They Used to be in Charge
Technology
Shakespeare
William Hurt Films
The Solar System
Vocabulary
200
Clement Attlee
Great Britain/England
200
These devices advocated by firemen can work by detecting either ions or changes in light
Smoke detectors
200
This comedy's last line, "Strike up, pipers!", is spoken by Benedick
Much Ado About Nothing
200
In this 1986 film William Hurt picked up on all the signs Marlee Matlin was giving him
Children Of A Lesser God
200
To those on Earth, 8 of the planets appear in the band of constellations known as this
Zodiac
200
This word for a permanent design made on the skin is of Polynesian origin
Tattoo
400
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
400
Far less powerful than today's PC, this 1950s machine was the U.S.A.'s first commercial computer
UNIVAC
400
Though Juliet married Romeo & Romeo married Juliet, he married both of them
Friar Lawrence
400
It was anchorman Bill in this 1987 James L. Brooks film
Broadcast News
400
It's the only planet you can't see using ordinary binoculars; you need a telescope
Pluto
400
Musty appears to be related to this word that means damp
Moist
600
Sir John A. Macdonald
Canada
600
It can be a mix of gas & tiny particles, or a spray can that expels that mix
Aerosol
600
This play is set partly in Corioli, as you may surmise
Coriolanus
600
Her first film was "Body Heat" with Bill & she was with him again in "The Accidental Tourist"
Kathleen Turner
600
Degas & Bronte are 2 of these on Mercury, a planet whose topography is like our moons
Craters
600
This antonym of pacifistic often precedes arts & law
Martial
800
Venustiano Carranza
Mexico
800
These pre-Edison "lamps" worked by forcing current across the gap between conductors
Arc lamps
800
In Venice you may find the answer to the "Merchant Of Venice" question "What news on?" this bridge
The Rialto
800
In this 1996 film William Hurt was a reporter winging his way across the country on an angel hunt
Michael
800
Ganymede is one of its 4 Galilean moons
Jupiter
800
The Latin word for juice gave us this term describing something juicy or delectable
Succulent
1000
Morarji Desai
India
1000
Introduced in 1976, this "regal" brand of tennis racket with an oversized head revolutionized the game
Prince
1000
In "Macbeth", it's the 5-word phrase that precedes "Fire burn and cauldron bubble"
"Double, double toil and trouble"
1000
Hurt could have used a cell phone in this 1985 film set in a South American prison
Kiss Of The Spider Woman
1000
This famous Martian volcano is about 375 miles wide at the base & over 16 miles high
Olympus Mons
1000
Though from old Norse for "to search a house", pillage or plunder would be more accurate
Ransack