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Reinhold Burger held a contest to name his insulated container based on the Dewar flask--this word, Greek for "hot", won

Thermos

100

When it comes to Latin prefixes, 3 letters = this one meaning "one"

Uni

100

Fraulein Schneider & the Master of Ceremonies

Cabaret

100

This Spielberg Holocaust film was based on a book by Thomas Keneally

Schindler's List

100

Football fans know it sits at the mouth of Wisconsin's Fox River

Green Bay

200

This appliance was invented in the 1940s; the Radarange was one of the first commercial ones

Microwave

200

Vincent van Gogh's brother knows this 4-letter combining form is built like a Greek "god"

Theo

200

Velma Kelly & her lawyer Billy Flynn

Chicago

200

A novel by Chuck Palahniuk was the basis for this film starring Brad Pitt & Edward Norton

Fight Club

200

A Southern California city & a Northern New Jersey township share this citrusy name

Orange

300

The Oster company created recipes so that this appliance would be used in the kitchen as well as the bar

Blender

300

From the Latin for "around", it can precede -navigation & -locution

Circum

300

Laurey,
Curly,
Jud Fry

Oklahoma!

300

She stars as literary forger Lee Israel in "Can You Ever Forgive Me?", based on the memoir of the same name

Melissa McCarthy

300

Parlez-vous Francais? Then name this Louisiana port at the head of the Mississippi's deepwater navigation

Baton Rouge

400

This man based his airtight plastic tops on inverted paint can lids

(Earl) Tupper (Ware)

400

Mal- is from Latin for "bad"; the Greeks used this prefix to indicate something bad, like when used before -function

Dys

400

Danny,
Sandy,
Rizzo

Grease

400

This film with Ray Liotta & Joe Pesci was based on the book "Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family"

Goodfellas

400

This "ville" is across the Rio Grande from Matamoros

Brownsville

500

Peter Schlumbohm used a Pyrex glass carafe when he invented the Chemex brand of this

Coffee pot

500

This near-the-end-of-the-alphabet prefix often paired with "phobia" is from the Greek for "alien"

Xeno

500

Max von Mayerling,
Norma Desmond

Sunset Boulevard

500

Emma Stone played aspiring writer Skeeter Phelan in this '60s-set film based on the novel of the same name

The Help

500

This former mining town was Colorado's territorial capital

Golden