2. Instructions for Legal JEOPARDY You MUST answer in the form of a question. I will only accept responses from the elected spokesperson for each team. If your team picks a category and does not answer correctly, the next team gets to try, then the next (if necessary). Control of the board then moves the team after the originators of the previous round. The team with the most points after final jeopardy wins.

3. Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.

4. Click here for Final Jeopardy

5. To Be or Not to Be a Contract It’s Over! Capricious Contracts 100 Point 200 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points 100 Point 200 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points 300 Points 400 Points 500 Points “Meeting of the Minds” It’s Elemental

6. Also called, “A meeting of the minds”

7. What is “Mutual Agreement”?

8. Must be serious, specific and communicated at the beginning of a contract

9. What is “Offer“?

10. Distinguishes contracts from social arrangements

11. What is “Consideration”?

12. The legal ability to enter into a contract

13. What is “Capacity”?

14. Silence cannot be accepted as this…

15. What is “Acceptance”?

16. This type of contract has all the elements of a contract and is legally binding

17. What is “Valid”?

18. One or both of the parties can get out of this type of contract if they want to

19. What is “Voidable”?

20. This type of contract contains two promises

21. What is a “Bilateral” contract?

22. This set of laws requires certain contracts to be in writing

23. What is the “Statue of Fraud”?

24. This type of contract comes about with the actions of the parties (not words)

25. What is an “Implied” contract?

26. A deliberate deception that causes a defective agreement is called this

27. What is “Fraud”?

28. This is a form of passive fraud

29. What is “Concealment”?

30. Instead of accepting an offer, the offeree changes it slightly with this

31. What is a “Counteroffer”?

32. Advertisements that include no specific information are not offers, they are said to be this

33. What are “Invitations to Negotiate”?

34. A manager threatens to fire an employee if he does not enter into a contract. This is a defective agreement due to this

35. What is “Economic Duress”?

36. When a contract ends, it is said to be this

37. What is “Discharged”?

38. If both parties agree to end a contract before it is fulfilled, they have voluntarily discharged it through this

39. What is “Mutual Release”?

40. This law causes one party to lose the right to sue if they wait too long

41. What is the “Statute of Limitations”?

42. This is the legal term for a situation in which both parties agree to change a contract and then fulfill the new contract

43. What is “Accord and Satisfaction”?

44. A contract can be involuntarily discharged due to “impossibility” of this

45. What is “Performance”?

46. Also called “Blue Laws”, these laws make it illegal to enter into a contract on a Sunday in some states

47. What are “Sunday Statutes”?

48. This statute says that agreements cannot exceed the maximum interest rate for the state

49. What are “Usury Statutes”?

50. Includes sales slips and letters, written evidence of an agreement is called this

51. What is a “Memorandum”?

52. This is the magic dollar amount that requires a contract to be in writing

53. What is $500?

54. This rule states that a written contract must have all the terms in it – anything mentioned verbally is not admissible in court

55. What is the “Parole Evidence Rule”?

56. Make your wager

57. These are the two legal exchanges required for consideration

58. What are “Benefits” and “Determents”?