Law Enforcement
This term refers to an officer extorting money with a threat to selectively enforce the law.
What is a shakedown?
In what 1976 thriller does Robert De Niro famously say “You talkin’ to me?”
What is Taxi Driver
The first successful English colony in America.
What is Jamestown?
This appliance is used to cook food quickly using electromagnetic waves
What is a microwave?
The largest mammal in the world
What is the Blue Whale
The extreme form of this characteristic is crucial in police subculture towards peers.
What is loyalty?
What infamous 1980 box-office bomb ruined the career of The Deer Hunter director Michael Cimino?
What is Heaven’s Gate
This 1773 event was a protest against British taxation.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This type of knife is best for chopping vegetables and herbs
What is a chef's knife?
The fastest land mammal
What is the Cheetah?
This Amendment protects individuals from being tried for the same crime twice.
What is the Fifth Amendment (Double Jeopardy)?
Who played iconic femme fatale Phyllis Dietrichson in the classic 1946 film noir Double Indemnity?
Barbara Stanwyck
The year the U.S. entered World War II
What is 1941?
This term refers to cooking food in liquid just below the boiling point.
What is simmering?
The only marsupial native to North America
What is an Opossum?
These must be read to a suspect before custodial interrogation to protect against self-incrimination.
What are Miranda rights?
In what 1969 James Bond thriller does the famous spy fall in love and get married?
What is On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
The name of the battle in the Pacific fought between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy in June 1942.
What is the Battle of Midway?
To prevent cross-contamination, always use a separate one of these for raw meat.
What is a cutting board?
The only cat species that lives and hunts in groups.
What is a lion?
This 1985 Supreme Court case (Tennessee v. Garner) deemed that police cannot use deadly force against unarmed, non-dangerous fleeing suspects.
What is the fleeing felon rule?
What is the first movie ever to be rated PG-13?
What is Red Dawn (1984)
The first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This type of soap is commonly used to break down oil-based stains on clothing.
What is dish soap?
The male of this species is the only animal known to get pregnant and give birth
What is a seahorse?