'Colonial Americans invented this girls' name by combining Sam from Samuel with the Greek for flower'
Samantha
200
'"Death in ____" & "The Merchant of ___"'
Venice
200
'A public showing of a residence that's for sale'
an open house
200
'Though guiltless, this French queen fell even more out of favor after the 1785 Affair of the Diamond Necklace'
Marie Antoinette
200
'Andrew Ridgeley of this "Careless Whisper" '80 duo makes surfing goods & lives with a member of Bananarama'
Wham!
400
'This Irish form of Katherine is currently one of the 100 most popular names for girls'
Katelyn
400
'"Shogun: A Novel of ____"'
Japan
400
'Someone who's stuck indoors'
a shut-in
400
'A 16.37-carat gem is the largest ever discovered by a visitor to this state's Crater of Diamonds State Park'
Arkansas
400
'Pam Dawber, the "Mindy" of "Mork &..." has been married to this "NCIS" lead actor since 1987'
Mark Harmon
600
'Mr. Frome might know it's from the Hebrew for "solid" or "firm"'
Ethan
600
'JFK's thesis, the bestseller: "Why ____ Slept"'
England
600
'9 innings, 6 hits, no runs'
a shutout
600
'Under intense heat & in the presence of oxygen, a diamond will burn & form this gas'
carbon dioxide
600
'He led "The News" to 3 No. 1 hits in the '80s & in 2010 played Johnny Revere on "Hot in Cleveland"'
Huey Lewis
800
'Leon means "lion" & this name means "lion bold"'
Leonardo
800
'"Karma's Embrace: A Novel of ____" & "A Passage to ____"'
India
800
'A test where you're allowed to use notes'
an open book test
800
'Acquired by the House of Winston the day before Halloween, a 5.54-carat vivid orange diamond was dubbed this'
the Pumpkin Diamond
800
'Philip Michael Thomas--Tubbs on this '80s cop show--voiced Lance Vance on "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories"'
Miami Vice
1000
'It's from the Old Norse for "ruler", whether he has red hair or not'
Eric
1000
'Taken from a question Hitler asked: "Is ____ Burning?"'
Paris
1000
'Public domain land in the 1800s where the buffalo & cattle roamed before the homesteaders fenced them in'
open range
1000
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diamond diagram on the monitor.) In a cut diamond, the band around the widest part is the girdle, the upper part is the crown, & the bottom area that reflects light is called this, like an exhibition building from the French for "butterfly"'
pavillion
1000
'"Only In My Dreams" would this '80s teen queen of music play Emma in 2009's "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus"'