General Trivia thread (the more obscure the better)

[Baron Scicluna]

How are Don King, a bomb and porn all linked together and why would I teach this to students?

I looked it up. It's a very interesting story.

 

[Spartan Squad]

I looked it up. It's a very interesting story.

I really love being able to give the kids this one. It really hooks them in

 

[maumann]

How are Don King, a bomb and porn all linked together and why would I teach this to students?

They all suffered from going off prematurely?

 

[Spartan Squad]

They all suffered from going off prematurely?

 

[Liut]

Who was President Truman's Vice President and what state was he from?

 

[micropolitan guy]

Who was President Truman's Vice President and what state was he from?

Alben Barkley of Kentucky. I think Happy Chandler took his Senate seat.

 

[Liut]

Alben Barkley of Kentucky. I think Happy Chandler took his Senate seat.

Awesome. Sometimes when I'm having trouble sleeping, I try to silently name the VPs from Harris backward. Usually cannot get past Garner under FDR.

 

[swingline]

You must be a hit at parties.

 

[Spartan Squad]

How are Don King, a bomb and porn all linked together and why would I teach this to students?

OK, time to pay this off.

So this is all from a Fourth Amendment case (Mapp v Ohio) that (without getting too deep into the weeds) forced states to follow the rules about warrants.

After a bombing at the home of Don King, police in Cleveland went to the home of Dollree Mapp on a tip. No warrant. Mapp said the police could not search her home, but they made up a fake warrant (or passed off something as a warrant) and searched the home. In the basement, the police found—among other things—a box of porn. Mapp was arrested for obscenity but SCOTUS said the search was illegal.

I teach this to students for obvious reasons and because it's the case that incorporated the Fourth Amendment to the states beyond just applying to the feds. And something, something CRT

 

[Driftwood]

OK, time to pay this off.

So this is all from a Fourth Amendment case (Mapp v Ohio) that (without getting too deep into the weeds) forced states to follow the rules about warrants.

After a bombing at the home of Don King, police in Cleveland went to the home of Dollree Mapp on a tip. No warrant. Mapp said the police could not search her home, but they made up a fake warrant (or passed off something as a warrant) and searched the home. In the basement, the police found—among other things—a box of porn. Mapp was arrested for obscenity but SCOTUS said the search was illegal.

I teach this to students for obvious reasons and because it's the case that incorporated the Fourth Amendment to the states beyond just applying to the feds. And something, something CRT

I simplify this to 4th Amendment, search and seizure, fruit of the forbidden tree, this way:
Mapp vs. Ohio.
You have to have a map to find the treasure.
No map, you have nothing to show for it.

 

[Driftwood]

Julia Tyler died in 1889, 44 years after John Tyler left the White House (1845).

The First Lady who lived the longest after leaving the White House was Frances Cleveland, the 21-year-old bride of Grover Cleveland. His second term ended in 1897; she lived until 1947, or 50 more years.

Don't forget, Cleveland's wife was his daughter... adoptive daughter, but still.

 

[Spartan Squad]

I simplify this to 4th Amendment, search and seizure, fruit of the forbidden tree, this way:
Mapp vs. Ohio.
You have to have a map to find the treasure.
No map, you have nothing to show for it.

I'll need to remember that trick.