Yacht Rock
Hollywood is so Cooked
Pop Culture Pairs
'60s Movie Lines
Movie title Characters
8-Letter Verbs
100
This R&B group, EWF for short, has a yacht rocker with "After The Love Has Gone"
Earth, Wind, & Fire
100
In a 2009 film Amy Adams runs a blog & makes recipes from this woman's cookbook
Julia Child
100
In a "Lion King" spin-off series, Toucan Dan is a criminal genius plaguing this warthog & meerkat duo
Timon & Pumbaa
100
"Do you mean to tell me that my children have been roaming about Salzburg dressed up in nothing but some old drapes?!"
The Sound of Music
100
Near the start of a 2013 film, this title character takes command of the Maersk Alabama in Oman
Captain Phillips
100
It can mean to assert a legal right or to work out
exercise
200
This familial group has an entry in the genre with their 1980 hit "He's So Shy"
The Pointer Sisters
200
In 2023 these 2 dudes returned as Ed & Dex to cook it up at Good Burger, home of the Good Burger
Kenan & Kel
200
Master Chief & Cortana have teamed up in this video game series to deliver A.I. & human justice
Halo
200
"The whole point of the doomsday machine is lost if you keep it a secret!"
Dr. Strangelove
200
Julia Roberts won an Oscar for playing a single mom in this 2000 film
Erin Brockovich
200
To try out for a role
audition
300
This Toto song is named for Ms. Arquette, who was dating Toto's keyboardist at the time
Rosanna
300
In this Disney film, a restaurant named Tiana's Palace opens after a marriage to Prince Naveen
The Princess and the Frog
300
Sebastian Stan & Anthony Mackie played the title duo in this action-packed 2021 MCU miniseries
the Falcon and the Winter Soldier
300
A diva, to herself: "Hello, gorgeous"
Funny Girl
300
To protect his perm, Jon Heder in this role could hardly wash his hair for weeks while filming in the Idaho heat
Napoleon Dynamite
300
Pedants argue about whether this verb should be used as a synonym of its 7-letter dictionary neighbor compose
comprise
400
A litmus test--if the song has smooth vocals by thisDoobie Brother as heard on "You Belong To me", it's yacht rock
Michael McDonald
400
Keri Russell cooks up some clever names like "I Hate My Husband Pie" while working a shift in this 2007 film
Waitress
400
The Neon Museum of Las Vegas displays a 15-foot illuminated sculpture of this pair & one of their tigers
Siegfried & Roy
400
"I think you are another of these desert-loving English"
Lawrence of Arabia
400
Denzel Washington said he regretted turning down the title role in this legal thriller that went to George Clooney
Michael Clayton
400
To renounce a throne
abdicate
500
Before entering the Danger Zone, he was nabbing Grammys for breezy tunes like "This is it"
Kenny Loggins
500
Before Timothée Chalamet'd special chocolate, this actress made special "Chocolat"
Juliette Binoche
500
This Dwayne Johnson-Jason Statham title duo formed a rocky alliance in a 2019 spin-off
Hobbs & Shaw
500
Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
500
Jake Gyllenhaal talks to a giant bunny & later takes its advice to burn down Patrick Swayze's house in this cult classic
Donnie Darko
500
To put up with, or to manage to take a drug without having serious side effects
tolerate