General Trivia thread (the more obscure the better)

[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

Kids especially love when I do Terry vs. Ohio, and I give a personal story where I pretty much told a cop to fork off that I wasn't going to submit to a Terry stop.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Kids especially love when I do Terry vs. Ohio, and I give a personal story where I pretty much told a cop to fork off that I wasn't going to submit to a Terry stop.

That's awesome.

I like telling kids about the limits to the first amendment by sharing the time I got my paper sued. This is especially effective when I tell them I won and the case was dismissed because I understood my actual protections. My favorite reply so far is "how much money did the guy get?" "None. He lost!"

 

[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

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

More like goddaughter.

 

[Webster]

Something I learned today — what was the real last name of Redd Foxx?

 

[Liut]

Something I learned today — what was the real last name of Redd Foxx?

IIRC, his real last name was actually Sanford.

 

[Webster]

IIRC, his real last name was actually Sanford.

Correct!

 

[DanOregon]

Redd Foxx served time in prison with what famous American?

 

[DanOregon]

 

[Webster]

Redd Foxx served time in prison with what famous American?

I didn't look at the clip, but assume that's Detroit Red. I thought they washed dishes together and didn't serve time at the same place.

 

[DanOregon]

Yeah - I misremembered it. X and Redd.

 

[DanOregon]

Kind of trivia-ish: Can you name a movie that became part of the American lexicon for describing something? Obviously, Catch-22 was a book first, but then I thought of Groundhog Day (which before the movie didn't seem to have any connection to living the same day over and over), Animal House (which became shorthand for describing any unruly group or collection of members from an organization) and Fatal Attraction.

 

[Tighthead]

Kind of trivia-ish: Can you name a movie that became part of the American lexicon for describing something? Obviously, Catch-22 was a book first, but then I thought of Groundhog Day (which before the movie didn't seem to have any connection to living the same day over and over), Animal House (which became shorthand for describing any unruly group or collection of members from an organization) and Fatal Attraction.

First thought was "Sophie's Choice" but that was a book first.

I have heard quite a few people use the term "Silkwood Shower".