This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie replaced the difficulty and made minor changes to the explanation provided by Steve.

This goo was worth a point in March 2024.

publication date: Friday, March 1, 2024 (part of March 2024)

category: Literature

clue: What do Cesar, Ursula, Buzz, and this author have in common?

explanation: Alice Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel, The Color Purple. Cesar Romero portrayed purple-clad villain The Joker on TV's Batman, Ursula was the purple villain from The Little Mermaid, and Buzz Lightyear's spacesuit loudly displayed purple. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm


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