EFD Trip History
The celebrity whose house we booked and then cancelled for EFD Trip 3.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
An 1803 case that established "judicial review," the power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The second/third best-selling author of all time, behind only the Bible and possibly Shakespeare.
Who is Agatha Christie?
Bolivia is named after this revolutionary, who fought in the Spanish American wars of independence.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
The three members of last year's winning trivia team.
Who are Amit, Andy, and Zack?
A 1857 case that ruled people of African descent were not US citizens and could not sue the federal government.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanbury?
The author of ground-breaking science-fiction novels including the Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds.
Who is H.G. Wells?
Three of the six Australian states.
What are Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania?
This team played the Ravens in the preseason on August 11th, 2022.
The case that "overturned" Roe v. Wade in 2022.
What is Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization?
This middle age author wrote "La Vita Nuova," "Convivio," and "Monarchia" as well as a more famous three-part epic.
Who is Dante Alighieri?
Nepal's flag is famously non-quadrilateral. These two UN-member countries are the only others with non-standard-shaped flags.
What are Switzerland and Vatican City?
The per-person price quoted in the planning spreadsheet for the house on the Maine trip.
What is $250?
A 1911 antitrust case that established Rule of Reasons analysis and resulted in the creation of Exxon Mobile and Chevron.
What is Standard Oil v. United States?
The collective name for owls is a parliament, originating from a description of a meeting of owls in this English author's work "The Silver Chair."
Who is C.S. Lewis?
The two major tributaries of the Nile River, one beginning near Lake Victoria and the other at Lake Tana.
What are the Blue Nile and the White Nile?
The name of the waterfall in El Yunque, Puerto Rico, an iconic photography location.
What is Juan Diego Falls?
The first case taught in every Property Law class, argued in 1803 about whether a fox hunt that crosses borders should benefit the person who catches the fox or the person whose property the fox was on.
What is Pierson v. Post?
The only living American to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Bob Dylan?
This country moved its capital in 2026; the new capital is La Ciudad de la Paz.
What is Equatorial Guinea?