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10/9 Quiz: GUEST QUIZ - Courtroom Battles in the Movies This week we had a guest movie fan stop in and submit a quiz for your enjoyment! Bryan Whitehead, a former lawyer and current movie buff has given us a quiz about courtoom battles in the movies. If you have an idea for a great quiz, or if you want to put one together yourself, feel free to submit it! Without further adieu, here's Bryan's quiz: The following ten people (or groups of people) were defendants in courtroom dramas. Based on the descriptions of the defendants and the charges against them, name the movies. Bonus: Were they convicted or acquitted? E-mail me with your guesses. 1. Two Marines serving at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Charged with murder and Conduct Unbecoming a United States Marine. 2. A New Orleans businessman. Charged with conspiracy to assassinate the President. 3. An Australian housewife. Charged with murder. 4. Two petty criminals. Charged with four counts of murder. Hint: they were arrested in one state and tried in another. 5. A murder mystery writer. Charged with murder. Hint: she could also have been charged with smoking in a non-smoking area, but the police didn’t arrest her for it. 6. A schoolteacher. Charged with violation of the Butler Act. 7. A black man whose left hand was caught in a cotton gin when he was a boy. Charged with rape. 8. A European socialite. Charged with attempted murder.Hint: the movie was about his post-conviction appeal, not the original trial. 9. A fitness guru. Charged with murder. Hint: the defense was somewhat unorthodox. 10. Two Navy officers from a World War Two minesweeper. Charged with mutiny. ANSWER GUIDE - click here |
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