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QUIZ #2: THE LETTER "B"

1. An example of a criminal "battery" is:

I don't know

Duracell

Beating the hell out of the people who make those annoying Energizer bunny commercials

AC/Delco

My wife's German chocolate cake

2. When a check is made payable to "bearer," who may cash it?

I don't know

A bank employee

The first person to come into the bank naked

Any person in possession of the check

Ranger Smith

3. In the law of contracts, a "bailee" is:

I don't know

A person who posts bail for another (e.g., a bail bondsman)

A person who is bailed out by another (e.g., my brother-in-law)

A person hired to carry heavy loads

A person who holds goods for another

4. Which of the following would constitute "bribery" under the law?

I don't know

Giving the mayor $10 to wash your car

Giving the mayor $1,000 to wash your car (and also award you the city's laundry contract)

Giving a hit man $10,000 because the mayor reneged on the deal

Giving your kids money for the movies so they will leave the house

5. A "burglar" is someone who:

I don't know

Makes great hamburgers

Just doesn't know when to go home

Unlawfully enters a building to avoid a snowstorm

Unlawfully enters a building to commit a crime

6. "By-laws" are regulations adopted by:

I don't know

Corporations and associations

Parents who can't seem to make rules of their own

Cities like San Francisco, West Hollywood and wherever Dennis Rodman lives

None of the above

7. Which type of "bookmaking" is a crime?

I don't know

Publishing a nude pictorial entitled "Women of the Clinton Administration"

Publishing any more Dr. Laura "Ten Stupid Things" books

Running a numbers operation

Pretending to run for President so you can sell more copies of your book

8. A "bona fide purchaser" is someone who:

I don't know

Receives property as a gift

Purchases stolen property in an alley

Only pays in small bills

Purchases property in what she believes to be a legitimate transaction

9. To "bequeath" is to give personal property to another person by:

I don't know

Will

Contract

Mail

Female

10. A "breach of pound" occurs when:

I don't know

You gain 20 pounds during the Christmas season alone

You fail to repay a debt in England

You break into a place in order to steal your cattle or other goods back

You break into dog pound and set them all free

11. If the "best evidence rule" is in effect, then:

I don't know

Photo copies are only admissible if the original is lost or destroyed

The party presenting the best evidence wins

The party presenting the best evidence is probably lying

The best way to tell if the witness is lying is to look them directly in the eye

12. "Bulk Sales Acts" prevent you from:

I don't know

Getting into the 8 item or less line with 22 items

Buying more than one case of Twinkies at a time

Making customers buy two or more of an item to get the discount price

Defrauding your creditors by secretly selling all of your assets

13. "Bills of Attainder" are:

I don't know

Bills that you have no chance of ever paying off (e.g., your law school loans)

Laws that have no chance of ever being passed (e.g., health care reform)

Laws that inflict punishment without the necessity for a trial

Laws that have objections which are difficult to achieve (or attain)

14. The "blockage rule" is used to determine:

I don't know

How many yards a running back will average over the course of a season

How large blocks of stock are valued

Zoning issues

How quickly fast food will clog your arteries

15. The "Boulevard" rule states:

I don't know

Drivers may be stopped for suspicion of soliciting prostitution in certain circumstances

Drivers must yield when merging onto a major thoroughfare

Every street in New England must have at least one life-threatening pot hole

You may not speed up when the light turns yellow

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