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Randall Adams and 'The Thin Blue Line'

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Introduction:
"This quiz is on Errol Morris' documentary and the events it concerns. Not all of this information is available in the movie itself. Enjoy!"


1. What crime was Randall Adams charged with?
    murdering a police officer
    assaulting a man in a bar
    raping a nun
    robbing a convenience store


2. What is true of most of the interviews conducted in the film?
    The people being interviewed are in complete shadow.
    The people being interviewed look directly into the camera.
    The people being interviewed are not shown, but heard as voice-over.
    There are no interviews conducted during the film.


3. David Harris was the other person possibly involved in the crime. Why couldn't he have been given the death sentence?
    He wasn't an American citizen and was only on vacation from Canada.
    He was only 16.
    He killed himself a few hours after the crime was committed.
    He could have been given the death sentence.


4. One of the interviews is with a a Vidor police detective. He tells us about an attack David Harris committed against a woman. He hit her with something, and thought she was unconscious, but she was actually faking and called the cops. What did he hit her with?
    a baseball bat
    a rolling pin
    a brick
    a rifle barrel


5. How long did the court-ordered psychologist spend with Adams before deciding that he was a definite danger to society?
    15 minutes
    a week
    a day
    60 minutes


6. The female surprise eyewitness conveniently remembered seeing Adams in the car just before the shooting. She received a reward for providing this helpful testimony. Shortly after Adams' trial, she came forward with another convenient testimony, this time to help whom?
    her daughter
    her teacher
    her lover
    her mother


7. What was the female cop drinking that evening?
    Pepsi
    a malt
    water
    Sprite


8. Who scored the film?
    Dario Argento
    Meredith Monk
    John Cage
    Philip Glass


9. How far was Adams from his execution when his sentence was overturned?
    3 months
    3 days
    3 weeks
    3 years


10. True or False. After 'The Thin Blue Line' resulted in Adams' being freed from prison, Adams sued Errol Morris.
    True
    False


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