1) How many children did Michael and Kathleen Peterson have together?
Five
Three
None
One

2) Where does the defense say it found what it claims is the missing blow poke?
Inside one of the chimneys
Buried in the back yard
Mixed in with another set of fireplace tools in the bedroom
In the garage

3) Which movie were Michael and Kathleen Peterson sitting down to watch the night she died?
Goodfellas
Nightmare on Elm Street
America's Sweethearts
A Charlie Brown Christmas

4) What good news were Michael and Kathleen Peterson reportedly celebrating the night of her death?
Margaret Ratliff's acceptance to UCLA
Michael Peterson's latest newspaper Op/Ed article
Kathleen Peterson's $7,300 bonus from Nortel Networks
A film company’s option on Michael Peterson's novel "Charlie Two Shoes and the Marines of Love Company"

5) What physical ailment was the Petersons' neighbor, Elizabeth Ratliff, complaining about in the days before her death in 1985?
Blurred vision and dizziness
Backache and dizziness
Headache
Nausea

6) What did the defense's injury biomechanics expert, Faris Bandak, tell prosecutor Freda Black when she asked whether he'd done certain head injury research himself?
"Yes, but only with watermelons."
"Do I have to build a 707 to fly in one?"
"I can drive on a highway without paving it, right?"
"Yes, loads of research. Loads of it."

7) Which motion did forensics expert Henry Lee NOT say could have caused the blood spatter evidence?
Flicking of a finger
Shaking of the head
Seizure spasms
Coughing or breathing

8) What animal is featured on the poster that was hung at the bottom of the Petersons' staircase?
A bear
A gray wolf
A black cat
A zebra

9) What, according to the defense, did police do wrong in their investigation of an invisible trail of bloody footprints they claim to have found in the Peterson kitchen?
They failed to photograph them.
Officers walked through the footprints, contaminating them.
They allowed the housekeeper to clean the kitchen.
They used the wrong chemical to make the footprints appear.

10) How much did male escort "Brad" say he charged per hour for his services?
$300
Depends on the services rendered
$500
$150

11) What did medical examiner Deborah Radisch conclude caused Kathleen Peterson's death?
Blood loss
Severe trauma to the head
Pulmonary embolism
Severed spinal cord

12) Which of the children in the family believes Michael Peterson is guilty and does not support him?
Todd Peterson
Caitlin Atwater
Martha Ratliff
Clayton Peterson

13) What evidence did Judge Orlando Hudson Jr. allow that could provide fodder for an appeal, if necessary?
The air temperature on Dec. 9, 2001
Testimony about Peterson's courtroom demeanor
A paramedic's opinion that Peterson "looked guilty"
Homosexual pornography on Peterson's computer

14) What substance did Dr. Henry Lee spit out of his mouth during his testimony?
Chewing gum
Chewing tobacco
Ketchup
A Tic-Tac given to him by Todd Peterson

15) Elizabeth Ratliff's friend, Amy Beth Berner, testified that Michael Peterson told her something that concerned her. Was it that he:
Murdered Ratliff and might kill again?
Killed on behalf of the CIA?
Thought Berner was cute?
Thought Berner's husband was cute?

16) What did defense lawyer David Rudolf promise jurors the trial would be?
Long and boring
Short and simple
A battle of experts
One for the law books

17) Kathleen Peterson, according to the defense and her own sister, had a habit of doing what?
Washing down Valium with wine
Calling in sick to work on Fridays
Shoplifting
Smoking in bed

18) Which of the following tests did prosecution injury analyst Saami Shaibani (who was later dismissed for perjury) NOT conduct:
Having people dunk their heads in toilets to see if they could drown themselves
Having live women fall backwards down stairs to see where they would land
Hitting watermelons with a fireplace blow poke to see what marks it made

19) How many stairs were there in the stairwell where Kathleen Peterson was found?
12
15
18
20

20) So what is a blow poke used for anyway?
Cleaning soot from the fireplace bellows
Stirring and re-igniting a dying fire
Lifting logs into the fireplace
Cleaning the chimney flue