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1. Teunis Tenbrook, a philosophy student, sued Erasmus University in the Netherlands for expelling him. In 2009, he won his case and was permitted to return. What was the odious reason for his expulsion?
2. In 2005, Marina Bai sued NASA for allegedly "disrupting the balance of the universe." At the time, NASA had just fired the Deep Impact space probe into the comet Tempel 1. Bai claimed that her business was adversely affected as a result. What was her profession?
3. Queen Elizabeth II sued the UK newspaper "The Sun" for breach of copyright twice.
4. Who tossed a hotdog into the crowd at a Kansas City Royals game resulting in a spectator getting hit in the eye and an ensuing lawsuit?
5. An Illinois woman sued the estate of a man killed by a train, claiming the man's flying body parts hit her and caused injuries.
6. In 1964, Gloria Sykes was injured after the cable car she was riding on malfunctioned and careened down a hill. She filed a $500,000 lawsuit against the city claiming the accident triggered a "demonic sex urge" in her and trauma led to her developing nymphomania. Her attorneys successfully argued that she had developed a bizarre form of which mental disorder?
7. What was the subject of the 1996 Kellogg vs Exxon lawsuit?
8. After denying her claim for damages resulting from an explosion Judy Rodrigo entered a six year legal battle with State Farm Insurance. What did she claim was the cause of the explosion?
9. Who did Robert Lee Brock, an inmate in the Indian Creek Correctional Center, sue for violating his religious beliefs?
10. In 2009 Jonathan Lee Riches, known for filing over 4000 suits in U.S. District courts, sought an injunction against "The Guinness Book of Records", seeking to stop them from naming him as the most litigious individual in the history of mankind.
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