Classic rock song in "Easy Rider"

 Classic rock song in "Easy Rider" : BORN TO BE WILD The rock anthem "Born to be Wild" was made famous by the band Step...

Yokel, in slang

Yokel, in slang : GOMER A yokel might be called a “gomer”, a slang term coming from the character Gomer Pyle in “The Andy Griffith Show”,

Belgian battleground during W.W. I

 Belgian battleground during W.W. I : YPRES Ypres is a Belgian city located close to the French border. In WWI, Ypres was the scene of thre...

N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Walker

N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Walker : CHET Chet Walker is a former basketball player who played with the Syracuse Nationals (which team became the ...

Holder of a pair of queens

Holder of a pair of queens : CHESS SET It is believed that the game of chess originated in northwest India, evolving from a 6th-century gam...

Robert of "Quincy, M.E."

Robert of "Quincy, M.E." : ITO Robert Ito is an actor from Canada who is perhaps best known for play forensic lab technician Sam ...

That is the question

That is the question : TO BE OR NOT TO BE To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The Sl...

What fell in the Fall

What fell in the Fall : MAN In the Christian tradition, the “fall of man” took place in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve succumbed to t...

Earth goddess created by Chaos

 Earth goddess created by Chaos : GAEA In Greek mythology, Chaos was the first of the primeval gods born at the creation of the universe. F...

Part of a pickup line?

Part of a pickup line? : TAXI We call cabs “taxis”, a word derived from “taximeter cabs” that were introduced in London in 1907. A taximete...

Meal at which to drink four cups of wine

Meal at which to drink four cups of wine : SEDER The Passover Seder is a ritual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewish Passover holid...

1986 top 10 hit for Billy Idol

 1986 top 10 hit for Billy Idol : TO BE A LOVER Billy Idol is an English rock musician, whose real name is William Broad. Idol started out ...

River of film

River of film : PHOENIX River Phoenix was a young actor at the height of his career when he passed away at only 23 years old. Phoenix’s fir...

One with ergophobia

One with ergophobia : SLOTH “Ergophobia” is the fear of work, a word coined by British doctor William Dunnett Spanton in 1905. The term com...

"The Tao of Pooh" author Benjamin

"The Tao of Pooh" author Benjamin : HOFF The author Benjamin Hoff is best known for his 1982 book “The Tao of Pooh”, and a succes...

"Murder on the __ Express"

 "Murder on the __ Express"  ORIENT “Murder on the Orient Express” is a 1974 movie directed by Sidney Lumet, based on the great no...

Barack's younger daughter

Barack's younger daughter  SASHA Sasha is the younger of the two Obama children, born in 2001. She is the youngest child to reside in th...

Pierre-Auguste of impressionism

Pierre-Auguste of impressionism  RENOIR Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French painter, very much at the forefront of the Impressionist movement...

"North to the Future" state

. "North to the Future" state  ALASKA The motto of the state of Alaska is “North to the Future”. The motto was chosen after a comp...

Lodge group

Lodge group  ELKS The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) was founded in 1868, and is a social club that has about a million memb...

Betsy Ross, famously

Betsy Ross, famously  SEWER Legend has it that Betsy Ross made the first American flag for General George Washington. However, this story on...

Gymnast Korbut

Gymnast Korbut  OLGA Olga Korbut is from modern-day Belarus, but was born during the days of the Soviet Union. Korbut competed for the USSR ...

"W is for Wasted" mystery author

 "W is for Wasted" mystery author  SUE GRAFTON Sue Grafton writes detective novels, and her "alphabet series" features t...

Canal passage connecting Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes

Canal passage connecting Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes  SOO LOCKS In the summer of 2010 I spent a very interesting afternoon watch...

Indian dresses

Indian dresses  SARIS The item of clothing called a "sari" (also "saree") is a strip of cloth, as one might imagine, unu...

ISP option

ISP option  MSN MSN was originally called The Microsoft Network, introduced in 1995 as an integral part of Microsoft's Windows 95 operat...

Last Supper query

Last Supper query  IS IT I? At the Last Supper, Jesus told his apostles that one of them would betray him that day. According to the Gospel ...

Continental border range

Continental border range  URALS The eastern side of the Ural Mountains in Russia is generally regarded as the natural divide between the con...

Yeats' land: Abbr.

 Yeats' land: Abbr.  IRE Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 for "inspired poet...

Bus. get-together

MTG Employees in a business (bus.) might get together for a meeting (mtg.).

Mercedes rival

  BMW BMW stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke, which translates into Bavarian Motor Works. BMW was making aircraft engines during WWI, but h...

Second-in-command in the kitchen

Second-in-command in the kitchen  SOUS-CHEF The “Sous-Chef de Cuisine” is the “under chef of the kitchen”, the second-in-command.

Most populous city in South Dakota

 Most populous city in South Dakota  SIOUX FALLS Sioux Falls is the largest city in the state of South Dakota. The city is named for the cas...

Novelist Tyler

Novelist Tyler  ANNE Anne Tyler is a novelist from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Most of Tyler’s novels are set in Baltimore, Maryland, where she ...

Impossible" theme composer

"Mission: Impossible" theme composer Schifrin  LALO Lalo Schifrin is an Argentine pianist and composer best-known for writing film...

Former Defense secretary

Former Defense secretary Panetta  LEON Leon Panetta was Chief of Staff under President Clinton, and took over as CIA Director in 2009. Panet...

2012 Ben Affleck political thriller

2012 Ben Affleck political thriller  ARGO “Argo” is a 2012 movie that is based on the true story of the rescue of six diplomats hiding out d...

Cowboys and Indians, e.g.

Cowboys and Indians, e.g. :  TEAMS The Dallas Cowboys play in the National Football Conference of the NFL. The Cowboys are famous for a leng...

Tar pits locale

Tar pits locale :  LA BREA The La Brea Tar Pits are located right in the heart of the city of Los Angeles. At the site there is a constant f...

Lou Grant portrayer

Lou Grant portrayer :  ED ASNER Ed Asner is most famous for playing the irascible but lovable Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show...

Practice for the LSAT, e.g

Practice for the LSAT, e.g. :  PREP The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) has been around since 1948.

Cry of surrender

Cry of surrender :  UNCLE! To "say uncle" is an American expression meaning to submit or yield. Its usage dates back to the early ...

Light brown

 Light brown :  ECRU The shade called ecru is a grayish, yellowish brown. The word "ecru" comes from French and means "raw, u...

Fe on the periodic table

Fe on the periodic table :  IRON The Latin word for “iron” is “ferrum”, which gives us “Fe” for the metal’s chemical symbol.

The Crimson Tide's school, for short

The Crimson Tide's school, for short :  BAMA The athletic teams of the University of Alabama (“Bama”) are nicknamed the Crimson Tide, a ...