Q 01/05

Which rap star's stage name inspired the nickname a law student gave Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Tumblr?

A) Grandmaster Melle Mel

B) The Notorious B.I.G.

C) Busta Rhymes

D) Big Daddy Kane

Answer · why

B) The Notorious B.I.G.

The Notorious B.I.G. lent his name to the Notorious R.B.G., a nickname law student Shana Knizhnik coined after a fiery voting rights dissent.

Q 02/05

Which exercise could Ruth Bader Ginsburg do twenty of in a session with trainer Bryant Johnson before turning 80?

A) Pull-ups

B) Burpees

C) Chin-ups

D) Push-ups

Answer · why

D) Push-ups

Push-ups were part of her twice-weekly sessions with Johnson, a former Army reservist, which began after cancer treatment in 1999 left her weak.

Q 03/05

On which late-night host's show did Ruth Bader Ginsburg rule that a hot dog counts as a sandwich?

A) Stephen Colbert

B) David Letterman

C) Conan O'Brien

D) Trevor Noah

Answer · why

A) Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert joined her gym workout in 2018 and put the question to her; she ruled that under his definition of a sandwich, a hot dog qualifies.

Q 04/05

Which insect did researchers name after Ruth Bader Ginsburg because its neck plate resembles her lace collar?

A) A long-horned beetle

B) A lacewing

C) A praying mantis

D) A leafhopper

Answer · why

C) A praying mantis

A praying mantis got the name Ilomantis ginsburgae in 2016, and the species was identified from female rather than male specimens, a nod to her fight ...

Q 05/05

Which conservative justice did Ruth Bader Ginsburg consider her closest colleague on the Supreme Court?

A) Antonin Scalia

B) Clarence Thomas

C) Samuel Alito

D) William Rehnquist

Answer · why

A) Antonin Scalia

Antonin Scalia and Ginsburg often dined together, and the pair had already served side by side on the D.C. Circuit appeals court in the 1980s.