GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: One who belongs to a class that exercises power by virtue of its wealth?

Questions

- tables, points and bearing off used?

Who was the author of 'The Inheritors', and 'Rites of Passage'?

Which country's entire population was condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition?

What is the length in metres of the sides of a square, which is one hectare in area?

By what name, historically, was the burning to death of people condemned as heretics by the Spanish Inquisition known?