Jury Duty
A trial jury is called a petit jury, but this is a jury that indicts.
Answer: What is a grand jury? A grand jury consists of 16 to 23 jurors.
On September 1, 1983, Korean Airline Flight 007 entered the airspace of this country and was shot down.
Answer: What is the Soviet Union (or USSR)? The aircraft veered off course and flew over top-secret military installations. An American spy plane was flying near the commercial airliner, and it is possible that the Soviets mistook KAL 007 for the spy plane.
The bill that created the U.S. interstate highway system was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in this year.
Answer: What is 1956? The proper name of the interstate is the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. One purpose of the highway system was to be able to quickly evacuate target areas in case of nuclear attack.
This character leads the crew of the A-Team on their many benevolent adventures.
Answer: Who is Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith? He is known for his elaborate plans and his catchphrase, “I love it when a plan comes together.”
In 2017, this autonomous area voted to break away from Spain.
Answer: What is Catalonia? The international community denied recognition, and the Spanish authorities put down the independence movement. Catalonia has its own culture and language.
A prospective juror can be charged with this offense for lying to the court.
Answer: What is perjury? There are four aspects of committing perjury: the declarant took an oath to testify truthfully, they willfully made a false statement contrary to that oath, the declarant believed the statement to be untrue, and the statement related to a material fact.
On December 3, 1984, a Union Carbide chemical plant experienced a leak that killed 3,000 people in the Bhopal region of this country.
Answer: What is India? Thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of injuries have been attributed to the leak.
This New Year’s Day 1954 extravaganza was the first nationwide, color-television transmission in the United States.
Answer: What is the Tournament of Roses Parade? The parade is held in Pasadena, California.
There was never a question that he was in complete control of the New York Yankees during his 37-year tenure as owner of the franchise.
Answer: Who is George Steinbrenner? Did you know he was banned from baseball twice?
This famous actor was married five times, this famous actress was married eight times, and they were married to each other twice.
Answer: Who are Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor? Burton’s last wife, Sally, was reportedly incensed when a book revealed that her husband had written a letter to Elizabeth Taylor shortly before his death.
This is the term for a proceeding brought before a military tribunal.
Answer: What is court martial? The laws governing court martials are the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
On May 1, 1982, the World’s Fair opened in this city.
Answer: What is Knoxville, Tennessee? The World’s Fair was built in an old railway yard. The theme of the fair was “Energy Turns the World.”
This music player uses bouncing laser light to read the music.
Answer: What is a CD? DVD players use the same technology to read the contents of DVDs.
He plays the head-slapping special agent team leader Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS.
Answer: Who is Mark Harmon? He portrayed Gibbs on NCIS for nearly two decades, making the character one of the longest-running leads in television crime dramas.
When “Brangelina” broke up, these two entities stood on their own.
Answer: Who are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie? The nickname “Brangelina” was a media-created blend of their names during their high-profile relationship and marriage.
Jurors are routinely selected from one of these two lists.
Answer: What is voter registration or the DMV (driver’s license)? This varies by jurisdiction.
On April 1, 1970, Richard Nixon signed the bill that killed advertising of these carcinogenic products on radio and TV.
Answer: What are cigarettes? The law took effect on January 2, 1971, and the last ad ran on The Tonight Show on January 1.
In 1957, the Soviets launched this first artificial Earth satellite.
Answer: What is Sputnik 1? The Soviets were winning the space race until America put a man on the moon. Some call it a comeback rather than a win.
This character was the boss of Danno and the rest of the team on Hawaii Five-O.
Answer: Who was Steve McGarrett? He was known for his strict leadership style and for frequently ordering suspects to “book ’em, Danno.”
When the Beatles broke up, this member formed the band Wings.
Answer: Who is Paul McCartney? After the Beatles broke up, McCartney went into a depression and formed the new band to “get back to square one.”
Juries are not always composed of 12 jurors; sometimes they seat only this number.
Answer: What is six? The Supreme Court has upheld six-person juries in some criminal and civil cases.
In honor of the bicentennial in 1976, Operation Sail brought hundreds of ships, including 16 tall ships, to this major city’s harbor.
Answer: What is New York City? The parade consisted of 225 sailing ships from 30 nations.
The United States launched its first satellite in this decade.
Answer: What are the 1950s? Explorer I was launched in 1958. It was designed by James Van Allen, for whom the Van Allen radiation belt is named.
He battled the other claimants to Facebook’s creation in a series of lawsuits, ultimately securing control of the company.
Answer: Who is Mark Zuckerberg? The plaintiffs received settlements worth only a tiny fraction of what Facebook would soon be worth.
This company with the highest-price stock on the New York Stock Exchange has never allowed a stock split.
Answer: What is Berkshire Hathaway? The company’s Class A stock has never split. Today, a single share costs north of $700,000.