Central Park Five Case

Q: In what year did the assault of jogger Trisha Meili occur in Central Park that led to the wrongful conviction of five teenagers?

Answer this question in the quiz to reveal the explanation.

Q: What moniker did the five exonerated men—Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise—adopt after exoneration?

Answer this question in the quiz to reveal the explanation.

Q: Which convicted serial rapist and murderer came forward in 2002 to confess that he alone attacked the jogger in Central Park?

Answer this question in the quiz to reveal the explanation.

Q: Why did the five teenagers falsely confess to police investigators during their 1989 interrogations?

Answer this question in the quiz to reveal the explanation.

Q: What 2019 four-part Emmy-winning Netflix drama directed by Ava DuVernay chronicled the lives of the five men across three decades?

Answer this question in the quiz to reveal the explanation.

Q: In what year did New York State Supreme Court Justice Charles Tejada officially vacate all convictions against the five men?

Answer this question in the quiz to reveal the explanation.

Q: What historic financial settlement did the City of New York agree to pay the five exonerated men in June 2014?

Answer this question in the quiz to reveal the explanation.

Q: Which prominent New York businessman spent 85,000 dollars placing full-page advertisements in four city newspapers in May 1989 calling for the death penalty?

Answer this question in the quiz to reveal the explanation.

Q: Which of the Exonerated Five was elected to the New York City Council representing Harlem in November 2023?

Answer this question in the quiz to reveal the explanation.

Q: What 2012 documentary feature directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon explored the case and pressured city officials to settle?

Answer this question in the quiz to reveal the explanation.

Question 1

In what year did the assault of jogger Trisha Meili occur in Central Park that led to the wrongful conviction of five teenagers?

Question 2

What moniker did the five exonerated men—Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise—adopt after exoneration?

Question 3

Which convicted serial rapist and murderer came forward in 2002 to confess that he alone attacked the jogger in Central Park?

Question 4

Why did the five teenagers falsely confess to police investigators during their 1989 interrogations?

Question 5

What 2019 four-part Emmy-winning Netflix drama directed by Ava DuVernay chronicled the lives of the five men across three decades?

Question 6

In what year did New York State Supreme Court Justice Charles Tejada officially vacate all convictions against the five men?

Question 7

What historic financial settlement did the City of New York agree to pay the five exonerated men in June 2014?

Question 8

Which prominent New York businessman spent 85,000 dollars placing full-page advertisements in four city newspapers in May 1989 calling for the death penalty?

Question 9

Which of the Exonerated Five was elected to the New York City Council representing Harlem in November 2023?

Question 10

What 2012 documentary feature directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon explored the case and pressured city officials to settle?

In what year did the assault of jogger Trisha Meili occur in Central Park that led to the wrongful conviction of five teenagers?

Comments 0 comments