Pepper/Hamilton Questions [Quiz #5]

Answers here [also can be found by highlighting the area below each question]

1. The law firm of Pepper Hamilton was founded (and headed for the next 60 years) by Penn alumnus George Wharton Pepper in what year?
a) 1845 b) 1860 c) 1875 d) 1890
(d)
2. Pepper Hamilton made news in 2005 by successfully co-representing the plaintiffs in Kitzmiller v. Dover School District. In that case, the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania barred the teaching of what doctrine in Dover public schools?
intelligent design; half a point if you said "creationism."
3. In 2008, Pepper Hamilton represented a Philadelphia news anchor, who wound up pleading guilty to one felony charge? Who was the anchor, and what was he accused of? [half point each]
Larry Mendte; he was accused of repeatedly accessing his former co-anchor Alycia Lane's e-mail accounts with a stolen password.
4. Hamilton is the name of several cities around the world, the largest being one of about half a million people in what Canadian province?
Ontario
5. How did Alexander Hamilton, founding father and first US Secretary of the Treasury, die, and who else was to blame? [half point each]
He was shot in a duel by Aaron Burr, the sitting vice president.
6. Alexander Hamilton appears on which U.S. banknote?
The ten-dollar bill
7. Said to be a mix of 23 flavors, what drink was patented in 1885, served to a national audience at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, lost its period in 1950, has a cherry vanilla variety, and is now among the top ten carbonated soft drinks in the US?
Dr Pepper
8. Which of the following statements about pepper (the spice) is incorrect?
(a) Both black and white pepper are typically made from berries of the same plant, piper nigrum, the difference being in the degree of ripening and the method of preparation.
(b) Pepper was used as a spice in India from about the fifth century; European explorers brought it to other parts of the world.
(c) Americans consume roughly four ounces of pepper a year, grown domestically or imported from countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and Brazil.
(d) Pepper spray, of the kind used for riot control or personal protection, is not made from the plant that is used to make black pepper.
c. Pepper has been in use at least 4000 years in India, and was also in use in Europe and Asia in ancient times, although it is true that European explorers helped to spread its use further.
9. Match these famous Peppers/Hamiltons with their descriptions: [half point each]
(a) Art Pepper
(b) Claude Pepper
(c) Scott Hamilton
(d) George Hamilton

(1) US figure skater
(2) Longtime US Senate and House member from Florida known for his advocacy on behalf of the elderly
(3) jazz saxophonist
(4) actor and tanning aficionado
(a) 3; (b) 2; (c) 1; (d) 4