A Year Ending in 00
"T" Time
Free Speech
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
Seeing Red
100

1700 is often given as the birthdate of this instrument that can play louder or softer by pressure on the keys

the piano

100

Error's partner in an experimental method

trial

100

This adjective can refer to a word of praise or to something you get for free

complimentary

100

Tom Hiddleston won in 2013 for fighting the Avengers as this villain

Loki

100

It's the precious variety of corundum seen below

ruby

200

This English king approved the Act of Union in 1800, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland

George III

200

This serious fever is caused by salmonella bacteria

typhoid

200

A trip with all your friends jammed into your car, or an all-inclusive scholarship

a full ride

200

Tom Felton won back-to-back for playing this bad seed in Harry Potter films

Draco Malfoy

200

This red shade precedes "letter" & "fever"

scarlet

300

In 2000, Al Gore picked this Connecticut senator as the first Jew ever on a major party ticket

(Joseph) Lieberman

300

It can mean showing little interest, or moderately warm

tepid

300

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This 3-word phrase describes roof shingles or free stuff at a restaurant

on the house

300

He won for playing emo-villain Kylo Ren

Adam Driver

300

It's what gives "The Red Badge of Courage" its redness

blood

400

The subject of numerous songs, he was an engineer for the Illinois Central when he had his famous April 1900 crash

Casey Jones

400

Meaning perceptible by the senses, it's from the Latin for "touch"

tactile (or tangible)

400

Combine 2 rhyming words to get this term for a freebie computer program

shareware

400

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Playing the Joker in "The Dark Knight" won him an Oscar too

Heath Ledger

400

An intense, bright red named for an emergency vehicle

fire truck (or fire engine)

500

On Christmas Day 800 A.D., he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor

Charlemagne

500

This windblown plant, a symbol of the Old West, was brought to the U.S. in the 19th century from Russia

tumbleweed

500

Free things are said to be given this way, from Latin for "grace"

gratis

500

Playing a rogue cop in "Training Day" won him an Oscar too

Denzel Washington

500

A Brunswick bowling ball & a Stratocaster guitar have both come in this red, named for a sugar-coated fruit

a candy apple (red)