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100

The term for the decision made at the end of a trial

What is a veridict?

100

The term for the room where news anchors present the news and where most of the production equipment is located

What's a studio?

100

If someone "spills the beans," what have they done?  

Revealing a secret or telling a gossip

100

How is the word "often" pronounced by most native speakers?

"off-ten" or "off-en" (both are acceptable, with the 't' sometimes being silent)?

100

Term for the person who gives you tasks at work and is responsible for your performance

What is a supervisor or manager?

200

The crime called when someone takes something from a store without paying for it

What is shoplifting?

200

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?

200

What does the idiom "hit the books" mean?

To "begin studying"

200

Pronounce these words correctly: 

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CONTRADICTORY

ad·vr·TAIZE·muhnt/ad·VER·tismuhnt

con·tra·DIK·tory

200

Term for leaving your job or career to stop working, often due to reaching a certain age?

What is retirement?

300

Term for entering someone's property without permission with the intent to commit a crime

What is a trespassing?

300

A person who has seen an event/situation happen and is interviewed by a news reporter

What is a Witness?

300

What does the phrase "hit the nail on the head" mean when someone has done something?

To do or say something exactly right

300

Pronounce these words correctly:

CHOCOLATE

ELEMENTARY

CHOK·co·lit

ele·MEN·try

300

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?

400

The term for being released from prison before the full sentence is served, under certain conditions

What is parole?

400

The term used to describe newly received information about an event that is currently occurring or developing.  

What is Breaking News?

400

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

400

Pronounce these words correctly:

Choir

Accessory

KWAI - ur

uhk - SEH - suh - ree"

400

Time worked in addition to one's normal working hours. 

What is Overtime?

500

The name of the person who defends someone accused of a crime in court

Who is a defense attorney?

500

The name of the device that displays words for a broadcaster to read while looking directly at the camera?

What is a teleprompter?

500

What does it mean to "burn the midnight oil"?

To work late into the night (or until the early hours of the morning)

500

Pronounce these words correctly 

"Colonel" 

"Yawn"

"Ker - nel"

"iYe - hon"

500

Term for the highest-ranking executive in a company, responsible for making major corporate decisions?

What is a Chief Executive Officer (CEO)?