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!

Can You Name The U.S. Supreme Court Justices?

Nearly two-thirds of Americans can't name even a single member of the high court, according to a new survey by FindLaw.com. See how you do.

Questions: 3 | Attempts: 28216 | Last updated: Feb 22, 2013

Sample Question
From the list below, select the names of four other Supreme Court justices.

Elena Kagan

Sandra Day O'Connor

John Paul Stevens

Sonia Sotomayor

David Souter

Stephen Breyer

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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: 2159 | Last updated: Dec 27, 2016

Sample Question
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

Supreme Court Cases Quiz

Supreme Court Cases North Carolina Civics and Economics Curriculum

Questions: 4 | Attempts: 239 | 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

Court Case Review Quiz

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

Questions: 30 | Attempts: 204 | 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.

Scotus Quiz #1

I describe this quiz as part of the Supreme Court.

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 136 | 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

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Supreme Court Questions & Answers

In his opinion in Buck v. Bell, what was Holmes referring to when he said that three generations of imbeciles are enough?

1. sterilizing the mentally retarded-in an eight-to-one vote, the court upheld the state of virginias right to require sterilization for the mentally retardeda statute that was not repealed until 1974. writing the majority opinion, holmes compared cu

Critics of judicial activism feel that which of the consequences result from a court pusuing such a philosophy?

Precedent should be the determining factor when deciding a case

Why do some people think the supreme court has too much power?

Yes,of course supreme court has too much power.Thanks

The Bill of Rights creates “zones” of privacy, including the right of marital privacy against state restrictions on a couple's ability to be counseled in the use of contraceptives...

Griswold vs. Connecticut