Friday 20 Question Quiz – 21/06/2024 Round 1: Legal Terms 10 questions where you have to name the legal term described. None Literally meaning "under penalty", what is a command, issued under a court's authority, to a witness to appear and give testimony? The decision of a trial jury or a judge that determines the guilt or innocence of a criminal defendant is the what? What is it called when a lawyer questions the opposing party or witness to test whether the person is telling the truth? In a criminal case, the defendant's statement of "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges is known as their what? What word can refer to the amount of bond money posted as a financial condition of pretrial release for a person accused of a crime? During a court case if there is an error in the proceedings or a hung jury then it will likely be found to be a what? What name is given to the person or business that files a formal complaint with a court? What is the name of the document informing a defendant of the crime they were charged with? What name is given to a crime regarded in the US and many other judicial systems as serious and usually punishable by at least one year in prison? The time within which a lawsuit must be filed or a criminal prosecution begun is called the what? Round 2: General Knowledge 10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection. None La Pucelle of Voltaire's poem; who was called "The Maid of Orleans"? The brother-husband to Isis, what is the name of the Egyptian Lord of the Underworld and Judge of the Dead? The three sons of Uranus and Gaea — Arges, Brontes, and Steropes — who forged the thunderbolts of Zeus, were known collectively as what? What organ of the human body is affected by the common condition called Dermatitis? Which novel claims to be the first to be written on a typewriter? A popular mountain name, there are several mountains called Olympus on Earth and one on which other planet in our solar system? The archetypal wizard in Western culture, who plays a major role in the Arthurian legend, although the details vary between the many versions of the story? Which fictional planet in the television series Doctor Who was created by the writer Terry Nation as the home planet of the Daleks? Which U.S. State became the first to secede from the federal Union on December 20, 1860? Which composer of the opera "The Rake's Progress" was born in Russia in 1882, became a French citizen in 1934, and died in New York in 1971? Time's up
