[percussive jazz music starts playing. Text comes on screen: "Louis D. brandeis was born November 13, 1856. To celebrate his birthday, we played some Brandeis trivia with students."
[First question appears: In 1916, Louis D. Brandeis became the first Jewish __?]
[Students guess the answer in front of the camera.]
STUDENTS
A justice, I think?
Supreme court justice
Exactly.
The first Jewish Supreme Court Justice.
Supreme court justice.
[answer: Brandeis was the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice.]
[Second question appears: Because of pro bono work he often did in the public interest, Brandeis became known as "the ____ attorney"?]
[Students guess the answer in front of the camera.]
STUDENTS
Generous?
Uh, the best attorney!
Hmm
The people's attorney?
[answer: Brandeis became known as "the people's attorney".]
[Third question appears: Louis Brandeis helped to develop what legal concept?]
[Students guess the answer in front of the camera.]
STUDENTS
I actually did read about this the other day, but I don't remember.
I was going to say, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, but that's not right.
I'm going with something like the right over one's body kind of thing.
Um, equality?
[answer: The right to privacy, which Brandeis called "the right to be let alone".]
[Fourth question appears: Brandeis was appointed by which U.S. president?]
[Students guess the answer in front of the camera.]
STUDENTS
Oh, 1916?
You, you got this.
Oh, I got this. Alright.
Was it FDR?
Roosevelt?
Oh yes! I got this. Woodrow Wilson!
[answer: President Woodrow Wilson.]
[Fifth question appears: What does the "D" stand for in "Louis D. Brandeis"?]
[Students guess the answer in front of the camera.]
STUDENTS
You know this.
No, I have a joke about it, but no I don't.
Uh, Louis Daniel Brandeis?
I'm going Daniel.
Uh, Daniel?
Daniel?
David.
[answer: It originally stood for "David", but he changed it to "Dembitz" in honor of his uncle]
[An image of the Brandeis Statue appears, with text: "Happy Birthday, Louis", followed by the Brandeis seal over a blue background.]
[laughing]
I didn't know that!