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100

When two objects touch, there is a transfer of material from one to the other. What is the idea known as?

Locard's Principle

100

This refers to the prosecutor's failure to turn over exculpatory information to the defense

Brady Violation

100

This was the forensic chemist caught using drug evidence to feed her growing addiction

Sonja Farak 

100

The 4 color train lines. 

Red, Orange, Green, Blue

100

This Boston-born celeb starring in "Lone Survivor" and "The Departed" recently celebrated the grand opening of his bar Moxie in Seaport. 

Mark Wahlberg 

200

What does the Kastle-Meyer test detect in a sample?

hemoglobin

200

This is the tendency of jurors to overestimate the infallibility of forensic evidence

CSI effect

200

This refers to the malpractice carried out by Annie Dookhan which enabled her to analyze 4x the amount of work than other analysts

drylabbing

200

A current hotel that was previously home to some of Boston's most notorious inmates. 

The Liberty Hotel

200

This all-time classic movie, with scenes filmed around South Boston, Fenway Park, and the Boston Public Garden, depicts the journey of a young genius from Southie forced to face the struggles of life, but with the help of a psychologist portrayed by Robin Williams. 

Good Will Hunting

300

What upcoming field of forensic science uses familial DNA to solve cold cases?

forensic genetic genealogy 

300

This is the amendment of the US Constitution that protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures 

4th amendment 

300

This was the defense attorney that played a key role in discovering the true extent of Sonja Farak's drug addiction and unprofessionalism. 

Luke Ryan

300

This civil rights icon attended Boston University to earn a PhD in systemic theology

Martin Luther King Jr.  

300

The pub that inspired the set of this tv show in Beacon Hill, with the theme song "Where Everybody Knows Your Name", is visited by thousands of tourists each year. 

Cheers

400

This type of DNA is inherited only from the mother/maternal line 

Mitochondrial

400

This refers to the prosecution twice for substantially the same offense in the same jurisdiction and will attach once the jury is sworn in

double jeopardy 

400

This is the university Annie Dookhan lied about attending to her coworkers. 

Harvard

400

In 1990, this Boston museum experienced the biggest art theft in history, resulting in $500 million worth of art being stolen.

The Isabella Steward Gardner Museum 

400

This is the name of the fictional Forensic analyst who moonlights as a serial killer.

Dexter Morgan

500

Lands and grooves are examined in this type of analysis

firearm analysis

500

In this case, an experienced narcotics officer was used as an expert witness to testify on the identification of a class D substance (marijuana) based on his experience and training 

CW v. MacDonald 

500

This is the length of incarceration served by Annie Dookhan. 

3 years

500

When was the last time the Bruins won the Stanley Cup?

2011

500

What was the highest-grossing film of 2023?

Barbie

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