McMartin preschool trial - Quiz
  • 1. What technological arrangement was supported in Maryland v. Craig?
A) Virtual reality testimony
B) Closed-circuit TV testimony
C) Public televised trials
D) Pre-recorded depositions
  • 2. Why were laws passed to allow children to testify on closed-circuit TV?
A) To avoid traumatizing the child by facing the accused
B) To reduce the cost of court appearances
C) To improve audio quality for the jury
D) To speed up the legal process
  • 3. What concern regarding young children did the Maryland v. Craig case highlight?
A) Lack of vocabulary
B) Refusal to take an oath
C) Suggestibility and false memories
D) Inability to speak clearly
  • 4. What did the recorded CII interviews demonstrate to the jury in the Buckey trial?
A) The children's memory consistency
B) The reliability of the investigators
C) Coercive and suggestive questioning techniques
D) Clear evidence of child abuse
  • 5. What was the jury's verdict regarding Buckey after viewing the recorded interviews?
A) Not guilty
B) Guilty
C) Mistrial
D) Hung jury
  • 6. In what way did the Buckey trial influence subsequent investigations?
A) Investigators were required to use sworn stenographers
B) Laws were passed to mandate recording all interviews
C) Police started using more video cameras
D) Prosecutors began abandoning tape recorders and notepads
  • 7. According to the text, what was produced in response to juries acquitting defendants after viewing interview recordings?
A) A manual urging investigators not to record interviews
B) A mandatory code of conduct for prosecutors
C) A new set of state child protection laws
D) A curriculum for interviewing children
  • 8. Under what condition did the Supreme Court rule that closed-circuit testimony is permissible?
A) When the child is under the age of five
B) Only when the defendant requests it
C) When the courthouse lacks adequate space
D) When there is a likelihood that a minor may be harmed by testifying in open court
  • 9. How did other trials with similar interviewing techniques generally end when juries viewed the recordings?
A) Indefinite delays
B) Strict sentencing
C) Not guilty verdicts
D) Guilty verdicts
  • 10. What is described as the 'normal' police procedure for interviewing alleged victims?
A) Recording using video, tape, or notes
B) Conducting group interviews
C) Relying on eyewitness testimony
D) Interviewing victims in private chambers
  • 11. When did the first McMartin preschool trial begin?
A) December 1988
B) July 13, 1989
C) February 1989
D) July 13, 1987
  • 12. How many medical witnesses did the prosecution present during the first trial?
A) Five
B) Twelve
C) Seven
D) One
  • 13. How many medical witnesses did the judge allow the defense to present?
A) Three
B) One
C) Zero
D) Seven
  • 14. What was the initial amount of bail set for Ray Buckey?
A) $3 million
B) $5 million
C) $1.5 million
D) $500,000
  • 15. To what amount was Ray Buckey's bail reduced in December 1988?
A) $750,000
B) $1.5 million
C) $3 million
D) $1 million
  • 16. Approximately how long did Ray Buckey spend in jail before being released on bail?
A) 2 years
B) 1 year
C) 7 years
D) Almost 5 years
  • 17. In what year was Peggy Ann Buckey's appeal to have her teaching credentials reinstated granted?
A) 1989
B) 1987
C) 1990
D) 1988
  • 18. What did the judge note about the videotaped interviews of the children?
A) The children appeared coached by their parents
B) Clear evidence of systematic abuse
C) The videos were technically unusable
D) A pronounced absence of evidence implicating Peggy Ann
  • 19. Who ran the Children's Institute International (CII)?
A) Astrid Heppenstall Heger
B) John Earl
C) Michael P. Maloney
D) Kee MacFarlane
  • 20. How many children were claimed to have been abused by the spring of 1984?
A) 360
B) 12
C) 100
D) 41
  • 21. What did Astrid Heppenstall Heger believe the minute scarring she photographed was caused by?
A) Anal penetration
B) General childhood play
C) Congenital conditions
D) Previous medical accidents
  • 22. According to journalist John Earl, what was the basis for Heger's medical findings?
A) Unsubstantiated medical histories
B) Eyewitness accounts from teachers
C) Thorough forensic testing
D) Psychological evaluations from parents
  • 23. How many of the original 360 children ultimately testified in the grand jury and pretrial hearings?
A) 150
B) 360
C) 41
D) 12
  • 24. What did the interview transcripts and recordings demonstrate regarding speech distribution?
A) They contained far more speech from adults than children
B) They contained mostly speech from the children
C) They contained no speech from the adults
D) They contained equal speech from adults and children
  • 25. How did the children react initially to the interviewers' attempts to elicit disclosures?
A) The children were terrified of the interviewers
B) The children were eager to share stories
C) The children were resistant
D) The children were silent throughout the process
  • 26. How many children testified at the actual trials?
A) Fewer than a dozen
B) More than 100
C) Exactly 41
D) None
  • 27. When did the McMartin preschool trial take place?
A) The 1980s
B) The 2000s
C) The 1970s
D) The 1990s
  • 28. Who was the Los Angeles District Attorney who prosecuted the McMartin case?
A) Judy Johnson
B) Virginia McMartin
C) Ray Buckey
D) Ira Reiner
  • 29. In what city was the McMartin preschool located?
A) Los Angeles
B) Manhattan Beach
C) San Francisco
D) San Diego
  • 30. What cultural phenomenon was the McMartin investigation a pivotal part of?
A) The Red Scare
B) The Satanic panic
C) The Cold War espionage trials
D) The Prohibition era
  • 31. Who made the initial accusation that started the McMartin investigation?
A) Ira Reiner
B) Judy Johnson
C) Virginia McMartin
D) A police officer
  • 32. What was the familial relationship between Ray Buckey and Virginia McMartin?
A) Nephew
B) Grandson
C) Brother
D) Son
  • 33. What physical symptom led Judy Johnson to believe her son had been abused?
A) Refusal to go to school
B) Nightmares
C) Bruising on his arms
D) Painful bowel movements
  • 34. Approximately how many parents were sent a letter by the police regarding the investigation?
A) 1000
B) 200
C) 500
D) 50
  • 35. What medical condition was Judy Johnson diagnosed with during the investigation?
A) Bipolar disorder
B) Clinical depression
C) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
D) Acute paranoid schizophrenia
  • 36. According to the police letter, what was a possible pretense used for criminal acts?
A) Changing a diaper
B) Administering medicine
C) Taking the child's temperature
D) Giving a bath
  • 37. Which actor did a child identify as an abuser when shown photographs by Danny Davis?
A) Clint Eastwood
B) Arnold Schwarzenegger
C) Sylvester Stallone
D) Chuck Norris
  • 38. What kind of structures did investigators look for under the McMartin preschool but fail to find?
A) Secret tunnels
B) Hidden vaults
C) Ancient catacombs
D) Buried bunkers
  • 39. What was the 'naked movie star' activity actually identified as during trial testimony?
A) A secret grooming ritual
B) A rhyming taunt
C) A theatrical production
D) A professional photo shoot
  • 40. What bizarre ability did Judy Johnson claim Raymond Buckey possessed?
A) Teleportation
B) Flying
C) Invisibility
D) Telepathy
  • 41. Which prosecutor left the case in protest over the withholding of evidence?
A) Lael Rubin
B) Ira Reiner
C) Robert Philibosian
D) Glenn Stevens
  • 42. How many counts of child abuse were the defendants eventually charged with?
A) 20
B) 321
C) 48
D) 115
  • 43. Who did Glenn Stevens accuse of lying to keep the Buckeys in jail?
A) Ira Reiner
B) Lael Rubin
C) Danny Davis
D) Robert Philibosian
  • 44. How many children were involved in the final count of 321 abuse charges?
A) 20
B) 115
C) 48
D) 10
  • 45. Who testified that Ray Buckey had confessed to him in a jail cell?
A) David Rosenzweig
B) George Freeman
C) David Shaw
D) Wayne Satz
  • 46. What did George Freeman later confess to committing in other criminal cases?
A) Bribery
B) Witness tampering
C) Perjury
D) Embezzlement
  • 47. What was the result of Peggy McMartin Buckey's trial on January 18, 1990?
A) Mistrial declared
B) Convicted on all counts
C) Hung jury
D) Acquitted on all counts
  • 48. How many counts was Ray Buckey cleared of in his first trial?
A) 65
B) 13
C) 52
D) 6
  • 49. How many jurors voted to acquit Ray Buckey at the end of his first trial?
A) 11
B) 13
C) 9
D) 2
  • 50. How many counts were included in Ray Buckey's second trial?
A) 52
B) 65
C) 13
D) 6
  • 51. What was the final outcome of the second trial against Ray Buckey?
A) Total acquittal
B) Conviction
C) Mistrial due to lawyer misconduct
D) Hung jury
  • 52. Who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning series on the media's flawed coverage of the trial?
A) Wayne Satz
B) David Rosenzweig
C) George Freeman
D) David Shaw
  • 53. Which reporter for KABC presented an unchallenged view of the allegations?
A) David Rosenzweig
B) Wayne Satz
C) David Shaw
D) George Freeman
  • 54. Which editor at the Los Angeles Times was engaged to the prosecutor?
A) Wayne Satz
B) George Freeman
C) David Rosenzweig
D) David Shaw
  • 55. Who was the prosecutor engaged to David Rosenzweig?
A) Kee MacFarlane
B) Lael Rubin
C) None of the above
D) Peggy McMartin Buckey
  • 56. What was given to George Freeman to guarantee his testimony?
A) A plea bargain for a sentence reduction
B) Witness protection
C) Immunity
D) Money
  • 57. Where was the 1997 'Day of Contrition' conference held?
A) Salem, Massachusetts
B) Los Angeles, California
C) New York, New York
D) Seattle, Washington
  • 58. What did Ray Buckey do after the legal proceedings concluded?
A) Wrote a memoir
B) Became a teacher
C) Studied law
D) Retired from public life
  • 59. Who was the detective who investigated the complaints?
A) Judy Johnson
B) Lael Rubin
C) Jane Hoag
D) Kee MacFarlane
  • 60. In what publication was the article by Mary A. Fischer printed?
A) The New York Times
B) Los Angeles magazine
C) The Washington Post
D) Time magazine
  • 61. Who did the parents hire in 1990 to investigate the McMartin Preschool site?
A) John Earl
B) David Finkelhor
C) W. Joseph Wyatt
D) E. Gary Stickel
  • 62. What technology did Stickel claim to use to find tunnels under the preschool?
A) Ground-penetrating radar
B) Thermal imaging
C) Sonar scanning
D) X-ray imaging
  • 63. According to John Earl in 1995, why were tunnels impossible to fill in?
A) The tunnels were too deep
B) The soil was too rocky
C) The concrete floor slab was undisturbed
D) The tunnels were filled with water
  • 64. W. Joseph Wyatt concluded the 'tunnels' were actually what?
A) Natural caves
B) Rubbish pits
C) Old plumbing access points
D) Former storage vaults
  • 65. What was the title of the book funded by child abuse research grants that featured McMartin children?
A) Inside the Investigation
B) Shadows of the Preschool
C) The McMartin Files
D) Behind the Playground Walls
  • 66. How much money was granted to David Finkelhor to investigate day care sexual abuse?
A) $5 million
B) $7.2 million
C) $1.8 million
D) $173,000
  • 67. Which HBO movie was produced in 1995 based on the McMartin trials?
A) Secret Tunnels of the McMartins
B) The McMartin Family Trials
C) Indictment: The McMartin Trial
D) Behind the Playground Walls
  • 68. What was the name of the 2019 documentary about the McMartin family trials produced by Oxygen?
A) Uncovered: The McMartin Family Trials
B) Indictment: The McMartin Trial
C) The McMartin Legacy
D) Child Abuse Research: The McMartin Case
  • 69. Why did W. Joseph Wyatt speculate that Stickel's conclusions were flawed?
A) Stickel misinterpreted the age of the soil
B) Stickel was collaborating with the parents
C) Stickel was paid by the defendants
D) Stickel did not use proper radar equipment
  • 70. What items were found in the rubbish pits dating back to the 1930s and 1940s?
A) Children's toys
B) Bottles
C) Modern construction tools
D) Video recording devices
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