Created on:
Apr 21, 2026
Duration:
23 minutes, 40 seconds
Category:
Questions:
50 questions
Average Score:
42/50
Players:
18
Language:
English
Quiz Description:
A fun game to help with preparations for the Probate Exam. If you get more than 45 correct, top scholar. If you get more than 25 , it is looking up. Less than 25 but more than 15, ehhhhh... Less than 15? Big man ting yeah, it is not looking good bruv.
50 Trivia Questions and Answers
Assessing assets and paying taxes
Filing a caveat and issuing a citation
Drafting the will and witnessing it
Obtaining a grant and transferring property to beneficiaries
Four
Three
Two
Unlimited
The deceased's will was destroyed with the intention of revoking it.
A valid will exists, but no executor is appointed or able/willing to act.
The appointed executor is willing and able to act.
The deceased died completely intestate.
Casson v Dade
Hodson v Barnes
Barry v Butlin
Banks v Goodfellow
false
The testator signs before 2 witnesses, who sign in his presence.
The testator acknowledges his signature to each witness separately.
Testator acknowledges signature to 2 witnesses simultaneously in same room.
Witnesses sign in room separated by glass window where testator can see.
false
It converts the will into a conditional document.
It only invalidates the will if delusion has a direct bearing on provisions
It automatically invalidates the entire will regardless of context.
It requires the will to be re-executed during a lucid interval.
The attorney (the propounder of the will)
The independent witnesses
The probate registry
The next of kin
The destruction acts as an absolute revocation of the old will.
Both wills are read together to form a combined testamentary document.
The estate passes under the rules of intestacy.
Revocation of old will deemed ineffective and it can be admitted to probate
false
The will is completely revoked.
The will must be completely re-executed by the testator.
The will is admitted to probate with the original words restored.
The will is admitted to probate with the alternations included.
Lapse
Revival
Ademption
Republication
false
A beneficiary refuses to accept a gift.
A general legacy is reduced proportionally to pay debts.
The estate goes to the State because there are no next of kin.
Specific gift fails because property no longer owned by testator at death.
Assume the last clause of the will is always the absolute truth.
Ignore the will and distribute based on intestacy.
Invalidate any specific gifts that are difficult to locate.
Consider cir. evidence surrounding T when he made will to resolve ambiguity
false
It is divided equally between the parents and the children.
It goes to the eldest child only.
It goes entirely to the Administrator General.
It is divided per stirpes among the issue (children/grandchildren).
7 years
3 years
1 year
5 years
To extend the time an executor has to distribute the estate.
Explain why appli. for grant is being made more than 3years after D's death
To delay the payment of estate taxes.
To request a postponement of a court hearing.
false
Grant to an Attorney
Cessate Grant
Grant de bonis non
Grant for the use and benefit of a minor
File a caveat against the estate.
Proceed under the rules of intestacy immediately.
Obtain a court order granting leave to admit the copy to proof.
Obtain an order granting leave to swear death.
true
The issuance of a temporary grant of administration.
The failure of the original testator to appoint an executor.
The first executor appointing a second executor in their will.
The executor living abroad.
Only CARICOM nations
Only the United Kingdom
Commonwealth countries or British Courts in a foreign country
Any country in the world
false
A Warning
A Caveat
A Citation
An Affidavit of Delay
1 year
3 months
6 months
Indefinitely
true
To clear off person with higher priority, who neglecting to take out grant.
To force a person with a lower priority to apply for a grant.
To issue a fine against an intermeddling executor.
To summon witnesses to prove a will in solemn form.
Neither executors nor trustees have any authority without a court order.
Both executors and trustees must always act unanimously.
Joint Ex. have joint and several authority while joint Tru must act jointly
Joint Ex act unanimously while joint Tru have joint and several authority
false
An executor whose appointment was revoked.
An executor who administers the estate perfectly.
An executor appointed by the court due to special circumstances.
A person who intermeddles with estate without appointment, incurring liabi.
At the date of the execution of the will
At the date of the grant of probate
When the residuary account is filed
At the date of the testator's death
false
When the grant is issued
Immediately upon the testator's death
After 12 years have passed
When they file the residuary account and execute an assent to themselves
Later clauses are always ignored.
The testator did NOT intend to die wholly or partially intestate.
The testator intended to die intestate.
All gifts to children lapse.
false
Proportional reduction of gifts:- estate assets insufficient to pay debts
The physical destruction of a will.
The death of a beneficiary before the testator.
A beneficiary rejecting a gift.
true
They are liable and have no right to indemnification from the estate
They are completely protected by the estate.
The beneficiaries become personally liable.
The Administrator General takes over the business.
Bona vacantia
Ejusdem Generis
Falso Demonstratia
Falsa Demonstratio
false
The property goes to the State.
The life interest converts to an absolute fee simple.
The will is invalid.
The life interest is void, and the remainder interest is accelerated.
Common Form
De Bonis Non
Solemn Form
Cessate Grant
true
The furniture only, excluding the house.
All property owned by the testator anywhere in the world.
The testator's bank accounts.
Only effects in relation to the house itself.
true
The formal act of removing a caveat.
Waste, misappropriation, or maladministration of the estate by PR
A devastating natural disaster that destroys a will.
A gift that fails because the beneficiary killed the testator.
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