Each of the nine dialogues are instructions on how to manipulate a starting word so that the result is a legal term. At each step, TAKE THAT is a command to delete something, HOLD IT is a command to insert something, and OBJECTION covers everything else. Looking up the Latin translations of the legal terms, and then "taking the fifth" as per the title gets you the answer: STAND TALL.
| Bubble | Transcript | String | Latin Term | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Start) | We call the baseball team's little assistant. | BATBOY | ||
| Take that! | First thing's first and last thing's last. | ATBO | ||
| Objection! | This half should be that half, and that half should be this half. | BOAT | ||
| Objection! | Stop thinking so small! Think much, much bigger and fancier! | YACHT | ||
| Objection! | You should start by abruptly leaving your job! | QUITYACHT | ||
| Hold it! | Am I short a pound? No, I am short FOR a pound. | QUILBTYACHT | ||
| Take that! | Boron & hydrogen! All of this is nothing but Boron and Hydrogen! | QUILTYACT | ||
| Objection! | The very first thing should be good -- not a question! | GUILTYACT | ||
| (End) | I don't need to hear anything more! | GUILTY ACT | ACTUS REUS | S |
| (Start) | We call someone involved in a swordfight. | FENCER | ||
| Take that! | We demand you briefly consider Duke's place. | FEER | ||
| Hold it! | That is a registered trademark! | FREER | ||
| Hold it! | Now you want a dish made with eggs. | FROMELETEER | ||
| Objection! | You have four of something. Maybe you should only have two. | FROMLETER | ||
| Objection! | Of those two, the first should be an ace! | FROMLATER | ||
| (End) | Let's move on, shall we? | FROM LATER | A POSTERIORI | T |
| (Start) | We'll start with Scalia's replacement. | GORSUCH | ||
| Take that! | I'm interested in a pair of consecutive neighbors. | GOUCH | ||
| Hold it! | What do you pay to get back a kidnapped person? | GORANSOMUCH | ||
| Take that! | What you need is this short article. | GORSOMUCH | ||
| Objection! | What's good is actually a failure! | FORSOMUCH | ||
| (End) | I demand we change the subject. | FOR SO MUCH | PRO TANTO | A |
| (Start) | I call the man who sits in the throne | KING | ||
| Hold it! | Right at this moment?!? | KNOWING | ||
| Objection! | Grammatically, you should use an adverb, not a verb. | KNOWINGLY | ||
| (End) | That's it, you're finished. | KNOWINGLY | SCIENTER | N |
| (Start) | Where do many cars start and end their day? | DRIVEWAY | ||
| Hold it! | And what is something a GPS gives you? | DRIVEROUTEWAY | ||
| Objection! | Any tungsten in your possession should be put up front! | WDRIVEROUTEAY | ||
| Hold it! | What do you get as a result of a rash or a bug bite? | WITCHDRIVEROUTEAY | ||
| Take that! | A flowing body of water! | WITCHDOUTEAY | ||
| Objection! | Dee, you're out of order! | WITCHOUTEDAY | ||
| Take that! | Ever since year 1! | WITHOUTDAY | ||
| (End) | Now what do we have here? | WITHOUT DAY | SINE DIE | D |
| (Start) | What do you call a room on a ship? | CABIN | ||
| Objection! | Follow that with leaves! | CABINGOES | ||
| Objection! | You need to put some work up front! | EFFORTCABINGOES | ||
| Objection! | You're being very loud -- just be loud! | EFORTCABINGOES | ||
| Take that! | I know a farmer who had a dog. What was the dog's name? | EFORTCAES | ||
| Objection! | A hit, right at the start! | HEFORTCAES | ||
| Objection! | The last two need to change places! | HEFORTCASE | ||
| Objection! | That guy goes after Troy! | FORTHECASE | ||
| (End) | Let's move on to another topic! | FOR THE CASE | AD LITEM | T |
| (Start) | I call one of the reindeer! | COMET | ||
| Take that! | It's a visitor from another world! | COM | ||
| Objection! | A lawsuit goes after that! | COMCASE | ||
| Objection! | The last thing should be first! | ECOMCAS | ||
| Objection! | Put west to the west! | WECOMCAS | ||
| Objection! | You should conclude with a round of applause! | WECOMCASHAND | ||
| Take that! | Money is what you need! | WECOMAND | ||
| Hold it! | You need another thousand! | WECOMMAND | ||
| (End) | You've got it now! | WE COMMAND | MANDAMUS | A |
| (Start) | Something just isn't right! | IMPROPER | ||
| Take that! | Why, you little devil! | ROPER | ||
| Take that! | You have no rights -- no rights whatsoever! | OPE | ||
| Objection | Follow that with a part of the eye. | OPELENS | ||
| Objection | The Chicago train goes to the end of the line. | OPENSEL | ||
| Objection | The final bit should be an answer - not fifty! | OPENSEA | ||
| (End) | That's all I need to hear from this one. | OPEN SEA | MARE LIBERUM | L |
| (Nothing) | As you know, there is a color associated with sadness. | BLUE | ||
| Hold it! | And there is a musical instrument associated with polkas! | BACCORDIONLUE | ||
| Hold it! | And there is a model of Pontiac associated with the Beach Boys! | BACCORDIONGTOLUE | ||
| Objection | Strike the first item from the record! | ACCORDIONGTOLUE | ||
| Hold it! | And now let us briefly consider the state known as Old Dominion. | ACCORDIONGTOVALUE | ||
| Take that! | Do you need oxygen? | ACCORDINGTOVALUE | ||
| (Nothing) | That's it -- we're done here! | ACCORDING TO VALUE | AD VALOREM | L |
| (End of Dialogues) | Court is adjourned! |