Trauma Trivia
We play America’s longest running game,
Trauma Trivia—gambling blue—
Daily, weekly, monthly, annually—decades,
Centuries at a time…We play it again and
Again and again and again… and… again…
We play: Legal Lynching Blues For 10:
Name the cop whose tatted arm snuffed out Eric
Garner’s life—boot heel grinding cigarette butt in-
to sidewalk? Name the executioner cop who kneeled for 9 min.
naturalizing the apartheid state’s Knee-o-Teen.
We play: Blue Steel Police Gang Names For 20:
Why do police gangs claim names like “Benevolent”
and “Fraternal?”
Name the police gang whose initials rhyme with
slop.
We play: Navy Blue Nicknames For 40:
NYPD officer Williams was nicknamed “Clubber”
because he frequented NYC Jazz clubs: True or False?
True or False: Oakland officer Vasquez was nicknamed
“Choker” because he missed free throws in pickup basket-
ball games?
Chicago officer Davis was nicknamed “Gloves” because he
battled cold hands throughout his career: True or False?
True or False: Oakland cops nicknamed “The Riders” drove
low-income West Oakland seniors to medical appointments?
Why was Oakland officer Siapno was nicknamed the “Foot
Doctor?”
We play: Thin Blue Mistakes For 10:
Name the first cop to top the charts with, “I Mis-
took My Taser—Ooops—My Gun For My Taser…”
Name the cop who had a hit covering it…
Which cop charted with the hit “I Shot The Black
Intruder Who Lived In The Apartment I Believed
Was Mine?”
Name the cop who mistook Mike Brown for Hulk
Hogan and gunned him down?
Name the cop who mistook Walter Scott’s back
for a bullseye and commenced target practice?
We play: Blue Impersonators Matter For 5:
Name the Florida police impersonator that executed
a teen for snacking while Black.
What father and son police impersonator duo had a
hit covering Junior Walker and The Allstars’ “Shotgun?”
We play America’s longest running game,
Trauma Trivia—gambling blue—
Daily, weekly, monthly, annually—decades,
Centuries at a time…We play it again and
Again and again and again… and… again…
And only you… And you… And you… And
You… can end our deadly addiction….
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