* Game 10, Round 7 - Canadiana - Law
1. What is the legal term for a formal written statement accusing
someone of a crime in Canada?
2. In family law, what is the term used when both parents of a
child share decision-making responsibilities?
3. What legal document protects individual liberties in Canada?
4. What word is used to describe the use of previous cases to
argue a current legal case?
5. What term refers to an order by a court instructing someone to
appear in court?
6. Along with reason or decision, what is the term that is used
for a judge's decision on a case?
7. What term describes a court order that requires someone to not
do a specific act?
8. What term do we use for money awarded by a court to compensate
for loss or injury?
9. What legal term refers to the process where a legal professional
gathers information about evidence and information before trial
for a lawsuit?
10. What term refers to a lawyer's obligation to keep his/her
client's information confidential?
* Game 10, Round 8 - History - Treaties
Treaties are like the punctuation marks of history. Sometimes they
wrap things up neatly with a period, sometimes they leave things
dangling with a comma. Sometimes they are emphatic exclamation
marks, and other times they are dithering question marks.
1. The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 left only two African
countries independent of any European colonial master.
Name either of these countries.
2. 10 years before the start of World War II, what did the
Kellogg-Briand Pact outlaw?
3. When (within 10 years) did England and Scotland sign the Treaty
of Perpetual Peace?
4. The oldest surviving peace treaty is inscribed in stone and
records the terms of peace between two empires that fought the
Battle of Kadesh. Name *either* empire.
5. In 1652, the Treaty of Oistins established the rights of English
settlers on a certain New World island to trade with the Spanish,
and resulted in the creation of one of the first parliaments
in the New World (and the third oldest in the entire British
Empire/Commonwealth)? Name the island.
6. What war did the Peace of Westphalia end?
7. Name either of the two Canadian provinces that include land
that was once part of the Louisiana Purchase.
8. In 1865, telegraphy across international borders was standardized
by the International Telegraph Conference. Name the city where
this conference was held.
9. Which of the Allied Powers that signed the Treaty of Versailles
which ended World War I never ratified it, choosing instead to
make a separate peace treaty with Germany?
10. What international issue did the Ottawa Treaty of 1997 address?
* Game 10, Round 7 - Canadiana - Law
* Game 10, Round 8 - History - Treaties
1. The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 left only two African
countries independent of any European colonial master.
Name either of these countries.
2. 10 years before the start of World War II, what did the
Kellogg-Briand Pact outlaw?
3. When (within 10 years) did England and Scotland sign the Treaty
of Perpetual Peace?
4. The oldest surviving peace treaty is inscribed in stone and
records the terms of peace between two empires that fought the
Battle of Kadesh. Name *either* empire.
5. In 1652, the Treaty of Oistins established the rights of English
settlers on a certain New World island to trade with the Spanish,
and resulted in the creation of one of the first parliaments
in the New World (and the third oldest in the entire British
Empire/Commonwealth)? Name the island.
6. What war did the Peace of Westphalia end?
7. Name either of the two Canadian provinces that include land
that was once part of the Louisiana Purchase.
9. Which of the Allied Powers that signed the Treaty of Versailles
which ended World War I never ratified it, choosing instead to
make a separate peace treaty with Germany?
* Game 10, Round 7 - Canadiana - Law
4. What word is used to describe the use of previous cases to
argue a current legal case?
5. What term refers to an order by a court instructing someone to
appear in court?
7. What term describes a court order that requires someone to not
do a specific act?
9. What legal term refers to the process where a legal professional
gathers information about evidence and information before trial
for a lawsuit?
* Game 10, Round 8 - History - Treaties
1. The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 left only two African
countries independent of any European colonial master.
Name either of these countries.
2. 10 years before the start of World War II, what did the
Kellogg-Briand Pact outlaw?
3. When (within 10 years) did England and Scotland sign the Treaty
of Perpetual Peace?
4. The oldest surviving peace treaty is inscribed in stone and
records the terms of peace between two empires that fought the
Battle of Kadesh. Name *either* empire.
5. In 1652, the Treaty of Oistins established the rights of English
settlers on a certain New World island to trade with the Spanish,
and resulted in the creation of one of the first parliaments
in the New World (and the third oldest in the entire British
Empire/Commonwealth)? Name the island.
6. What war did the Peace of Westphalia end?
7. Name either of the two Canadian provinces that include land
that was once part of the Louisiana Purchase.
9. Which of the Allied Powers that signed the Treaty of Versailles
which ended World War I never ratified it, choosing instead to
make a separate peace treaty with Germany?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-11-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2026-03-10 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 10, Round 7 - Canadiana - Law
1. What is the legal term for a formal written statement accusing
someone of a crime in Canada?
2. In family law, what is the term used when both parents of a
child share decision-making responsibilities?
3. What legal document protects individual liberties in Canada?
4. What word is used to describe the use of previous cases to
argue a current legal case?
5. What term refers to an order by a court instructing someone to
appear in court?
6. Along with reason or decision, what is the term that is used
for a judge's decision on a case?
7. What term describes a court order that requires someone to not
do a specific act?
8. What term do we use for money awarded by a court to compensate
for loss or injury?
9. What legal term refers to the process where a legal professional
gathers information about evidence and information before trial
for a lawsuit?
10. What term refers to a lawyer's obligation to keep his/her
client's information confidential?
* Game 10, Round 8 - History - Treaties
Treaties are like the punctuation marks of history. Sometimes they
wrap things up neatly with a period, sometimes they leave things
dangling with a comma. Sometimes they are emphatic exclamation
marks, and other times they are dithering question marks.
1. The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 left only two African
countries independent of any European colonial master.
Name either of these countries.
2. 10 years before the start of World War II, what did the
Kellogg-Briand Pact outlaw?
3. When (within 10 years) did England and Scotland sign the Treaty
of Perpetual Peace?
4. The oldest surviving peace treaty is inscribed in stone and
records the terms of peace between two empires that fought the
Battle of Kadesh. Name *either* empire.
5. In 1652, the Treaty of Oistins established the rights of English
settlers on a certain New World island to trade with the Spanish,
and resulted in the creation of one of the first parliaments
in the New World (and the third oldest in the entire British
Empire/Commonwealth)? Name the island.
6. What war did the Peace of Westphalia end?
7. Name either of the two Canadian provinces that include land
that was once part of the Louisiana Purchase.
8. In 1865, telegraphy across international borders was standardized
by the International Telegraph Conference. Name the city where
this conference was held.
9. Which of the Allied Powers that signed the Treaty of Versailles
which ended World War I never ratified it, choosing instead to
make a separate peace treaty with Germany?
10. What international issue did the Ottawa Treaty of 1997 address?
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