Crime Questions
The term for the decision made at the end of a trial
What is a veridict?
The term for the room where news anchors present the news and where most of the production equipment is located
What's a studio?
If someone "spills the beans," what have they done?
Revealing a secret or telling a gossip
How is the word "often" pronounced by most native speakers?
"off-ten" or "off-en" (both are acceptable, with the 't' sometimes being silent)?
Term for the person who gives you tasks at work and is responsible for your performance
What is a supervisor or manager?
The crime called when someone takes something from a store without paying for it
What is shoplifting?
The name of someone that presents the news and is typically seated at a news desk or standing in a studio
What is a News Anchor?
What does the idiom "hit the books" mean?
To "begin studying"
Pronounce these words correctly:
ADVERTISEMENT
CONTRADICTORY
ad·vr·TAIZE·muhnt/ad·VER·tismuhnt
con·tra·DIK·tory
Term for leaving your job or career to stop working, often due to reaching a certain age?
What is retirement?
Term for entering someone's property without permission with the intent to commit a crime
What is a trespassing?
A person who has seen an event/situation happen and is interviewed by a news reporter
What is a Witness?
What does the phrase "hit the nail on the head" mean when someone has done something?
To do or say something exactly right
Pronounce these words correctly:
CHOCOLATE
ELEMENTARY
CHOK·co·lit
ele·MEN·try
Term for a change of job within the same company, often to a higher position or different department?
What is a promotion or internal transfer?
The term for being released from prison before the full sentence is served, under certain conditions
What is parole?
The term used to describe newly received information about an event that is currently occurring or developing.
What is Breaking News?
What does the idiom "cutting corners" mean in the context of work or production?
To do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way, often sacrificing quality
Pronounce these words correctly:
Choir
Accessory
KWAI - ur
uhk - SEH - suh - ree"
Time worked in addition to one's normal working hours.
What is Overtime?
The name of the person who defends someone accused of a crime in court
Who is a defense attorney?
The name of the device that displays words for a broadcaster to read while looking directly at the camera?
What is a teleprompter?
What does it mean to "burn the midnight oil"?
To work late into the night (or until the early hours of the morning)
Pronounce these words correctly
"Colonel"
"Yawn"
"Ker - nel"
"iYe - hon"
Term for the highest-ranking executive in a company, responsible for making major corporate decisions?
What is a Chief Executive Officer (CEO)?