Legal Trials and Controversial Figures Quiz

Explore famous trials in criminal justice history. Test your knowledge on Lincoln's assassination, Manson Family, O.J. Simpson, and more.

#1

Who was famously tried for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln?

John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
James Earl Ray
#2

Who was the former Iraqi president tried and executed for crimes against humanity?

Saddam Hussein
Muammar Gaddafi
Bashar al-Assad
Hosni Mubarak
#3

Who was the leader of the Nazi regime tried and convicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Nuremberg Trials?

Adolf Eichmann
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Göring
Joseph Goebbels
#4

Who was the American businessman and pilot who was tried and acquitted for the 1932 kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's son?

Al Capone
John Dillinger
George 'Machine Gun' Kelly
Bruno Hauptmann
#5

Who was the Roman senator and general who was famously tried and convicted for conspiring to overthrow the Roman Republic?

Julius Caesar
Gaius Marius
Lucius Sergius Catilina
Marcus Licinius Crassus
#6

In the O.J. Simpson trial, what was the primary piece of evidence presented by the prosecution?

Bloody glove
Footprints at the crime scene
Hair fibers
Blood stains in Simpson's car
#7

Which controversial figure was tried for her involvement in the Manson Family murders?

Marilyn Manson
Linda Kasabian
Susan Atkins
Sharon Tate
#8

In which trial was William Jennings Bryan a prominent prosecutor?

Salem Witch Trials
Scopes Monkey Trial
Nuremberg Trials
Watergate Scandal
#9

Who was the notorious cult leader and murderer who was tried and convicted in 1971?

David Koresh
Jim Jones
Charles Manson
Warren Jeffs
#10

Which infamous mobster was finally convicted for tax evasion rather than more serious crimes?

Al Capone
John Gotti
Lucky Luciano
Meyer Lansky
#11

Who was the civil rights leader famously tried and arrested for his nonviolent protests against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963?

Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
#12

Which trial involved the U.S. government's prosecution of several Communist Party leaders under the Smith Act for advocating the violent overthrow of the government?

Rosenberg Trial
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Dennis v. United States
McCarthy Hearings
#13

Who was the first woman to be executed by the United States federal government?

Aileen Wuornos
Susan Smith
Ethel Rosenberg
Mary Surratt
#14

Which trial in 1925 involved a high school teacher accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act by teaching the theory of evolution?

Scopes Monkey Trial
Brown v. Board of Education
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Rosenberg Trial
#15

Which controversial figure was acquitted in the trial surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin?

George Zimmerman
Darren Wilson
Michael Slager
Daniel Pantaleo
#16

In which trial was Timothy McVeigh convicted for the Oklahoma City bombing?

Manson Family Trial
O.J. Simpson Trial
Boston Marathon Bombing Trial
Terry Nichols Trial
#17

In which trial was the accused, acquitted, and later confessed to the double murder in a highly publicized interview?

Lizzie Borden Trial
Phil Spector Trial
Robert Durst Trial
Ted Bundy Trial
#18

Which trial, known for its impact on forensic science, involved the murder of Travis Alexander and the defendant's claim of self-defense?

Scott Peterson Trial
Casey Anthony Trial
Jodi Arias Trial
Amanda Knox Trial
#19

In which trial was Harvey Weinstein convicted of rape and sexual assault charges, leading to his sentencing to prison?

Stanford White Trial
Weinstein v. United States
Weinstein v. New York
Weinstein Trial

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