一、哲学(Philosophy)

　　Q1. What moral obligations do we owe to living persons that we do not owe to future persons? What are the implications of your answer for policy-making?我们对现世之人负有的道德义务，是否有任何是未来之人不享有的?您的答案对政策制定有何影响?

　　Q2. Should we treat non-human animals well because they have rights, interests, neither, or both?我们应该善待非人类动物是因为它们享有权利，还是因为它们有利益?或者既不是，也不只是?

　　Q3. "When civilians are the main target, there's no need to consider the cause. That's terrorism; it's evil." Is this correct?“当平民成为主要攻击目标时，根本无需考虑其动机。这就是恐怖主义，是邪恶的。” 这种说法正确吗?

　　二、政治学(Politics)

　　Q1. Should politicians ever be punished for lying?政治家因撒谎而受到惩罚是否合理?

　　Q2. David Hume celebrated the wisdom of "unlettered men". In a democracy, do the votes of the unlettered tend to protect a country against the bad ideas of the lettered or do the votes of the lettered tend to protect a country against the bad ideas of the unlettered?大卫·休谟(David Hume)称赞“未受教育者的智慧”。在民主制度下，未受教育者的选票是否有助于保护国家免受受教育者的不良观念影响，还是受教育者的选票能够保护国家免受未受教育者的不良观念影响?

　　Q3. Diversity is fashionable, but is it valuable?多元化很流行，但它有价值吗?

　　三、经济学(Economics)

　　Q1. What kinds of behaviour are engendered by the hope of profit? Is such behaviour better or worse, on balance, than the behaviour we should expect if all enterprises were owned by charities or governments? 追逐利润的希望会激发哪些行为?与所有企业由慈善机构或政府拥有的情况下应当期待的行为相比，这种行为总体上是更好还是更坏?

　　Q2. What will be the effect on socio-economic mobility of the UK government's plan to impose value added tax on school fees?英国政府对学校学费征收增值税的计划将对社会经济流动性产生何种影响?

　　Q3. Should Oxford lower its admissions standards for the sons and daughters of generous benefactors?牛津大学是否应该降低对慷慨捐助者子女的录取标准?

　　四、历史学(History)

　　Q1. According to Bertrand Russell, "Hitler is an outcome of Rousseau; Roosevelt and Churchill of Locke." To what extent was he correct?伯特兰·罗素(Bertrand Russell)曾说：“希特勒源于卢梭，而罗斯福和丘吉尔源于洛克。” 他的观点在多大程度上是正确的?

　　Q2. Should anyone be ashamed of their nation's history? Should anyone be proud of it?任何人是否应该为自己的国家历史感到羞耻?是否应该为之感到自豪?

　　Q3. Which figure in history did most to enlarge human freedom?历史上哪位人物对人类自由的扩展贡献最大?

　　五、法律(Law)

　　Q1. What injury should one person be permitted to inflict on another in the defence of private property?在保护私人财产的过程中，一个人应被允许对他人造成哪些伤害?

　　Q2. “Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping?” Should the law treat offenders better than they deserve?“对待每个人都按其应得的标准，那么谁能逃脱鞭笞呢?”(莎士比亚)法律是否应当比罪犯所“应得的”更仁慈?

　　Q3. Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal?弗拉基米尔·普京是战争罪犯吗?

　　六、心理学(Psychology)

　　Q1. Is objectivity all in the mind?客观性仅仅是人们头脑中的概念吗?

　　Q2. Eleanor Roosevelt declared, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Is she right?埃莉诺·罗斯福(Eleanor Roosevelt)曾说：“没有你的同意，没人能让你感到自卑。” 她的观点正确吗?

　　Q3. What is self-deceit?自欺(self-deceit)是什么?

　　八、神学(Theology)

　　Q1. Is atheism implausible?无神论是否站不住脚?

　　Q2. Why would the creator of a trillion galaxies become angry if you have sex with your boyfriend or eat bacon for breakfast?为什么一个创造了万亿个星系的造物主会因为你和男友发生性关系或早餐吃培根而愤怒?

　　Q3. Why pray?祈祷的意义是什么?

　　九、青少年奖(JUNIOR Prize，15岁以下)

　　Q1. Your citizenship at birth was chosen for you. Which citizenship would you have chosen?你的出生国籍是被决定的。如果可以选择，你会选择哪一个?

　　Q2. Do you benefit more from your own freedom of speech or from other people’s?你是从自己的言论自由中受益更多，还是从他人的言论自由中受益更多?

　　Q3. Who is more powerful - Donald Trump or Elon Musk?谁更有权力——唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)还是埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)?

　　Q4. What is your fair share of what someone else has earned?你应获得的“公平份额”应如何计算?

　　Q5. Why do you continue to use your smartphone more than is good for you?为什么你仍然使用智能手机，尽管你知道这对你不利?

　　Q6. Why do people become more boring as they grow up and grow older? 为什么人们随着年龄增长变得越来越无聊?

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