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