Hey, Big Spender
"M"usic Class
80's Movie Comedies
Figures of Speech
"A"djectives
100
If you've really got all that dough, why don't you buy Action Comics #1 from 1938, which saw the debut of this otherworldly hero
Superman
100
establishing an exact tempo was based on a pendulum
Metronome
100
In 1986 this title guy & 2 friends had quite a day, hitting a museum & doing some fine dining; he even caught a ball at a Cubs game
Ferris Bueller
100
It's a combination of 2 contradictory terms used together, like "sweet sorrow"
oxymoron
100
This adjective derived from the name of Plato's school can mean "irrelevant"
academic
200
You've likely moved on from this company's Platinum card & onto its much-esteemed Centurion
American Express
200
It's el type of musician seen here playing the traditional 5-string vihuela
Mariachi
200
This character was the lifeless of the party when Andrew McCarthy & Jonathan Silverman spent a "Weekend at" his place in 1989
Bernie
200
Saying you'll avoid me like the plague is a bit of this French-derived word for an overused phrase, don't you think, darling?
cliche
200
Meaning "open", when you leave a door this way, it sounds as if you've transformed it to glass
ajar
300
No wonder it's the most expensive--it takes about 70,000 crocuses to produce just one pound of this spice
saffron
300
A bar, a section of musical score corresponding to a specific number of beats, is also called this
Measure
300
Roger Murdock & Captain Oveur, in this 1980 classic: "We have clearance, Clarence"; "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"
Airplane!
300
Saying "That went well" after a disaster is an example of the verbal type of this
irony
300
Greater than pH 7, it means capable of neutralizing an acid
alkaline
400
If you're going to splurge for the Ferrari, get a GTO; the G & T stand for this Italian phrase, also a video game
Gran Turismo
400
This plucked musical instrument has 8 strings tuned in pairs to the same 4 notes as a violin
Mandolin
400
Golfer Rodney Dangerfield, in this pic: "This is the worst lookin' hat I ever saw!" (sees Ted Knight) "It looks good on you, though"
Caddyshack
400
An example of this, also called meiosis, is Kathy Bates' line as the Titanic sinks, "Now there's something you don't see every day"
understatement
400
Be! Be! This, not in the physically threatening to others sense, but in the determined go-getter vibe
aggressive
500
Parking is tough in this rhyming region of China; a parking space in a luxury building there sold for $1.3 million
Hong Kong
500
This Polish dance music in triple time originated in the 16th century & uses heel-tapping accents
a Mazurka
500
In this holiday film Randy Quaid's Eddie used to have a metal plate in his head, but use of a microwave made him forget who he was
Christmas Vacation
500
When a part is used to represent a whole, it's this figure of speech, as in "all hands on deck"
synecdoche
500
It's "tru", you're this, devoted to the welfare of others
altruistic