is a more technical term for public laws, which include all acts of Congress and laws enacted by the president?
Answer: Statutes
25. Enacted as early as the 4th century in Rome, blue laws are designed to ban or restrict individuals from engaging in certain activities or business practices during what day of the week, due to religious reasons?
Answer: Sunday
26. While it’s perfectly acceptable to have an American bison or a llama as a pet in this Southern U.S. state, it’s illegal to own an exotic animal such as a pet kangaroo or a pet ape in what “Peach State,” according to its exotic animal laws?
Answer: Georgia
27. What type of laws refer to state-level securities regulations aimed at protecting investors from fraud and ensuring fair and honest securities transactions?
Answer: Blue Sky Laws
28. What is the two-word phrase that typically defines the series of laws that were imposed in an attempt to force Irish Catholics and Protestant dissenters to accept the established Church of Ireland? These laws were extant during much of the 1700s but began being repealed near the end of the century.
Answer: Penal Laws
29. Put into effect in 2018, the European Union's GDPR is considered one of the world's toughest privacy laws. GDPR stands for "General Data [BLANK] Regulation." What word goes in the blank?
Answer: Protection
30. What 1896 Supreme Court decision upheld a Louisiana law forbidding a Black man to board a whites-only train car, with a "separate but equal" doctrine that perpetuated Jim Crow laws thereafter?
Answer: Plessy v. Ferguson
31. What 13-letter "P" word typically means a greater or weightier part? It is often used in civil lawsuits when determining the amount of evidence required for conviction.
Answer: Preponderance
32. What object is officially described in section 5.01 of the Ohio Revised Code (the state's official set of laws and regulations) as "burgee-shaped"?
Answer: State flag
33. By 1940, all Canadian provinces had passed their own laws granting voting equality for women and men; however, the vast majority of provinces had done this between 1916 and 1922. Which province was the final one to grant women equal suffrage rights on April 25, 1940?
Answer: Quebec
34. Workers’ compensation laws were first introduced and implemented in the 1880s by what "Iron Chancellor" of Germany?
Answer: Otto von Bismarck
35. What professional basketball player filed a lawsuit against Nike in 2019 over the ownership of his "Klaw" logo which features his stylized initials KL and a massive hand, reflecting the player's own unusually large hands?
Answer: Kawhi Leonard
36. Which candymaker run by Charles Guth (the largest in the world at the time) ultimately became part of PepsiCo. after a landmark lawsuit in the 1930s related to Guth’s use of the factory’s labs and resources to retool the recipe and promote the soft drink?
Answer: Loft
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