THE MOVIE'S DIRECTOR
PLANT PARTS
10-, 11- & 12-LETTER WORDS
ON PLANET POP CULTURE
THE WINDS OF POP CULTURE
HOMONAME
400
The 2019 horror thriller
"Us"
Jordan Peele
400
Listen, pal, this 3-letter protuberance on a stem may develop into a flower or leaf
a bud
400
This branch of the U.S. government makes the laws
legislative
400
In 2021 Saniyya Sidney was on the court of "King Richard" as this tennis superstar
Venus Williams
400
Saying it wasn't a "protest song", Bob Dylan did include the lyrics "How many times must the cannonballs fly"
"Blowin' In The Wind"
400
To summon someone over a loudspeaker in a public place
to page
800
2003's
"Lost in Translation"
Sofia Coppola
800
The jumping cholla species of this has detachable spines with barbs that resemble a porcupine's quill
a cactus
800
Keep your eye on the birdie, also known by this longer name
the shuttlecock
800
In a 2004 animated movie, Plankton steals King Neptune's crown & it's up to this title guy & his best pal to save the day
SpongeBob SquarePants
800
Seen here, Alexandra Shipp played a younger version of this film mutant originally portrayed by Halle Berry
Storm
800
Made a hole in the earth
dug
1200
The all-American tale "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"--with Gary Cooper, not Adam Sandler
Frank Capra
1200
In seed-bearing plants, this fine-grained stuff contains the male gametes
pollen
1200
Another word for the draft, it's mandatory enrollment in the military
conscription
1200
This member of singing royalty said, "Rod Stewart, Elton John & I were going to form a band... called Hair, Nose & Teeth"
Freddie Mercury
1200
Formerly the Hartford Whalers, they blew into Raleigh in 1997
the Hurricanes
1200
A draw in sports
a tie
1600
The 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe installment
"Eternals"
Chloé Zhao
1600
The word for a flower's collection of petals, it's also Toyota's all-time bestselling car
a corolla
1600
This word meaning "nonsense" begins with the name of a son of Odin
balderdash
1600
It was a bit unusual for Tom Jones, Jim Brown & Danny DeVito to share a scene in this 1996 Tim Burton alien invasion film
Mars Attacks!
1600
"Blood On The Coal" by The Folksmen is on the soundtrack album of this Christopher Guest mockumentary
A Mighty Wind
1600
To get smaller, or especially to get less bright, like the Moon
wane
2000
1960's
"La Dolce Vit
Fellini
2000
The business part of this plant, Dionaea muscipula, consists of 2 hinged lobes triggered by hair-like sensors
a Venus flytrap
2000
This term for a tightrope walker comes from Latin for "rope" & "walk"
a funambulist
2000
Train sang, "Tell me, did you sail across the Sun? Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded" in this song
"Drops Of Jupiter"
2000
Spencer Tracy was on the side of evolution while Fredric March argued creationism in this classic 1960 film
Inherit the Wind
2000
4-letter word for the piece that slides into notches on a ratchet to pause the mechanism
a pawl
