Land Court
Supreme Court
World Cultures
The Commonwealth
Five Letter Words
Film
200
In Massachusetts, registered land is immune to this legal mechanism through which a person who does not have legal title to a piece of property may acquire legal ownership based on continuous possession or occupation
Adverse Possession
200
In 2022 she became the first black woman to sit on the supreme court
Ketanji Brown Jackson
200
The kingdoms of Sardinia, Two Sicilies, and Lombardy-Venetia are some of the city states that eventually united into this European country
Italy
200
the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the U.S. Army's earliest African American regiments, fought in this war
The US Civil War
200
The numbered amendment one would invoke to avoid incriminating oneself
Fifth
200
Due to its linguistic diversity, this country has separate film industries, such as Bollywood and Tollywood.
India
400
Name one Justice Piper's predecessors as Chief Justice of the land court
Leonard A. Jones (1898-1909)
Charles Thornton Davis (1909-1936)
Michael A. Sullivan (1936-1937)
John E. Fenton (1937-1965)
Elwood H. Hettrick (1966-1971)
William I. Randall (1971-1985)
Marilyn M. Sullivan (1985-1990)
John E. Fenton, Jr. (1990-1992)
Robert V. Cauchon (1992-1996)
Peter W. Kilborn (1996-2003)
Karen F. Scheier (2003-2013)
Judith C. Cutler (2014-2018)
400
in 1954 the supreme court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in this unanimous landmark decision
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
400
The Métis people of Canada and the United States are the descendants of Native Americans and early European trappers mostly from this country
France
400
The only state with more Dunkin Donuts stores per capita than Massachusetts is this New England neighbor
New Hampshire (One Dunks per 6,646 people vs. MA's 6,901)
400
This animal native to South and Central America
Sloth
400
Regarded as the prototypical summer blockbuster, this Stephen Spielberg film was the highest grossing film of all time until it was surpassed by Star Wars
Jaws
600
An active duty member of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Space Force is protected under this act first passed in 1940
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
600
While riding circuit in 1873 Justice Ward Hunt ruled against this famous suffragette
Susan B. Anthony
600
Coming from the sanskrit word for point, drop, dot or small particle, it refers to a decorative mark worn in the middle of the forehead.
Bindi/Pottu
600
At the time of European contact most of the people indigenous to Massachusetts spoke languages from this family like Wampanoag or Mohican
Algonquin (or Algic)
600
The UK's currency
Pound (Sterling)
600
A term first appearing in the New York Times, Nollywood refers to the film industry of this most populous country in Africa
Nigeria
800
In 1992, After a century of use, the torrens system of Cook County in this state was scrapped
Illinois
800
In 1811 This future president and Founding son declined an appointment to the supreme court
John Quincy Adams
800
In Islam The Hajj is a pilgrimage taken to this city that every capable muslim is expected to make at least once
Mecca
800
The term "gerrymander" is a portmanteau of Massachusetts Governor Eldridge Gerry and this aquatic animal
Salamander
800
The residents of this country refer to it as Nippon
Japan
800
In 2019 this Korean language film became the first non-english film to win the academy award for best picture
Parasite
1000
The namesake of the land registration system used by the land court, the Torrens System, is Robert Richard Torrens, a 19th century politician from this country
Australia
1000
In 1959 this supreme court chief justice made the unusual move of resigning from the U.S. Bar Association
Earl Warren
1000
With an estimated population of between 30 and 45 million people in Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Syria, they are considered largest ethnic group without a state
Kurdish People
1000
Name one of the U.S. commonwealths besides Massachusetts
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Puerto Rico
Northern Mariana Islands
1000
A word meaning a small metal or wooden bomb. You wouldn't want to be hoisted by one.
Petard
1000
Adjusted for inflation, this 1939 flick starring clark Gable is the highest grossing film of all time making $4.5 billion in theaters
Gone With The Wind