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MIDDLE "C"
400
This type of legislation obligates an automaker to offer relief to buyers for defects to a vehicle over a specific time
What is a lemon law?
400
Derived from Dutch, it's to drink liquid with a loud sucking noise & it's not very polite
What is slurp?
400
A finalist twice before, 9-year-old BuzzFeed News won its first of these journalism prizes in 2021
What is Pulitzer?
400
In 2025 star quarterback Nico Iamaleava said I am a-leav-ing this school's Volunteers for UCLA
What is Tennessee?
400
It's a legal term for theft, petit ou non
What is larceny?
800
From a Rudyard Kipling work, it's the idea that the strongest or most merciless in a society or group will survive
What is the law of the jungle?
800
With or without the word, it's what the traffic sign here wants you to do
What is yield?
800
Sergio Garcia played in this golf tournament 19 times before finally getting a green jacket in 2017
What is the Masters?
800
In 1998 Kansas state's Nathan Leeper won this event at the NCAA men's outdoor championships with just under 7 1/2'
What is the high jump?
800
It's a fancy word for chewing
What is mastication?
1200
In effect since 1951 & abbreviated UCMJ, it's the set of criminal laws governing all U.S. armed forces branches
What is the Uniform Code of Military Justice?
1200
Cut ties with or cut off a finger accidentally
What is sever?
1200
The 0 & 00 pockets in this casino game give the house an edge, so though you may win for a while, you'll likely lose in the end
What is roulette?
1200
How have we aired a dozen clues about this all-time top scorer for the NBA's Spurs & missed that his name is perfect for his sport?
Who is Tim Duncan?
1200
It's a political philosophy deriving its name from the Latin word for "a bundle of sticks"
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What is fascism?
1600
In Pakistan this Muslim code of religious law was long applied through its own appellate court
What is Sharia Law?
1600
To earnestly yearn for or desire, but hopefully, not thy neighbor's wife
DAILY DOUBLE
What is covet?
1600
From 1930 to 1987 you could win (but mostly lose) playing the horse racing-based lottery called the Irish these
What is Sweepstakes?
1600
It's a good name for a ball player, but as a reporter noted regarding Mr. Bailey of the Reds, not so much for a pitcher
Who is Homer?
1600
It's who the old sheriff in town is, vis-à-vis the new sheriff in town
What is the predecessor?
2000
Issued during the reign of Clovis, Salic law was the legal code of these people who conquered Gaul in the 5th century A.D.
What are the Franks?
2000
It's a synonym for braid & it shares the same 2 vowels
What is plait?
2000
Richard Nixon lost the presidency to JFK in 1960 but triumphed over this Democrat in 1968
Who is Hubert Humphery?
2000
Played by Christian Bale on film, Ken Miles covered hundreds of miles for this team that beat Ferrari at Le Mans
Who is Ford?
2000
Kinda sticky (physically speaking) or kinda icky (aesthetically speaking)
What is tacky?