Legal 1
Legal 2
Legal 3
Riddles
Class Members
General Knowledge
100

What is the name of the person(s) or company that is charged with a crime?

Accused

100

Identify one crime that a company can be charged with

Tax fraud

Wage theft

Environmental crime

100

Identify one purpose of criminal law

Protect society

Uphold social cohesion

100

A little girl is walking home from the shops with eggs and she trips and falls, leaving all but three eggs broken.  How many eggs remain unbroken?

3

100

How many people are in our class?

19

100

What is Mr Slater's staff code?

SLB

200

Identify the three stages of a criminal case

Investigation stage

Determination stage

Corrections stage

200

Identify the two parties to a criminal case

Prosecution and accused
200

Name two of the three criteria for a crime:

Breaks existing law

Is harmful to an individual or society as a whole

Is punishable by law

200

What starts with an E and only contains one letter?

Envelope

200

What are Ruby Rogan's initials?

RRR

200

What is the second planet from the sun?

Venus

300

Name two countries that do not uphold the rule of law

North Korea

Russia 

Equatorial Guinea

Sudan

Iran

Nicaragua

Afghanistan

300

Who is the DPP and what do they do?

Director of Public Prosecutions

The independent officer responsible for preparing, commencing and conductions prosecutions of indictable offences on behalf of the state of Victoria

300

Why would a victim take civil action when criminal proceedings have already begun?

Criminal proceedings do not directly grant compensation to victims

300

What is the odd number where if you remove one letter, it becomes even?

7 (seven) 

300

What song did Eddie Mandi choose to accompany his interpretive dance?

FE!N by Travis Scott and Playboi Carti

300

Which country has more people - Australia or Madagascar?

Aus - 26.7 mill

Madagascar - 31.9 mill


400

What was former Premier Dan Andrews fined for in 2021?

Not wearing a mask

400

What is the least-busy court (with original jurisdiction) in the Victorian court hierarchy?

Supreme Court: Trial Division - 83 cases

400

What is a Commonwealth offence? Provide an example

A crime that occured in a Commonwealth Parliament area of law-making, e.g. people smuggling is a breach of customs law

400

I have a neck, but no head. I have two arms, but no hands. What am I?

A shirt
400

Which student is the most quoted in our quote book?

Ash

400

Which song has the most streams ever on Spotify?

Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

500

Explain committal proceedings and identify one benefit

Committal proceedings are pre-trial procedures for indictable offences that occur in the Magistrates' Court.  The committal hearing involves the magistrate determining whether there is enough evidence to support a conviction and a trial to commence.  One benefit is reducing time and resource wastage in the CJS

500

To the nearest 5k, how many cases were finalised by the Magistrates' Court in the financial year 2021/22

135k

500

How many members of the House of Representatives and Senate are there?

151 and 76

500
A cowboy rode into town on Friday.  He stayed for three nights and left on Friday.  How is this possible?

The horse's name is Friday

500

What was Eddie Mandi's interpretive dance outlining?

The right to vote

500

Which city has the largest population in the world?

Tokyo (37 million)