110+ Judge Riddles with Answers
Judge Riddles with Answers mixes courtroom authority with judging far beyond a trial. You will meet the running joke that 'sustained' sounds like encouragement, 'recess' sounds like school time, and 'sentence' can arrive after a verdict. The answer vocabulary keeps returning to the bench, objections, appeals, robes, gavels, and recusal, then wanders into pies, wine, chili, dogs, gymnastics, and talent shows.
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Three Judge riddles, answers included
- I wear black, sit above the room, and can silence a crowd without raising my voice. What am I?
- Answer: judge
- What person can sustain something without holding it up?
- Answer: judge
- Who gets called 'Your Honor' without winning a trophy?
- Answer: judge
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- I wear black, sit above the room, and can silence a crowd without raising my voice. What am I?judge
- What person can sustain something without holding it up?judge
- Who gets called 'Your Honor' without winning a trophy?judge
- What courtroom word sounds encouraging but actually stops the question?sustained
- What wooden object is famous in courtroom TV scenes but absent from most real courts?gavel
- I am furniture, but nobody asks me to sit down. The most powerful seat in the room sits behind me. What am I?the bench
- What can cover a person from neck to ankle and still reveal their job?judicial robe
- I tell everyone to stand, yet I am not a fitness coach. I announce the entrance that matters most. What am I?court bailiff
- What courtroom answer means, 'Nice try, but ask it differently'?overruled
- I can be long without having length, crowded without people, and cleared without a broom. What am I?court docket
- What legal break sounds like something children hope school will announce?recess
- What kind of person may taste nine pies and still refuse to pick dessert?pie judge
- What command can make an entire courtroom rise without mentioning feet?all rise
- Who can inspect a smile, watch a walk, and decide without being a dentist or coach?dog show judge
- I leave the room when fairness requires my absence, and that departure is part of my job. What am I?a recused judge
- What kind of courtroom conversation gets quieter as it gets more official?sidebar
- I carry two pans but cook nothing, and my favorite meal is balance. What am I?scales of justice
- What can be blindfolded, armed with a sword, and still symbolize fairness?Lady Justice
- I can send someone away, let them stay, or make the punishment wait. My words come after the verdict. What am I?sentence
- What courtroom offense can happen while you are already standing before the court?contempt of court
- What competition expert may spit out the best thing they taste all day?wine judge
- What can climb to a higher court without using stairs?an appeal
- What scorer may erase the best and worst marks before trusting the middle?gymnastics judge
- I listen for notes, watch for nerves, and sometimes hold up a number instead of speaking. What am I?talent show judge
- Who can ruin a chili tasting by discovering the hottest bowl first?chili cookoff judge
- I decide which dog looks best, but I am expected to care about teeth and footsteps more than cuteness. What am I?conformation judge
- What official can be asked to leave a case precisely because impartiality matters?trial judge
- I may wear a wig, but I am not dressing for a costume party. In some countries, tradition puts it on my head. What am I?judge
- What person can call for order without placing a restaurant order?judge
- Who can dismiss something without firing an employee?judge
- What ruling sounds like something survived a fall but actually means an objection wins?objection sustained
- What courtroom prop is louder in movies than in actual English courts?television gavel
- I rise above the lawyers without standing taller than they are. I am built into the room. What am I?judge's platform
- What piece of clothing can make black look like a profession instead of a color choice?court gown
- I say a few words and everyone suddenly becomes furniture with good posture. What am I?courtroom entrance call
- What single word tells a lawyer the court disagrees with the complaint, not the question?overrule
- I hold tomorrow's hearings without owning a calendar app. What am I?hearing calendar
- What court pause can last minutes yet have the same name as playground time?court recess
- Who faces flaky crusts all afternoon and calls it serious work?baking judge
- What phrase makes sitting people stand before anyone has been found guilty?rise for the court
- Who studies paws, posture, and pace before deciding which tail leaves happiest?canine competition judge
- I remove myself to protect fairness, which makes doing nothing my most important act. What am I?judicial recusal
- What courtroom chat invites lawyers closer but pushes the audience farther away?bench conference
- I tip left or right when things are unequal, yet no hand should secretly push me. What am I?balance of justice
- What famous woman cannot see the person before her, yet is meant to represent equal treatment?blindfolded Justice
- I may be suspended without hanging from anything. A court can give me after guilt is decided. What am I?suspended sentence
- What can land you in trouble with a court even when your original case was about something else?court contempt
- Who smells, sips, thinks, then deliberately refuses to swallow?tasting judge
- What legal move says, 'Ask someone higher,' without mentioning height?appellate review
- Who distrusts both the highest praise and the lowest insult before averaging scores?panel scorer
- I watch a singer, dancer, or magician, then compress a whole performance into one opinion. What am I?competition judge
- Who needs courage to sample bowl number eight after seven bowls of chili?food contest judge
- I examine movement in a ring, but nobody throws a punch. What am I?dog ring judge
- What courtroom official may decide a close issue because someone eventually has to make the call?judicial decision-maker
- I can make a room quiet with two words, yet I do not teach meditation. What am I?judge
- What person may ask for a sidebar without opening a website menu?judge
- Who can sit in judgment while everyone else fears being judged?judge
- What courtroom response means the question may continue despite the protest?objection overruled
- What tool suggests authority on screen even where courtrooms never traditionally used it?courtroom gavel prop
- I am higher than the witness box, but my importance comes from who sits at me. What am I?judicial bench
- What garment can look plain black but carry centuries of courtroom tradition?judge's robe
- I turn murmuring people into standing people with an announcement, not a magic spell. What am I?bailiff's call
- What ruling rejects an objection while leaving the lawyer free to continue?an overruling
- I am a queue made of cases, not people, and a busy court hopes I shrink. What am I?case docket
- What courtroom word can mean a break without anyone becoming broken?adjournment
- Who can compare apple pies without caring which baker has the nicest apron?fair pie judge
- What two-word command turns a seated audience into a standing one?please rise
- Who may look inside a dog's mouth and still be complimenting the dog?breed judge
- I step away because knowing too much, owning too much, or caring too much could make staying unfair. What am I?conflict recusal
- What courtroom meeting happens beside the seat everyone is already facing?side conference
- I am carried by a stone woman who cannot buy groceries with me. What am I?justice scales
- What symbol covers its own eyes so status and appearance cannot tip the decision?Justice's blindfold
- I can be handed down without falling, and I can be served without food. What am I?criminal sentence
- What courtroom trouble can come from insulting the very place deciding your case?direct contempt
- Who may praise a vintage after sending it straight into a bucket?wine competition judge
- What can reverse a courtroom result without turning the courtroom around?successful appeal
- Who may throw out a 10 and a 6 before calculating what really counts?gymnastics panel
- I can adore the performance and still give it a number lower than the performer hoped. What am I?talent competition judge
- Who learns that tasting order matters when every spoonful gets hotter?chili tasting judge
- I watch a dog walk in circles to decide whether its body fits a written ideal. What am I?show ring evaluator
- What official may make a judgment call after the rulebook runs out of obvious answers?presiding judge
- I hear both sides, but I am not a pair of headphones. What am I?judge
- What person can find someone in contempt without searching for them?judge
- Who may reserve judgment without booking a table?judge
- What legal reply sounds supportive because it says a complaint is being upheld?sustaining an objection
- What wooden noisemaker is practically a courtroom celebrity on television?judge's gavel
- I am called a seat, yet the person behind me may stand, walk, and return without changing my name. What am I?the judicial seat
- What headwear can signal old courtroom tradition without being a crown?judicial wig
- I call for silence and announce arrivals, but I am not the host of a game show. What am I?court officer
- What courtroom decision tells an objection it has lost this round?overruling an objection
- I can be full before anyone enters the room because my contents are cases, not people. What am I?court calendar
- What legal pause can end with everyone returning to exactly the same room?court adjournment
- Who might need a poker face after tasting the ninth pecan pie?county fair judge
- What announcement makes respect look suspiciously like synchronized standing?court is in session
- Who studies a dog's gait without planning to take it for a walk?kennel club judge
- I may withdraw from a case because staying involved would make my fairness look doubtful. What am I?mandatory recusal
- What courtroom talk is private enough to be near everyone but heard by few?sidebar conference
- I am held by Justice, but I threaten no fruit even though I have two hanging pans. What am I?symbolic scales
- What famous legal symbol loses sight on purpose?blindfold of justice
- I may begin years after I am spoken, because part of me can be put on hold. What am I?deferred sentence
- What can punish bad behavior toward a courtroom without starting a new ordinary trial?contempt power
- Who may taste dozens of wines and finish the session surprisingly sober?professional wine judge
- What legal request asks a higher court to inspect what a lower one decided?notice of appeal
- Who can make a score fairer by deleting two perfectly valid scores?gymnastics scoring panel
- I may buzz, clap, smile, or frown, but eventually my opinion becomes part of someone's score. What am I?talent panel judge
- Who is most likely to fear spoon number 12 more than spoon number one?chili contest taster
- I check whether a trot looks right, although I never ask the dog where it is going. What am I?gait judge
- What person may decide credibility while being forbidden to favor the more likable face?fact-finding judge
- I can send everyone home with a few words, yet I am not a parent at bedtime. What am I?judge
- What person can hear an argument without anyone being angry?judge
- Who may have the final word while saying almost nothing during testimony?judge
- What courtroom word lets a protest win without awarding it a prize?sustain
- What famous court sound is more likely to come from television than an English bench?gavel bang
- I am climbed by nobody, yet I make one person visibly higher than nearly everyone else. What am I?raised bench
- What old-fashioned courtroom accessory can make legal authority look strangely powdered?court wig
- I begin proceedings by telling a room what to do before the person in charge even speaks. What am I?opening court call
- What ruling means the challenged question survives the objection?objection denied
- I am work piled up without paper necessarily being piled anywhere. Courts complain when I grow. What am I?case backlog
- What courtroom ending may be temporary even though everyone leaves?recess order
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How Judge Riddles Reach a Verdict
These riddles make judge language do double duty. A courtroom word often points to an everyday meaning: sustained sounds like praise even when it accepts an objection, recess sounds like school break, and a sentence can be handed down without anyone writing an essay. Several clues turn legal actions into physical or social images.
An appeal climbs to a higher court without stairs, a sidebar moves lawyers close while the audience hears less, and a recused judge leaves the room to protect fairness. The recurring answers are courtroom roles, rulings, and objects such as the bench, bailiff, robe, gavel, docket, and scales of justice. Then the same act of judging crosses into competitions, where a dog, pie, wine, chili, gymnastics routine, or talent performance receives the verdict.
Who Uses Judge Riddles
Reach for this page when a courtroom themed warmup needs more substance than a single joke. It suits a classroom opener, a family game, a trivia break, or a message to friends who enjoy a clean gotcha. The Kids filter brings accessible clues about standing for court, courtroom calls, and judges who inspect dogs or taste pies.
Choose Hard when your group can handle recusal, appellate review, contempt, and the difference between sustaining and overruling an objection. One-liner works for quick rounds, especially when you need a short prompt about a gavel, a wine judge, a chili taster, or a panel scorer. Answers are included, so the page supports both hosting and self testing.
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Judge Riddles for Kids
39 kid-friendly judge riddles with simple words, safe themes, and answers that make young solvers feel clever.
Example Judge Riddles for Kids
- I wear black, sit above the room, and can silence a crowd without raising my voice. What am I? judge
- I am furniture, but nobody asks me to sit down. The most powerful seat in the room sits behind me. What am I? the bench
- I tell everyone to stand, yet I am not a fitness coach. I announce the entrance that matters most. What am I? court bailiff
- What kind of person may taste nine pies and still refuse to pick dessert? pie judge
Hard Judge Riddles
For solvers who like a fight: 39 hard judge riddles that resist the first guess, and often the second.
Example Hard Judge Riddles
- Who gets called 'Your Honor' without winning a trophy? judge
- What courtroom answer means, 'Nice try, but ask it differently'? overruled
- I leave the room when fairness requires my absence, and that departure is part of my job. What am I? a recused judge
- What can be blindfolded, armed with a sword, and still symbolize fairness? Lady Justice
Judge Riddles for Adults
40 judge riddles with grown-up wit: subtler wordplay and references, zero crudeness, all challenge.
Example Judge Riddles for Adults
- What wooden object is famous in courtroom TV scenes but absent from most real courts? gavel
- What can cover a person from neck to ankle and still reveal their job? judicial robe
- What legal break sounds like something children hope school will announce? recess
- I carry two pans but cook nothing, and my favorite meal is balance. What am I? scales of justice
Funny Judge Riddles
The punchline crowd: 39 judge riddles built for a laugh, with puns, twists and groan-worthy wordplay included.
Example Funny Judge Riddles
- What kind of courtroom conversation gets quieter as it gets more official? sidebar
- What courtroom offense can happen while you are already standing before the court? contempt of court
- What can climb to a higher court without using stairs? an appeal
- I decide which dog looks best, but I am expected to care about teeth and footsteps more than cuteness. What am I? conformation judge
Easy Judge Riddles
Warm up with 40 easy judge riddles for quick wins to build momentum before the tricky ones.
Example Easy Judge Riddles
- What courtroom word sounds encouraging but actually stops the question? sustained
- I can be long without having length, crowded without people, and cleared without a broom. What am I? court docket
- What command can make an entire courtroom rise without mentioning feet? all rise
- I can send someone away, let them stay, or make the punishment wait. My words come after the verdict. What am I? sentence
Tricky Judge Riddles
40 tricky judge riddles that bait the obvious answer, so read slowly, the trap is in the wording.
Example Tricky Judge Riddles
- Who can inspect a smile, watch a walk, and decide without being a dentist or coach? dog show judge
- I listen for notes, watch for nerves, and sometimes hold up a number instead of speaking. What am I? talent show judge
- Who can ruin a chili tasting by discovering the hottest bowl first? chili cookoff judge
- Who can dismiss something without firing an employee? judge
What Am I Judge Riddles
The classic guessing game: 40 what-am-I judge riddles that describe themselves clue by clue. Read, commit to a guess, then reveal.
Example What Am I Judge Riddles
- I may wear a wig, but I am not dressing for a costume party. In some countries, tradition puts it on my head. What am I? judge
- I rise above the lawyers without standing taller than they are. I am built into the room. What am I? judge's platform
- I say a few words and everyone suddenly becomes furniture with good posture. What am I? courtroom entrance call
- I hold tomorrow's hearings without owning a calendar app. What am I? hearing calendar
Clever Judge Riddles
40 judge riddles built on a genuinely neat idea rather than a trap: fair on the first read, satisfying on the reveal.
Example Clever Judge Riddles
- What person can sustain something without holding it up? judge
- What competition expert may spit out the best thing they taste all day? wine judge
- What scorer may erase the best and worst marks before trusting the middle? gymnastics judge
- What official can be asked to leave a case precisely because impartiality matters? trial judge
Long Judge Riddles
29 judge riddles with a full setup and room for real misdirection, the ones worth reading out loud.
Example Long Judge Riddles
- I remove myself to protect fairness, which makes doing nothing my most important act. What am I? judicial recusal
- I tip left or right when things are unequal, yet no hand should secretly push me. What am I? balance of justice
- What famous woman cannot see the person before her, yet is meant to represent equal treatment? blindfolded Justice
- I may be suspended without hanging from anything. A court can give me after guilt is decided. What am I? suspended sentence
Judge Riddles to Ask Your Friends
40 judge riddles built to stump someone: text one without the answer, watch them squirm, then enjoy the reveal.
Example Judge Riddles to Ask Your Friends
- What person can call for order without placing a restaurant order? judge
- What ruling sounds like something survived a fall but actually means an objection wins? objection sustained
- What single word tells a lawyer the court disagrees with the complaint, not the question? overrule
- Who studies paws, posture, and pace before deciding which tail leaves happiest? canine competition judge
Short Judge Riddles
In a hurry? 90 bite-size judge riddles that get to the point in one line, perfect to text a friend.
Example Short Judge Riddles
- What courtroom prop is louder in movies than in actual English courts? television gavel
- What piece of clothing can make black look like a profession instead of a color choice? court gown
- What court pause can last minutes yet have the same name as playground time? court recess
- Who faces flaky crusts all afternoon and calls it serious work? baking judge
All 119 Judge Riddles with Answers
1. I wear black, sit above the room, and can silence a crowd without raising my voice. What am I?
Answer: judge
2. What person can sustain something without holding it up?
Answer: judge
3. Who gets called 'Your Honor' without winning a trophy?
Answer: judge
4. What courtroom word sounds encouraging but actually stops the question?
Answer: sustained
5. What wooden object is famous in courtroom TV scenes but absent from most real courts?
Answer: gavel
6. I am furniture, but nobody asks me to sit down. The most powerful seat in the room sits behind me. What am I?
Answer: the bench
7. What can cover a person from neck to ankle and still reveal their job?
Answer: judicial robe
8. I tell everyone to stand, yet I am not a fitness coach. I announce the entrance that matters most. What am I?
Answer: court bailiff
9. What courtroom answer means, 'Nice try, but ask it differently'?
Answer: overruled
10. I can be long without having length, crowded without people, and cleared without a broom. What am I?
Answer: court docket
11. What legal break sounds like something children hope school will announce?
Answer: recess
12. What kind of person may taste nine pies and still refuse to pick dessert?
Answer: pie judge
13. What command can make an entire courtroom rise without mentioning feet?
Answer: all rise
14. Who can inspect a smile, watch a walk, and decide without being a dentist or coach?
Answer: dog show judge
15. I leave the room when fairness requires my absence, and that departure is part of my job. What am I?
Answer: a recused judge
16. What kind of courtroom conversation gets quieter as it gets more official?
Answer: sidebar
17. I carry two pans but cook nothing, and my favorite meal is balance. What am I?
Answer: scales of justice
18. What can be blindfolded, armed with a sword, and still symbolize fairness?
Answer: Lady Justice
19. I can send someone away, let them stay, or make the punishment wait. My words come after the verdict. What am I?
Answer: sentence
20. What courtroom offense can happen while you are already standing before the court?
Answer: contempt of court
21. What competition expert may spit out the best thing they taste all day?
Answer: wine judge
22. What can climb to a higher court without using stairs?
Answer: an appeal
23. What scorer may erase the best and worst marks before trusting the middle?
Answer: gymnastics judge
24. I listen for notes, watch for nerves, and sometimes hold up a number instead of speaking. What am I?
Answer: talent show judge
25. Who can ruin a chili tasting by discovering the hottest bowl first?
Answer: chili cookoff judge
26. I decide which dog looks best, but I am expected to care about teeth and footsteps more than cuteness. What am I?
Answer: conformation judge
27. What official can be asked to leave a case precisely because impartiality matters?
Answer: trial judge
28. I may wear a wig, but I am not dressing for a costume party. In some countries, tradition puts it on my head. What am I?
Answer: judge
29. What person can call for order without placing a restaurant order?
Answer: judge
30. Who can dismiss something without firing an employee?
Answer: judge
31. What ruling sounds like something survived a fall but actually means an objection wins?
Answer: objection sustained
32. What courtroom prop is louder in movies than in actual English courts?
Answer: television gavel
33. I rise above the lawyers without standing taller than they are. I am built into the room. What am I?
Answer: judge's platform
34. What piece of clothing can make black look like a profession instead of a color choice?
Answer: court gown
35. I say a few words and everyone suddenly becomes furniture with good posture. What am I?
Answer: courtroom entrance call
36. What single word tells a lawyer the court disagrees with the complaint, not the question?
Answer: overrule
37. I hold tomorrow's hearings without owning a calendar app. What am I?
Answer: hearing calendar
38. What court pause can last minutes yet have the same name as playground time?
Answer: court recess
39. Who faces flaky crusts all afternoon and calls it serious work?
Answer: baking judge
40. What phrase makes sitting people stand before anyone has been found guilty?
Answer: rise for the court
41. Who studies paws, posture, and pace before deciding which tail leaves happiest?
Answer: canine competition judge
42. I remove myself to protect fairness, which makes doing nothing my most important act. What am I?
Answer: judicial recusal
43. What courtroom chat invites lawyers closer but pushes the audience farther away?
Answer: bench conference
44. I tip left or right when things are unequal, yet no hand should secretly push me. What am I?
Answer: balance of justice
45. What famous woman cannot see the person before her, yet is meant to represent equal treatment?
Answer: blindfolded Justice
46. I may be suspended without hanging from anything. A court can give me after guilt is decided. What am I?
Answer: suspended sentence
47. What can land you in trouble with a court even when your original case was about something else?
Answer: court contempt
48. Who smells, sips, thinks, then deliberately refuses to swallow?
Answer: tasting judge
49. What legal move says, 'Ask someone higher,' without mentioning height?
Answer: appellate review
50. Who distrusts both the highest praise and the lowest insult before averaging scores?
Answer: panel scorer
51. I watch a singer, dancer, or magician, then compress a whole performance into one opinion. What am I?
Answer: competition judge
52. Who needs courage to sample bowl number eight after seven bowls of chili?
Answer: food contest judge
53. I examine movement in a ring, but nobody throws a punch. What am I?
Answer: dog ring judge
54. What courtroom official may decide a close issue because someone eventually has to make the call?
Answer: judicial decision-maker
55. I can make a room quiet with two words, yet I do not teach meditation. What am I?
Answer: judge
56. What person may ask for a sidebar without opening a website menu?
Answer: judge
57. Who can sit in judgment while everyone else fears being judged?
Answer: judge
58. What courtroom response means the question may continue despite the protest?
Answer: objection overruled
59. What tool suggests authority on screen even where courtrooms never traditionally used it?
Answer: courtroom gavel prop
60. I am higher than the witness box, but my importance comes from who sits at me. What am I?
Answer: judicial bench
61. What garment can look plain black but carry centuries of courtroom tradition?
Answer: judge's robe
62. I turn murmuring people into standing people with an announcement, not a magic spell. What am I?
Answer: bailiff's call
63. What ruling rejects an objection while leaving the lawyer free to continue?
Answer: an overruling
64. I am a queue made of cases, not people, and a busy court hopes I shrink. What am I?
Answer: case docket
65. What courtroom word can mean a break without anyone becoming broken?
Answer: adjournment
66. Who can compare apple pies without caring which baker has the nicest apron?
Answer: fair pie judge
67. What two-word command turns a seated audience into a standing one?
Answer: please rise
68. Who may look inside a dog's mouth and still be complimenting the dog?
Answer: breed judge
69. I step away because knowing too much, owning too much, or caring too much could make staying unfair. What am I?
Answer: conflict recusal
70. What courtroom meeting happens beside the seat everyone is already facing?
Answer: side conference
71. I am carried by a stone woman who cannot buy groceries with me. What am I?
Answer: justice scales
72. What symbol covers its own eyes so status and appearance cannot tip the decision?
Answer: Justice's blindfold
73. I can be handed down without falling, and I can be served without food. What am I?
Answer: criminal sentence
74. What courtroom trouble can come from insulting the very place deciding your case?
Answer: direct contempt
75. Who may praise a vintage after sending it straight into a bucket?
Answer: wine competition judge
76. What can reverse a courtroom result without turning the courtroom around?
Answer: successful appeal
77. Who may throw out a 10 and a 6 before calculating what really counts?
Answer: gymnastics panel
78. I can adore the performance and still give it a number lower than the performer hoped. What am I?
Answer: talent competition judge
79. Who learns that tasting order matters when every spoonful gets hotter?
Answer: chili tasting judge
80. I watch a dog walk in circles to decide whether its body fits a written ideal. What am I?
Answer: show ring evaluator
81. What official may make a judgment call after the rulebook runs out of obvious answers?
Answer: presiding judge
82. I hear both sides, but I am not a pair of headphones. What am I?
Answer: judge
83. What person can find someone in contempt without searching for them?
Answer: judge
84. Who may reserve judgment without booking a table?
Answer: judge
85. What legal reply sounds supportive because it says a complaint is being upheld?
Answer: sustaining an objection
86. What wooden noisemaker is practically a courtroom celebrity on television?
Answer: judge's gavel
87. I am called a seat, yet the person behind me may stand, walk, and return without changing my name. What am I?
Answer: the judicial seat
88. What headwear can signal old courtroom tradition without being a crown?
Answer: judicial wig
89. I call for silence and announce arrivals, but I am not the host of a game show. What am I?
Answer: court officer
90. What courtroom decision tells an objection it has lost this round?
Answer: overruling an objection
91. I can be full before anyone enters the room because my contents are cases, not people. What am I?
Answer: court calendar
92. What legal pause can end with everyone returning to exactly the same room?
Answer: court adjournment
93. Who might need a poker face after tasting the ninth pecan pie?
Answer: county fair judge
94. What announcement makes respect look suspiciously like synchronized standing?
Answer: court is in session
95. Who studies a dog's gait without planning to take it for a walk?
Answer: kennel club judge
96. I may withdraw from a case because staying involved would make my fairness look doubtful. What am I?
Answer: mandatory recusal
97. What courtroom talk is private enough to be near everyone but heard by few?
Answer: sidebar conference
98. I am held by Justice, but I threaten no fruit even though I have two hanging pans. What am I?
Answer: symbolic scales
99. What famous legal symbol loses sight on purpose?
Answer: blindfold of justice
100. I may begin years after I am spoken, because part of me can be put on hold. What am I?
Answer: deferred sentence
101. What can punish bad behavior toward a courtroom without starting a new ordinary trial?
Answer: contempt power
102. Who may taste dozens of wines and finish the session surprisingly sober?
Answer: professional wine judge
103. What legal request asks a higher court to inspect what a lower one decided?
Answer: notice of appeal
104. Who can make a score fairer by deleting two perfectly valid scores?
Answer: gymnastics scoring panel
105. I may buzz, clap, smile, or frown, but eventually my opinion becomes part of someone's score. What am I?
Answer: talent panel judge
106. Who is most likely to fear spoon number 12 more than spoon number one?
Answer: chili contest taster
107. I check whether a trot looks right, although I never ask the dog where it is going. What am I?
Answer: gait judge
108. What person may decide credibility while being forbidden to favor the more likable face?
Answer: fact-finding judge
109. I can send everyone home with a few words, yet I am not a parent at bedtime. What am I?
Answer: judge
110. What person can hear an argument without anyone being angry?
Answer: judge
111. Who may have the final word while saying almost nothing during testimony?
Answer: judge
112. What courtroom word lets a protest win without awarding it a prize?
Answer: sustain
113. What famous court sound is more likely to come from television than an English bench?
Answer: gavel bang
114. I am climbed by nobody, yet I make one person visibly higher than nearly everyone else. What am I?
Answer: raised bench
115. What old-fashioned courtroom accessory can make legal authority look strangely powdered?
Answer: court wig
116. I begin proceedings by telling a room what to do before the person in charge even speaks. What am I?
Answer: opening court call
117. What ruling means the challenged question survives the objection?
Answer: objection denied
118. I am work piled up without paper necessarily being piled anywhere. Courts complain when I grow. What am I?
Answer: case backlog
119. What courtroom ending may be temporary even though everyone leaves?
Answer: recess order
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