How 'Bout That Local Team
All Systems Go
Don't Mess with Texans
Trust the Process
Definitely Strings Attached
100
In this Tina Fey-produced movie, we learn how NOT to build trust with your peers.
What is "Mean Girls"?
100
This case established the doctrine of stare decisis.
What is Marbury vs. Madison?
100
This rule guarantees access to the courts for very low-income Texans because they can get their filing fees and some other litigation fees waived.
What is Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 145?
100
This pop-psychology term, popularized by Angela Duckworth, means "passion and perseverance for long-term goals."
What is "grit"?
100
George Washington trusted this treasury secretary--at least according to Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
200
This Colorado-based animal behaviorist theorizes that wolf packs are families, NOT hierarchical groups following an "alpha male."
Who is Temple Grandin?
200
This person was a lawyer and he played one on TV too. Oh, and he was in the U.S. Senate.
Who is Fred Thompson?
200
The "Come and Take It" flag was created before this skirmish in the Texas Revolution.
What is the Battle of Gonzalez?
200
FDR didn't use this word to describe this phobia, but this means "the fear of fear itself."
What is phobophobia?
200
This marionette's friend "Jiminy" is his conscience.
Who is "Pinocchio"?
300
In this Marvel movie, Earth's protectors fight each other because the government loses trust in superpowered beings and demands that all people with powers register under the Sokovian Accords.
What is the movie "Captain America: Civil War"?
(Also acceptable: "Avengers: Civil War.").
300
On the TV show "The Office," Michael Scott drives into this because he has absolute trust in his GPS system.
What is a lake?
300
In this legal drama, the chief attorney hires advisory counsel whose motto is "Trust Experience, Trust Oakley."
What is "Better Call Saul"?
300
In this movie, Daniel had a hard time trusting the process when Mr. Miyagi was making him paint his house and fence, and wax his cars to learn a martial art.
What is "The Karate Kid"?
300
In this Disney movie, Sisu said, "All I know is I trusted them, and they trusted me. And so, when they put their faith in me, it empowered me beyond anything I could ever imagine."
What is "Raya and the Last Dragon"?
400
What 2021 survival drama saw players working as a team in the children's game tug-of-war to avoid certain death?
What is "Squid Game"?
400
A recent study says nearly 60% of Americans still trust juries--despite this Amazon reality TV show where a man spent weeks being recorded doing his civic duty.
What is "Jury Duty"?
400
In this sitcom, a family loses everything to the IRS when it's discovered that their business manager did not pay taxes. They're forced to move to this town with the show's same name.
What is "Schitt's Creek"?
400
This 2011 legal drama starring Matthew McConaughey as a lawyer with a trademark car also recently became a hit Netflix series.
What is "The Lincoln Lawyer"?
400
This is an organization or group that has control over money that will be used to help someone else.
What is a trust?
500
If this city department employee, who has a strong aversion to government and hiring a lawyer, were to face Texas' Wills and Estates laws, he'd have to trust Leslie Knope's unyielding optimism to get through figuring it out.
Who is Ron Swanson from "Parks and Recreation"?
500
Jess, a schoolteacher from this show, would have to trust the legal system if her roommate--an aspiring writer--plagiarized one of her lesson plans for his novel.
What is "New Girl"?
500
Helping low-income Texans navigate turbulent court cases is vital, as seen in Texas Family Code 6.502, which delineates WHAT provisional arrangements during divorces?
What are temporary orders?
500
Trusting oneself to make updates without writing an entirely new will is essential, especially when drafting this testamentary document that amends an existing will.
What is a codicil?
500
When Harvey Specter negotiates for a major real estate client, he might emphasize this legal concept to ensure the client's reputation remains stellar. It mandates landlords uphold certain standards, ensuring residences are fit for habitation.
What is the "Implied Warranty of Habitability"?
600
In this show, one of the main characters is a big-shot lawyer who never actually went to law school and his boss/mentor keeps this secret for him from everyone for most of the series.
What is "Suits"?
600
This phrase is used when a contestant on "The Bachelorette" or "The Bachelor" trusts that a person is on the show to "find love" rather than to promote themselves or their business.
What is "here for the right reasons"?
600
When this 1991 Steven Spielberg character faces a crowd of children shouting, "Kill the lawyer!" their response is, "I'm not that kind of lawyer!"
Who is Peter Pan? (or Peter Banning)
600
Aang, a character from "Avatar: The Last Airbender," works to learn and master these things in order to save the world.
What are the four elements?
(Also acceptable is naming all 4: earth, water, fire, and air).
600
This boy band from the mid-nineties to early 2000s released a hit album called No Strings Attached in 2000.
Who is *NSYNC?