Q 01/05

Stephen Breyer and his brother Charles both earned which rank in the Boy Scouts of America as boys?

A) Eagle Scout

B) Life Scout

C) Star Scout

D) Tenderfoot Scout

Answer · why

A) Eagle Scout

Eagle Scout is the rank both Breyer brothers reached, and in 2007 Stephen received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, given for eminence in a later ...

Q 02/05

Which former Stephen Breyer law clerk took over his Supreme Court seat when he retired?

A) Sonia Sotomayor

B) Ketanji Brown Jackson

C) Amy Coney Barrett

D) Brett Kavanaugh

Answer · why

B) Ketanji Brown Jackson

Ketanji Brown Jackson clerked for Breyer from 1999 to 2000, then replaced her old boss 22 years later as the first Black woman on the Court.

Q 03/05

Which hobby left Stephen Breyer with a punctured lung, a broken collarbone and a replaced shoulder?

A) Skiing

B) Horse riding

C) Bicycling

D) Ice skating

Answer · why

C) Bicycling

Bicycling injured Breyer badly three times: a car hit him in 1993, he broke his collarbone in 2011, and a 2013 fall on the National Mall led to should...

Q 04/05

An intruder robbed Stephen Breyer at his Caribbean vacation home in 2012 while armed with which weapon?

A) A handgun

B) A baseball bat

C) A shotgun

D) A machete

Answer · why

D) A machete

A machete was the weapon, and the robber fled the Breyers' house on the island of Nevis with about $1,000 in cash, leaving everyone unharmed.

Q 05/05

Stephen Breyer interviewed for a Supreme Court seat in 1993, but the nomination went to whom instead?

A) Ruth Bader Ginsburg

B) Sonia Sotomayor

C) Clarence Thomas

D) Sandra Day O'Connor

Answer · why

A) Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg got the 1993 nomination; Breyer had interviewed while short of breath and in pain from an injury days earlier, and his own turn ca...