PIECES OF GAMES
WORKING WITH CLAY
CINEMATIC CITIES & TOWNS
A QUICK STUDY (the study of ...)
NOTHING' BUT A SILENT G THING, BABY
100

In a standard Monopoly game, there are 32 green houses & 12 of these that are red

hotels

100

Absorbent clay used to soak up grease spills in factories became this cat product when repackaged by Edward Lowe

kitty litter

100

"Batman v Superman" placed this city right next to Metropolis 

Gotham (City)

100

Gerontology

the elderly or old people (aging)

100

From outside one's own nation

foreigner 
200

A case file envelope is put in the middle if this games board, which has 9 rooms

Cluedo

200

Patrick Swayze & Demi Moore turned pottery making into something romantic in this 1990 film

Ghost

200

Much of this 2006 animated film takes place in Radiator Springs 

Cars

200

Glossology

language(s)

200

This word for a biting fly can also refer to a mosquito 

a gnat

300

This Hasbro game has infantry, calvalry & artillery pieces in different colours 

Risk

300

A 1999 exhibition at the Met featured the ceramics of this 20th century Spanish artist, work he began at age 66

Picasso

300

When Nicole Kidman & Matthew Broderick move to this town in a 2004 remake, the neighbourhood wives seem a tad robotic

Stepford

300

Xylology

wood

300

This regular auto maintenance procedure for your wheels makes for smoother driving & less tire wear

alignment

400

Harry, Henry, Homer & Happy were the original names of these triply alliterative marble munchers 

the Hungry Hungry Hippos

400

In Jewish folklore, a rabbi marks emet, Hebrew for "truth", on the forehead of this creature made of clay

the Golem
400

The climax of "The Empire Strikes Back" takes place here, high above Bespin

Cloud City

400

Selenology

the Moon

400

A political candidate's organised attempt to be elected 

campaign

600

2, 4, 8, 16, 32 & 54 are marked on the die called a doubling cube in this game

backgammon (shesh besh)

600

Formed by a consolidation of clay, this 5-letter rock makes up around 70% of the sedimentary rock on the Earth's crust

shale

600

At one point in this 1946 film, Bedford Falls is renamed Pottersville

It's a Wonderful Life

600

Brontology

thunder

600
This adjective meaning arousing emotions comes from a French word for "pointed"

poignant