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Logic & Lateral Thinking
UK Claims & Insurance
Pot Luck
100

What links:

  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Earth
  • Mars

The first four planets from the Sun.

100

Which city is known as the Steel City?

Sheffield.

100

You see me once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years.

The letter M.

100

What legal duty requires a claimant to take reasonable steps to reduce the losses flowing from an accident?

Duty to Mitigate Loss.

100

Which country has the most time zones?

France (12, including overseas territories).

200

What links:

  • Copper
  • Silver
  • Gold

Their chemical symbols come from Latin names (Cu, Ag, Au).

200

What is the largest lake in England?

Windermere.

200

A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 die. How many remain?

9.

200

What is the limitation period for a standard personal injury claim in England & Wales?

Three years from the date of injury.

200

What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates on its side?

 Uranus.

300

What links:

  • Amazon
  • Nile
  • Yangtze
  • Mississippi-Missouri

Four of the world's longest river systems.

300

In which county is Stonehenge located?

Wiltshire.

300

What comes once in a year, twice in a week and never in a day?

The letter E.

300

What is the legal distinction between liability and quantum?

  • Liability = whether responsibility exists.
  • Quantum = the amount of compensation payable.
300

What is the longest river entirely within the United Kingdom?

The River Severn.

400

What links:

  • Baker
  • Fletcher
  • Carter
  • Cooper

Occupational surnames.

400

Which UK city is known as the Granite City?

Aberdeen.

400

The more you take away from me, the bigger I become.

A hole.

400

A claimant is awarded £72,000 in damages and found 45% contributorily negligent. What is payable?

£39,600.

400

What is the largest organ in the human body?

The skin.

500

What links:

  • Time
  • Fortune
  • Forbes
  • People

Famous American magazines.

500

What was the first city ever to host the Commonwealth Games twice?

Edinburgh. It hosted in 1970 and 1986.

500

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind.

An echo.

500

Name the case that established the modern "Neighbour Principle" in negligence law.

Donoghue v Stevenson

500

Which element has the chemical symbol W?

Tungsten (from its historical name Wolfram).