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1. Who was Thurgood Marshall?
2. Marshall Crenshaw is perhaps best known for his hit "Someday Someway" from 1982, his highest ranking song on the Billboard charts. His musical brush with the law though, was recording a cover version of a top ten hit by The Bobby Fuller Four from 1966, which was named one of the 500 "Songs that Shaped Rock" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Which song was it?
3. Who described his "laws of media" as the Four Effects, namely Retrieval, Reversal, Obsolescence and Amplification or Enhancement?
4. Darn it, there goes any claim I can lay to an original pun. Three of these are real, one is fake. Which is the show/movie that is made up?
5. The Marshall Islands has a legal system based on common law institutions just like in the United States. They have a judicial branch, for instance, that has a Supreme Court, a High Court, and also the courts listed below EXCEPT for which one that does not exist?
6. In 1993, Marshall Sahlins, professor of anthropology best known for his work in the Pacific, delivered an after-dinner speech at the Association of Social Anthropologists in Great Britain. They were very clever quips in which he outlined various humorous "Laws" of Civilization such as: "First law of civilization: all airports are under construction" and "Second law of civilization: I'm in the wrong line." They were compiled and published in a book titled what?
7. The Marshall Plan was passed in 1948 after being devised by George Catlett Marshall Jr. What did the plan address?
8. James Arness was protector of the law on the TV Western "Gunsmoke". What was the name of the marshal he played?
9. Sir Edward Marshall Hall (1858-1927) was nicknamed "The Great Defender" for his ability as an orator and penchant for getting many clients accused of famous murders off the hook. Which of the following was NOT one of the cases he worked on?
10. The 4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was best renowned for instilling the judiciary branch of the government with a heightened status that made it equal in power essentially to the legislative and executive branches. Who was he?
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