Supreme Court Quizzes & Trivia

In the US, the Supreme Court is the highest court of the land handles all federal cases and appeals, making the final say on a federal law or high profile case. The US Supreme Court was established in 1789 – which article of the Constitution gives the Supreme Court its power? Since its creation, the US Supreme Court has made landmark decisions that have impacted life as we know it.

How many Justices are there in the US Supreme Court? True or False: Justices are elected every 5 years? Supreme Courts are also found in each state, and in other countries besides America, including Canada, Pakistan, Britain, and India. If you think you know the ins and outs of the Supreme Court, our challenging quizzes are more than enough to keep the most active of brains in tip-top shape!

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Supreme Court Cases Quiz

Supreme Court Cases North Carolina Civics and Economics Curriculum

Questions: 4 | Attempts: 390 | Last updated: Dec 27, 2016

Sample Question
You have the right to remain silent-you have the right….

Brown v. Board of Education 1954

Mapp v. Ohio, 1961

Furman v. Georgia, 1972

Miranda v. Arizona, 1966

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I describe this quiz as part of the Supreme Court.

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 477 | Last updated: Dec 26, 2012

Sample Question
Judicial authority extends to issues dealing wih all the following areas EXCEPT

Common law

Equity

Civil law

Criminal law

Pending legislation

Court Case Review Quiz

These are the big supreme court cases that you need to know.

Questions: 30 | Attempts: 245 | Last updated: Dec 31, 2012

Sample Question
In its McCulloch v. maryland decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of

Maryland in a dispute with the national government.

The supremacy of the states over the national government.

Judicial review.

Judicial restraint.

The supremacy of the national government over the states.

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Test your knowledge of the Supreme Court and Justice Stephen Breyer, whom Jeffrey Toobin writes about in the September 27, 2010, issue of The New Yorker.

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 2202 | Last updated: Dec 27, 2016

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Justice Stephen Breyer, who now often finds himself in the minority, tells Jeffrey Toobin in this week’s magazine that sometimes “dissents accomplish something, in that the majority has to respond,” and that “every dissent” is what?

A historic platform

A call to action

A failed opinion

A losing battle

Scotus Quiz #2

This is a quiz on the Supreme Court of the United States

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 178 | Last updated: Dec 26, 2012

Sample Question
Which of the following Supreme Court decisions established the concept of judicial review?

Plessy v. Ferguson

McCulloch v. Maryland

Griswold v. Connecticut

Marbury v. Madison

Buckley v. Valeo

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