What is the name given to the person who presides over court proceedings?
Judge Click to see the answer
Which social science is referred to as 'the science of man'?
Anthropology
What is the name of the world's most famous Human Rights organization?
Amnesty International
Which precious metal is often held in reserve by governments?
Gold
Civil law is also known as which type of law?
Roman
What is the system for going back to court and challenging a decision?
Appeal
Childhood onset fluency disorder has which other more common name?
Stuttering Click to see the answer
Which is often the earliest sign of Parkinson's Disease?
Shaking
How many high courts are there in Japan?
8
Cases involving disputes between countries are heard in the International Court of Justice in which country?
Netherlands
What type of sentence means you stay in prison until you die?
Whole Life
How many people generally sit on a jury?
12
Xenophobia is the fear of what?
Foreigners
What is the phrase used to describe questioning a witness in court?
Cross Examination
The Allies held military trials in which Germany city after WW2?
Nuremberg
Who is Australia's official Head of State?
Queen Elizabeth II Click to see the answer
Sharia is a type of legal system used by which world religion?
Islam
Which language is most commonly spoken in the Middle East and North Africa?
Arabic
According to the WHO, what is the most common reason for death worldwide?
Heart Disease
Criminal law is also sometimes known as which type of law?
Penal
The US Constitution was drafted in which century?
18th
In depth research using focus groups is known as what?
Qualitative
What type of punishment means you're not allowed to leave home?
House Arrest
What is the most common death penalty method used in the USA?
Injection
Halakha is the name given to religious laws of which religion?
Judaism
The English words 'jubilee' and 'kosher' derive from which language?
Hebrew
A marriage involving more than two people is known as what?
Polygamous
What was the name given to the Russian monarch before the revolution?
Tsar Click to see the answer
The UK abolished the death penalty in which decade?
1960s
In which ancient civilisation did Emperor Augustus implement the first welfare system?
Roman
In most of Western Europe, at what age can young people vote?
18
The International Criminal Court hears cases in which European country?
Netherlands
Infant mortality rates track the deaths of which segment of population?
Babies
Perjury is the crime of doing what in court?
Telling Lies
Which word means a relationship between two or more things?
Correlation
How many countries around the world still have capital punishment?
56
What name is given to a group of people who hear a case and decide the verdict?
Jury
Which famous law document, drafted in 1215, curbed the power of the English king?
Magna Carta
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is better known as what?
ObamaCare
Japanese law is strongly influenced by the law of which other country?
China
What word means failure to pay back money owed?
Default
What is the abbreviation for the famous US white supremacist organization?
KKK
What name is used for a sum of money given to court to secure your release?
Bail Click to see the answer
If a jury is split 50/50 and cannot deicde, what is the legal term to describe this scenario?
Hung
How many codes are there in the modern Japanese legal system?
6
The Cour de Cassation is the highest court in which country?
France
Paying in cash, or avoiding tax is known as an economy of which color?
Black
What term is used to mean your standing in socierty?
Status
Which law bans marrying someone when you are already married?
Bigamy
An auditory hallucination involves which sense?
Hearing
Which US politician wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Assizes were periodic courts held in which country until 1972?
England
People are presumed what until found guilty?
Innocent
Companies are sold off in parts known by which name?
Shares
After the verdict, what is the name given to the punishment decision process?
Sentencing
What is the name given to a killing committed without intent?
Manslaughter
What is involved in a crime described as 'arson'?
Fire
10 Downing Street is the home of the leader of which country?
United Kingdom
Paelaeoanthropolgy involves the study of what?
Fossils
In which year was trial by jury abolished in Japan?
1943
The death penalty is also known as which type of punishment?
Capital
Kim Jong-un succeeded which relative as leader of North Korea?
Father
Which US state has the most people waiting on Death Row?
California
A family classed as 'matrifocal' is led by which member?
Mother
What is the name for the system of rules governing a language?
Grammar
What is the legal term to describe someone who is detained in prison before a trial?
Custody
Which term means seeing things which aren't there?
Hallucination
Which American political party is nicknamed the 'Grand Old Party?'
Republicans
What is the name for a financial punishment ordered by court?
Fine
The first state constitution was produced in 1639 in which US State?
Connecticut
What is the name of the person who conducts negotiations between governments?
Diplomat Click to see the answer
What is the name for a proposition put forward for scientific testing?
Hypothesis
Bengali is a language spoken mainly in which country?
India
What does APR stand for?
Annual Percentage Rate
What is the social science of studying populations?
Demography
Which country has the world's longest written constitution?
India
What is the first name of Maynard Keynes, a British economist?
John Click to see the answer
Which word means the workers or wage earners in a political system?
Proletariat
A system of government with two separate chambers is called what?
Bicameral
Which animal name was used to describe fast-growing Asian economies?
Tiger
David Ben-Gurion was the first head of state of which country?
Israel
Kirribilli House is an official residence of the Prime Minister of which country?
Australia
Which country has the highest birth rate?
Uganda
Which country's dictator, Francisco Franco, died in 1975?
Spain
What is the name given to a country's top ranking representative overseas?
Ambassador
What is the process of selling public companies to private investors?
Privatisation Click to see the answer
What gardening term means investments to minimise risk?
Hedge
Which animals were used in psychological experiments by Pavlov?
Dogs
Which country experiences the world's highest infant mortality rate?
Afghanistan
How many sparsly populated US states only have one person in the house of Representatives?
7
Ashraf Ghani became President of which country in 2014?
Afghanistan
In some cultures, dowry is money exchanged at which occasion?
Marriage
Which country became the first developed nation to fail to make an IMF payment in 2015?
Greece
Basque, Gallego and Catalan are spoken in which European country?
Spain
What is the name of the artificial language created in the 19th century?
Esperanto
The Siamese language is spoken in which country?
Thailand
What name is given to a meeting where election candidates meet the voters?
Hustings
Which African country has the world's highest death rate?
Lesotho Click to see the answer
The GATT agreement regulates which business activity?
Trade
Radical feminist Andrea Dworkin came from which country?
United States
What was PTSD called during the First World War?
Shellshock
Which is considered the hardest language for foreigners to learn?
Mandarin
The word 'politics' derives from which ancient language?
Greek
In which American state did Rosa Parks start her bus protest?
Alabama
What does the IMF manage?
Financial systems
Hans Asperger, who led early work on autism, was from which country?
Germany
A military junta is which form of government?
Dictatorship
The European Parliament mostly meets in which city?
Brussels
Which was the first country to give women the vote?
New Zealand
What word means genetically-based reasons for behaviour?
Instinct
Which color is associated with the British Conservative party?
Blue
What term means holding a belief with strong evidence to the contrary?
Delusion
Which US President signed the Medicare Act in 1965?
Johnson Click to see the answer
Modern political science was founded by which 15th century Italian?
Machiavelli
Which small European state has the world's lowest birth rate?
Monaco
Which economist wrote 'The Communist Manifesto'?
Karl Marx
Which branch of linguistics is about the forming of sentences?
Syntax
Which word do psychologists use to describe information processing?
Cognition
Apserger's is estimated to affect how many people worldwide?
40 million
Ban Ki-moon and Kofi Annan led which organization?
United Nations
UNICEF is a humanitarian branch of which organization?
United Nations
The World Trade organization has its headquarters in which European country?
Switzerland
Which country is an example of a constitutional monarchy?
United Kingdom
Which country has the world's highest life expectanct?
Japan
What is the process of offering company shares for the first time?
Flotation
What is the name given to an agreement between firms to fix prices?
Cartel
Each US state nominates how many Senators?
2
In a autocracy system of government, how many people are in charge?
One
Which condition of the mind involves a loss of contact with reality?
Psychosis
What would you call someone who starts their own business?
Entrepreneur
Which country contributes the most to the budget of the United Nations?
United States
Which west African country has the world's lowest life expectancy?
Sierra Leone
Which Asian country has the world's lowest infant mortality?
Japan
King Karl Gustav and Queen Silvia are monarchs of which country?
Sweden
The Balkans conflict was triggered by which country disintegrating in 1991?
Yugoslavia
The condition involving hostages and captors is named after which city?
Stockholm
Which word refers to prices increasing over a period of time?
Inflation
Which political system has the means of production in private ownership?
Capitalism
The headquarters of the World Bank are in which US city?
Washington DC
Former US President Ronald Reagan had which condition?
Alzheimer's Disease
Who controls government in a plutocracy?
The Wealthy
Which is the most spoken native language in the world?
Mandarin
Which branch of linguistics deals with the meaning of words?
Semantics
In international politics, what does IMF stand for?
Internationl Monetary Fund
Which condition was previously known as 'manic depression'?
Bipolar
What word is used to mean learned sex behviours?
Gender
UN peacekeeping troops commonly wear which color helmets?
Blue
Gerontology is the branch of sociology dealing with which type of people?
Elderly
How many countries signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957 to create the European Economic Community?
6 Click to see the answer
The Taoiseach is the head of government in which European country?
Ireland
Which country raised their voting age from 15 to 18 in 2007?
Iran
The Nobel Prize for economics was first awarded in which decade?
1960s
How many members are there of the US Senate?
100
The average US woman has how many children in a lifetime?
1.8
In trillions of dollars, what is the United States GDP?
$18 trillion Click to see the answer
The first dictionary of English was created in which century?
17th
Per 1,000 population, what is the world birth rate?
18.6
In which American city was the first University sociology department?
Chicago
Asperger's Syndrome was first indentified in which decade?
1940s
Which US term is equivalent to 'ordinary shares' in the UK
Common Stock
There are roughly how many speakers of Japanese worldwide?
125 million
Around how many million native English speakers are there?
400 million
Hausa is a language spoken in which part of Africa?
West
Which country is not a member of the G8?
Spain Click to see the answer
How often do the G8 leaders hold a summit?
Annually
In what year did Barack Obama pass his 'ObamaCare' legislation?
2010
Who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1976?
Milton Friedman
Which language is called 'Nihongo' by native speakers?
Japanese
How many countries are members of the United Nations?
193
What is the minimom age for becoming a US Senator?
30
Worldwide, how many children on average does a woman have in her lifetime?
2.4
The first University Sociology department was founded in which century?
19th
What name is given to a change in people's behviour when they are being watched?
Hawthorne Effect
In which year did 15 European countries first adopt the euro?
1999
The only surviving copy of the first English dictionary is in which University's library?
Oxford
How many members are in the European Parliament?
751 Click to see the answer
Roughly how many Mandarin speakers are there worldwide?
1 billion
In which country was the first experimental psychology lab established in 1879?
Germany
Manipulating district boundaries to gain political advantage is known as what?
Gerrymandering
The association of oil producing countries (OPEC) was founded in which decade?
1960s
Which other Asian language has many similarities to Japanese?
Korean
The NAFTA Agreement was made between the US, Canada and which country?
Mexico
Trichotillomania is a disorder involving which part of the body?
Hair
Kanji symbols in Japanese writing originate from which other language?
Chinese
Hiragana' and 'Katakana' are alphabets in which language?
Japanese
Which Japanese alphabet is usually used to write foreign words?
Katakana
In which middle-eastern country was OPEC founded?
Iraq
How many judges make decisions in the US Supreme Court?
9
Stuttering is thought to affect which percentage of the adult population?
1%
How many oil producing nations make up OPEC as of May 2017?
14
What is the average life expectancy for someone living in the US?
79 years
Which French term means governments not interfering in markets?
laissez-faire