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