John Grisham Trivia

1. Mountain Legal Aid Clinic is the name of the firm Samantha interned at. What was the name of the firm she was furloughed from?

From Quiz "Gray Mountain" by John Grisham

Answer: Scully & Pershing

Scully & Pershing is the largest law firm in the world, or at least John Grisham's world. They employ 2,000 lawyers in twenty countries, half in New York City alone. They occupy floors 30 to 65 in the New York building in which they work.

From Quiz John Grisham's 'Ford County'

Answer: Mississippi

Grisham is known for setting his novels in the south so it is natural he would set his short stories down in the south. While a fictional county, this is not the first time Grisham has writen about Ford County. His first novel, "A Time to Kill", was also set in Ford County.

From Quiz The Associate

Answer: Leaving a youth league basketball game

During his time at law school Kyle spent two years coaching the Red Knights, a team in the New Haven Youth League. It wasn't an easy job. "Trying to control ten inner-city kids with a soft touch had put the Red Knights in last place in the 12 and Under division of the winter league."

From Quiz "The Last Juror" Pt 2 by John Grisham

Answer: Mississippi

Set in the fictional town of Clanton, Mississippi, the book tells the tale of a young newspaper owner and the events surrounding a vicious murder of a young widow in front of her children.

From Quiz "The Last Juror" Pt1 by John Grisham

Answer: Newspaper owner

Willie started as a cub reporter. When the paper went bankrupt he saw an opportunity and asked his grandmother to give him the money needed to help him buy the paper.

From Quiz The Innocent Man

Answer: Debra Sue Carter

Denice Haraway and Kathy Wilhoit were two other murder victims mentioned in the story. Terri Holland was a snitch who lied about hearing Ron Williamson confess to the murder. Debra Sue Carter was a 21-year old cocktail waitress when she was murdered.

From Quiz John Grisham: "The Innocent Man"

Answer: Oakland Athletics

Back in his home town Ada, he was seen as a hero. An injury in his arm, however, failed him. As he had nothing to fall back on, and baseball was his only dream, he fell into a spiral of drink, drugs and depression.

From Quiz 'The Appeal' by Grisham

Answer: A chemical company

'The Appeal' starts with a court trial featuring a chemical company named Krane Chemical. The company is accused of dumping chemical waste which contained carcinogenic elements. This had spread to all the water sources causing many a death due to cancer. Jeanette Baker, the plaintiff in the case, had lost her husband and son due to cancer and was suing the company.

From Quiz The Last Juror (2004)

Answer: Joyner

"I was born Joyner William Traynor. Until I was twelve, I hammered my parents with inquiries about why two supposedly intelligent people would stick Joyner on a newborn. The story finally leaked that one of my parents, both of whom denied responsibility, had insisted on Joyner as an olive branch to some feuding relative who allegedly had money. I never met the man, my namesake. He died broke as far as I was concerned, but I nonetheless had Joyner for a lifetime."

From Quiz John Grisham's 'The King of Torts'

Answer: Deliverance Camp

Tequila was a crack addict. He had been off drugs for 115 days since he had joined the rehab center.

From Quiz John Grisham's "The Partner"

Answer: Danilo

Patrick Lanigan escaped to Brazil and changed his name to Danilo Silva.

From Quiz The Firm

Answer: Harvard Law School

Mitchell McDeere is a recent graduate of Harvard Law school where he graduated in the top five of his class.

From Quiz John Grisham's "The Summons"

Answer: Ray Atlee

Ray Atlee is a law professor in Virginia. His father, Judge Reuben Atlee, wanted him to stay in his hometown of Clanton, Mississippi, and practice law but he had to get away from his crazy family.

From Quiz The Pelican Brief

Answer: Abraham Rosenberg

Abraham Rosenberg is a 91-year-old Supreme Court Justice. He is hated by most of the world: "Indians, whites, blacks, browns, tree lovers, gays, women, Christians, abortion activists, Aryans, Nazis, atheists, hunters, animal lovers, white supremacists, black supremacists, tax protestors, loggers, farmers" - they're all there. In the opening paragraphs of the novel, all of these groups are protesting against Rosenberg.

From Quiz A Time To Kill

Answer: Billy Ray Cobb

In the first paragraph, John Grisham describes Billy Ray Cobb as a redneck who "at the age of 23 was already a two-year veteran of the state penitentiary at Parchman."

From Quiz John Grisham: The Best Writer Ever

Answer: The King of Torts

"The King of Torts", released on February, 4th. If you want to know more about this book and even read the first chapter, you can go and have a look at this site: http://www.jgrisham.com.

From Quiz Skipping Christmas

Answer: Their daughter won't be home

They skip the holiday is because their daughter, Blair, won't be home. She is going to Peru to help the children, and won't be back for a year.

From Quiz John Grisham: How much do you know?

Answer: his wife

His wife, Renée, is the person who first gets the chance to read John Grisham... He gave her the first chapter of his first book for an appreciation.

From Quiz John Grisham's "A Painted House"

Answer: 1952

This was a time of great change in America.

From Quiz 'The Client'

Answer: Memphis

He drove his black Lincoln to where Mark and Ricky were sneaking a smoke and after telling all of his secrets to Mark, he shot himself.

From Quiz The Firm

Answer: Bendini, Lambert and Locke

Bendini was the founder of The Firm and had died several years back, however Lambert and Locke were still very much part of the scheming going on.

From Quiz 'The Brethren' - No. 2

Answer: Quince Garbe

They extorted {$100,000} from him.

From Quiz 'The Brethren' - No. 1

Answer: Mississippi

Not bad for a guy who never finished high school!

From Quiz General John Grisham

Answer: The Chamber

This was one of his best books - I read the whole thing (which is nearly 700 pages) in a long weekend!

From Quiz The Pelican Brief

Answer: Darby Shaw

A student at Tulane Law School.

From Quiz The Client

Answer: smoking

From Quiz John Grisham Characters

Answer: The Rainmaker

From Quiz "Gray Mountain" by John Grisham

Answer: $180,000

As a third-year associate at Scully & Pershing she was earning $180,000 annually in base salary alone. She also received bonuses and benefits. Her new position as an intern at the legal aid clinic paid her nothing and had no benefit package.

From Quiz John Grisham's 'Ford County'

Answer: Memphis

The three men, Aggie, Calvin and Roger set out to be heroes and donate blood for Bailey, who is believed to be seriously hurt. Bailey actually only has minor injuries which do not require a blood transfusion. Meanwhile, Aggie, Calvin and Roger have some beers on the road and get into all sorts of trouble with the police after things get out of control.

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