(Alex: Those quotation marks indicate the first letters of each correct response as we go down, from $200 to $1000.)
It's a game played on a 4-walled court--hey, that bounced twice!
Racquetball
Around noon on some days, Germany gets close to half its power from this source
Solar Power
Song: By Black Sabbath; movie: Tony stark weaponizes an armored suit
Iron Man
To cast a ballot & to refuse to allow something
vote and veto
Sony is an MNC, short for this, meaning it has sites all over the world
a multi national corporation
Nissin cup noodles, for example
Ramen
The light type of this is a basic tool of cell biology, magnifying specimens hundreds of times
a microscope
Song: By U2; movie: Heights make Jimmy Stewart dizzy
Vertigo
A "golden" lack of noise & a permit for cruising in your convertible
silence and license
Corepower, the largest U.S. chain of studios for this activity, once touted "inner peace & flat abs in an hour"
yoga
Michelangelo painted "The Creation of Adam" on its ceiling
The Sistine Chapel
Take a mind-expanding journey at the live show called Paramount's Laser Spectacular, with the music of this "Dark Side" band
Pink Floyd
Song: By Styx; movie: About a sheep-herding pig
Babe
To make a sauce more viscous & the room of the house where it might happen
thicken and kitchen
This family-friendly pizza chain with a mouse mascot has more than 600 locations
chuck-e-cheese
Jack Byham, the real "Crocodile Dundee" of Australia, a famous maker of these, sold thousands at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics (with a few returns)
Boomerang
10 projectors show astronomical wonders in the USA's largest of these facilities, at a Jersey City science center
a planetarium
Song: By the cure; movie: Hilary Swank played Teena Brandon, who became Brandon Teena
Boys don't cry
Place for your tootsies on a ten-speed & to beg strongly
pedal and plead
Despite the state found in the name of this airline, its home offices are in Seattle
Alaska Airlines
Also a bluffing board game from Mattel, this word means nonsense! Hogwash!
Balderash
John Alcott & Emmanuel Lubezki, people in this profession, are noted for creative use of natural light
Cinematographers
Song: By Cream; movie: About the beer-loving McKenzie brothers from "SCTV"
Strange Brew
Hogs or pigs & a synonym for a tendon
swine and sinew
With shared spaces & private offices, this alliterative company helps business get done in more than 110 cities
WeWork