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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

RBG was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton.

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Clinton nominated her in 1993 to replace Justice Byron White. She was confirmed 96-3, a remarkably bipartisan vote.

2.

RBG was the first Jewish woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Confirmed in 1993, she was indeed the first Jewish woman on the Court. The first Jewish justice was Louis Brandeis, but no Jewish woman served before her.

3.

RBG and her husband Marty were married for 56 years until his death.

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They married in 1954 and Marty died in 2010, exactly 56 years. Their partnership was famously supportive, with Marty being her biggest champion.

4.

She never publicly disagreed with fellow Justice Antonin Scalia.

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Despite being close friends, they famously disagreed on many legal issues. Scalia wrote sharp dissents to her majority opinions, and vice versa. Their friendship was based on mutual respect, not agreement.

5.

She was a talented opera singer who considered a professional career.

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RBG loved opera and even appeared as a supernumerary in a Washington production, but she never seriously pursued it professionally. She was a lawyer through and through.

6.

She once dissented by reading her opinion aloud while wearing a lace collar.

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RBG often read dissents from the bench, notably in cases like Shelby County v. Holder. Her lace collars became iconic—she had a 'dissenting collar' for such occasions.

7.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote her first Supreme Court brief while in prison.

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She wrote her first brief as a law professor, not in prison. This myth likely confuses her early civil rights work with incarceration settings.

8.

RBG lost more cases before the Supreme Court than she won.

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She argued 6 cases before the Court as a lawyer and won 5, but lost 1. Actually, she won 5 of 6—so this statement is false. Correction: she won 5 of 6, so 'lost more' is false. Wait—she won 5, lost 1, so false.

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