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Bizarre Laws Around the World

Find the real provision among the invented alternatives. Context matters: some questions are explicitly historical.

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Question sheet

1. Which wording in a public lost-property reward advert can be an offence under section 25 of New Zealand’s Summary Offences Act?
- A. Reward paid in cash
- B. Reward negotiable
- C. No questions will be asked
- D. Proof of ownership available
2. Who may authorise a tightly conditioned posthumous marriage under article 171 of France’s Civil Code?
- A. The regional prefect
- B. The President of the Republic
- C. The local mayor
- D. The eldest relative
3. Which noisy vehicle behaviour is expressly prohibited by section 30 of Germany’s road traffic rules?
- A. Excessively loud closing of vehicle doors
- B. Opening a convertible roof at night
- C. Using a manual handbrake
- D. Changing a tyre on Sunday
4. Which immediate duty appears in Singapore’s public-cleansing regulations for users of public flushing toilets?
- A. Notify an attendant
- B. Sign a cleaning register
- C. Disinfect the door handle
- D. Flush after use
5. Under Singapore’s Currency Act, coins of one denomination are legal tender up to how many times their face value?
- A. 100
- B. 10
- C. 20
- D. 50
6. Under Canada’s Currency Act, what is the legal-tender limit for a payment entirely in five-cent coins?
- A. C$10
- B. C$5
- C. C$1
- D. C$2
7. Which pet has a minimum social group of two under Switzerland’s animal-keeping requirements?
- A. Guinea pig
- B. Syrian hamster
- C. Leopard gecko
- D. Corn snake
8. In a 1988 Western Australian statutory reprint, inspectors could stop vehicles believed to carry more than what quantity of potatoes?
- A. 100 kg
- B. 10 kg
- C. 25 kg
- D. 50 kg
9. What makes receiving fish potentially criminal under section 32 of Britain’s Salmon Act 1986?
- A. Refusing to name its species
- B. Carrying it after sunset
- C. Believing or reasonably suspecting a relevant fishery offence
- D. Transporting it without ice
10. Which machine is named in the Licensing Act 1872 provision about being drunk while in charge in a public place?
- A. Water pump
- B. Steam engine
- C. Printing press
- D. Mechanical loom
11. Which action is expressly prohibited by section 12 of the Currency and Banknotes Act 1928?
- A. Stamping words onto a banknote
- B. Folding a banknote into a bird
- C. Keeping a banknote as a souvenir
- D. Using a valid old-design banknote
12. Where section 28 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 applies, which wintry street activity is listed if it causes obstruction, annoyance or danger?
- A. Wearing skates away from a rink
- B. Building any snowman
- C. Carrying a shovel
- D. Making or using a slide on ice or snow

Answer sheet (for the quizmaster)

1. C - No questions will be asked
The Act expressly prohibits wording to the effect that no questions will be asked. Ordinary reward adverts are not all prohibited.
2. B - The President of the Republic
Serious reasons and sufficient evidence of consent are required. It is not an unrestricted right to marry a deceased person.
3. A - Excessively loud closing of vehicle doors
The provision names unnecessarily running engines and excessively loud door-closing as avoidable disturbance.
4. D - Flush after use
Regulation 16 requires flushing after use. This provision concerns publicly accessible sanitary conveniences with flushing systems.
5. C - 20
The limit is 20 times the coin’s face value for that denomination. People may voluntarily accept more.
6. B - C$5
Section 8 sets C$5 as the five-cent-coin limit. Parties can still agree to accept a larger quantity.
7. A - Guinea pig
Guinea pigs are social animals. The requirement concerns species-appropriate welfare, not compulsory marriage between pets.
8. D - 50 kg
Section 22A used a threshold exceeding 50 kg within the potato-marketing system. This is a historical inspection power, not a current ban.
9. C - Believing or reasonably suspecting a relevant fishery offence
The section targets fish connected with relevant offences. Merely holding a fish while looking suspicious is not the legal test.
10. B - Steam engine
Section 12 expressly lists a carriage, horse, cattle or steam engine. The highway or public-place condition matters.
11. A - Stamping words onto a banknote
The section prohibits printing, stamping or similarly impressing words, letters or figures on a banknote, not every form of handling.
12. D - Making or using a slide on ice or snow
The provision concerns dangerous or obstructive street slides. It is not a blanket nationwide ban on sledging.