Entertainment, Esq.
Order of (CIA) Operations
Partial Procedures
Transcription Trivia
Wondering About Washington
100
The titular character in this Emmy-nominated television show attended the University of American Samoa before passing the bar
What is Better Call Saul?
100
This secret program, named after a ubiquitous office supply, covered the relocation of 1,600 German scientists into the U.S. between 1945 and 1959
What is Operation Paperclip?
100
Externships
This judge chairs the WDWA Summer Externship Program. The program is open to all 1L and 2L students at an accredited law school who seek a judicial externship as part of a law school judicial externship class.
Who is Judge Vaughan?
100
This time-reference indicates the exact point in time within the original audio recording where particular text was spoken
What is a timestamp?
100
This crab gets its name from the longest natural sand spit in the country, which spans 5.5 miles of the Olympic peninsula
What is dungeness?
200
In this 1992 classic, Marisa Tomei thwarts the prosecution's attempt to debunk her automotive expertise by rattling off a brassy spiel on Chevy 1955s
What is My Cousin Vinny?
200
Under Operation Ajax (1953), an attempt to audit the documents of this energy company led to the eventual overthow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh
What is the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC)? (Also accepting BP/British Petroleum)
200
5.5 General advice.
• Be on time.
• Stand when speaking. But see Section 5.2.
• Address all remarks to the Court, not opposing counsel or the opposing party.
• Be professional and ethical.
• Be courteous and respectful to courtroom staff at all times.
Who is Judge Whitehead?
200
Pauses in speech like "um," "uh," and "oh," are all examples of this
What are filler words?
200
The Western District of Washington comprises this many counties
What is 19?
300
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia entered the courtroom drama scene in "McPoyle vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century," where Charlie Kelly demonstrated his mastery over this area of law
What is bird law (also accepting: parroty)?
300
Under Operation PBSuccess (1954), the CIA toppled the government of Guatemala over, among other things, labor exploitation laws regarding what fruit?
What are bananas?
300
D. Motions in Limine
All motions in limine must be filed by the deadline set for pretrial motions.
Motions in limine contained in a trial brief that could have been brought by the pretrial motions deadline will be stricken.
Who is Judge King?
300
This is the most commonly used file extension for subtitles
What is .srt?
300
The Coast Salish peoples of Washington State and neighboring areas are known for this gift-giving ceremony where wealth is demonstrated by sharing
What is Potlatch?
400
Real-life lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn hallucinates the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg in this 1991 play by Tony Kushner
What is Angels in America?
400
Designed to develop methods of brainwashing and interrogation through drugs and torture, this infamous program was revealed to the public by the Church Committee in 1975
What is MKUltra?
400
D. Speaking at the Podium Not Required
Counsel are required to stand when addressing the Court, a witness, or the jury unless a disability-related or health-related accommodation is readily apparent or is requested and granted (see Section III.B). As a general matter, Counsel will not be restricted to speaking at the podium . . . . However, Counsel shall stay at least five feet back from the railing in front of the jury box and, to aid the Court Reporter, shall use the handheld microphone provided by the Court when leaving the podium.
Who is Judge Lin?
400
The bane of many a transcriptionist, this is the phenomenon of two or more people speaking simultaneously in audio
What is crosstalk? (Also accepting overlapping dialogue)
400
Bainbridge Island was the birthplace of this fast-growing sport in 1965
What is pickleball?
500
In the Game of the Year-winning, hit-RPG Baldur's Gate 3 (2023), this fiendish character uses the power of a contract to keep protagonist Wyll Ravengard under her thumb
Who is Mizora?
500
Domestic espionage project, Operation CHAOS (1967-1974), sought to uncover possible foreign influences on various American protest movements, but was exposed by this Pulitzer-winning, investigative journalist of Watergate and My Lai fame
Who is Seymour Hersh?
500
Every Day You See the Sky (2015) is an acrylic painted paper collage mounted on three foot by six foot wood panel commissioned by this judge for chambers
Who is Judge Christel?
500
This is the algorithm that predicts word sequence probability in speech recognition
What is a language model?
500
Washington's state gem is this misleadingly named substance
What is petrified wood?