Historical Trials Quiz

Test your knowledge of landmark trials with questions on freedom of speech, civil rights, and famous legal battles in this historical trials quiz.

#1

Who was the defendant in the famous trial known as the 'Monkey Trial'?

John Scopes
John Peter Zenger
John Brown
John Adams
#2

In which city did the Nuremberg Trials take place?

Berlin
Vienna
Nuremberg
Munich
#3

Which trial featured the famous line 'If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit'?

The O.J. Simpson Trial
The Nuremberg Trials
The Scopes Monkey Trial
The Salem Witch Trials
#4

Who was the defendant in the trial depicted in the film 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

Atticus Finch
Tom Robinson
Boo Radley
Bob Ewell
#5

Which trial is often considered a landmark in American legal history due to its implications for freedom of speech?

The Salem Witch Trials
The Scopes Monkey Trial
The O.J. Simpson Trial
The Trial of John Peter Zenger
#6

Who was the first woman to be executed for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials?

Bridget Bishop
Sarah Good
Rebecca Nurse
Tituba
#7

Who was the prosecutor in the trial of O.J. Simpson?

Marcia Clark
Robert Shapiro
Christopher Darden
Alan Dershowitz
#8

Which trial led to the landmark Supreme Court decision establishing the principle of 'separate but equal'?

Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Roe v. Wade
Miranda v. Arizona
#9

Who was the defense attorney for Al Capone during his tax evasion trial?

Clarence Darrow
Johnny Cochran
Robert Shapiro
Benjamin Cardozo
#10

Who was the first woman to serve as a judge in a U.S. court?

Sandra Day O'Connor
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Florence Allen
Harriet Miers
#11

What was the outcome of the trial of Adolf Eichmann?

Found not guilty
Sentenced to life imprisonment
Sentenced to death
Exiled from the country
#12

Who was the presiding judge during the Nuremberg Trials?

Antonin Scalia
Hugo Black
Robert H. Jackson
Thomas T. Munford
#13

Which trial marked the first time in legal history that film and radio broadcasts were allowed in courtrooms?

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
The Scopes Monkey Trial
The Trial of Al Capone
#14

Who was the main prosecutor in the trial of the Watergate burglars?

John Dean
Archibald Cox
Leon Jaworski
Robert Bork
#15

In which year did the trial of Socrates take place?

399 BC
490 BC
300 BC
150 BC
#16

Who was the defendant in the trial of Anne Hutchinson, a religious dissident in colonial America?

Anne Bradstreet
Cotton Mather
Roger Williams
John Winthrop

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