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    | Of Colorado's 7 congressional districts, 3 are partly within this metropolis & its suburbs | Denver 
 
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    | Angie, to Jack Donaghy:  "As you know, my single, 'My Single Is Dropping', is dropping" | 30 Rock 
 
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    | A lone redeeming quality, or a Holly Hunter TV show | saving grace 
 
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    | That fifth of whiskey you picked up today means 1/5 of this liquid measure | (William: What is a liter?) 
 gallon
 
 
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    | This 2-word rhyming phrase, a magical incantation, is also the name of a movie about 3 sister witches | (Greg: What is abracadabra?) 
 hocus pocus
 
 
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    | In criminal law, if a defendant refuses to enter a plea or does not appear, the court enters this plea on his behalf | not guilty 
 
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    | In this state the 1st district is the skinny part & the 2nd is the bulgy part by Wyoming | Idaho 
 
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    | Larry David:  "1 in 30 (apricots) is a good one.  It's such a low-percentage fruit" | Curb Your Enthusiasm 
 
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    | British people push a trolley when buying tea at Tesco; in the U.S. we push this | a shopping cart 
 
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    | Here come the "Jeopardy!" writers; better tap this cask that can hold 165 12-ounce beers | a keg 
 
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    | In 1923 Horace Goldin was awarded a patent for this illusion; he later incorporated a buzz saw | sawing a person in half 
 
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    | In an attempt to plead this, 2 brothers who robbed a payroll truck in NYC in 1941 barked like dogs & drooled in court | (Alex: Didn't work for them.) 
 insanity
 
 
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    | The states with only one district covering the whole state include  these three large bordering ones | Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota 
 
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    | Sue, on Fox:  "You think this is hard?!  I'm passing a gallstone as we speak!  That's hard!" | Glee 
 
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    | If your employment has ended, you've been given these | (Alex: Kind of cute aren't they?  I posed for the green-footed one.) 
 walking papers
 
 
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    | Ironically, this magician says he's never been able to finish the Dickens novel that gave him his stage name | David Copperfield 
 
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    | "Stand your ground" laws have increased the possible situations for this hyphenated plea | self-defense 
 
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    | One of the 2 states that gained the most new districts following the 2010 census, 4 & 2 seats | Texas (and Florida) 
 
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    | Australia's unofficial national anthem | "Waltzing Matilda" 
 
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    | Avast ye hearties!  Hand me the large beer glass named for this large sailing vessel with at least 2 masts | a schooner 
 
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    | Bullwinkle tried this cliched magic trick, but his results were feline & ursine, not leporine | pulling a rabbit out of his hat 
 
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    | 2-word Latin phrase for a plea in which the defendant does not dispute the charges | (Greg: What is nolo contestore?) 
 nolo contendere
 
 
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    | This landmark is divided between New York's 10th district (median income, $70,270) and the 13th, where the figure is half that | Central Park 
 
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    | "Oh my God, Brian, there's a message in my Alpha-Bits.  It says 'Oooooo'".  "Peter, those are Cheerios" | [The end-of-round signal sounds.] 
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    | Poultry dominance hierarchy | pecking order 
 
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    | It's a tall, often pewter mug with a hinged lid | (Julie: What is a stein?) 
 a tankard
 
 
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    | Author Peter Lamont traveled to India to write "The Rise of" this, called "the world's most famous illusion | (Julie: What is the rise of the ... uh ... uh ... snake ta-- tamer?) 
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    | This word comes before "pleading" to mean an argument that blatantly favors only one side of a case | special pleading 
 
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